How can I view PowerPoint presentations in separte windows?

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stuttermonkey - 03 Apr 2007 21:02 GMT

How do you enable PowerPoint to open presentations in separate windows? I
can't find the option that allows this. I have multiple monitors and would
like to compare two presentations simultaneously.

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Steve Rindsberg - 03 Apr 2007 21:28 GMT

> How do you enable PowerPoint to open presentations in separate windows? I
> can't find the option that allows this. I have multiple monitors and would
> like to compare two presentations simultaneously.

PowerPoint doesn't work the same as Word/Excel but here's what you can do:

Working with two monitors; editing PowerPoint on dual monitors
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00793.htm

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John Wilson - 04 Apr 2007 09:22 GMT

I doubt if Msoft would approve of the "dirty" method but you can get two
instances of Powerpoint (not just two presentations) open at the same time on
seperate monitors.
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/mmmagic.html

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Glen Millar - 04 Apr 2007 11:37 GMT

Hi,

This one is sneaky!!!!!

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>I doubt if Msoft would approve of the "dirty" method but you can get two
> instances of Powerpoint (not just two presentations) open at the same time
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>> would
>> like to compare two presentations simultaneously.

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Steve Rindsberg - 04 Apr 2007 16:00 GMT

> I doubt if Msoft would approve of the "dirty" method but you can get two
> instances of Powerpoint (not just two presentations) open at the same time on
> seperate monitors.
> http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/mmmagic.html

Thanks for that reminder (finally added a link to it from here:

Working with two monitors; editing PowerPoint on dual monitors
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00793.htm

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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