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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / October 2007Automatic closedown of PowerPoint show
Is there a setting that will allow me to run a show and automatically close down PowerPoint when it finishes? TIA Andrew McGurk If you save as a powerpoint show *.pps (*.ppsx in 2007) it will do this if you strat by double clicking the icon. You will need to scroll down in the 'save as type' box to find this option.  SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials- http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > Is there a setting that will allow me to run a show and automatically close > down PowerPoint when it finishes? > > TIA > > Andrew McGurk I have exactly the same problem and saving the file as a PPS didn't work. Any other suggestions? Thanks! > If you save as a powerpoint show *.pps (*.ppsx in 2007) it will do this if > you strat by double clicking the icon. You will need to scroll down in the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > Andrew McGurk When you saved it as a PPS, did you close it and open it again? When you double-click on a PPS file it opens in Show View and exits PowerPoint entirely when the show is done. However, if you open a PPS from within PowerPoint, it opens in Normal/Edit View and returns to Normal/Edit View after running the show. --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ =?Utf-8?B?RGlkbid0IHdvcmsuLi4=?= <Didn't work...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:B4B26EEE-D10A-4E9B-896F-89AD6D920C9D@microsoft.com: > I have exactly the same problem and saving the file as a PPS didn't > work. Any other suggestions? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> > >> > Andrew McGurk What we need is the automatic closedown of the Powerpoint SHOW (* And I'm not screaming; just emphasizing! :o) *) Let me explain: I open a presentation from a Delphi application and don't want the last message, in the black background, to be shown. I know I have the option of returning to the first slide in a loop till ESC is pressed, but that is not what I need either... Any idea of how I could make the presentation stop after the last slide without showing that unpleasant message? Thanks again! :o) > When you saved it as a PPS, did you close it and open it again? When you > double-click on a PPS file it opens in Show View and exits PowerPoint [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >> > > >> > Andrew McGurk That thing about "end of slide show, click to exit" is a machine-specific setting. It can be turned off in Tools | Options | View | End with Black Slide. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > What we need is the automatic closedown of the Powerpoint SHOW (* And I'm > not [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Andrew McGurk Ah. Thanks for being clearer. That last slide is dependent on the settings on individual machines, not on the slide show itself. Go to the Tools menu and choose Options. Click on the View tab and uncheck the box for End With Black Slide. Unfortunately, this will only impact the way you see every show on your computer, not how others will see this show on theirs. --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ =?Utf-8?B?RGlkbicndCB3b3JrLi4u?= <Didntwork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:8E3D2F0E-23E7-4E16-BEC4-B767CF53262C@microsoft.com: > What we need is the automatic closedown of the Powerpoint SHOW (* And > I'm not screaming; just emphasizing! :o) *) [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Andrew McGurk What others said. Also, you can make use of invisible linking: http://msmvps.com/blogs/tohlz/archive/2007/09/25/invisible-linking.aspx SignatureShawn Toh (tohlz) Microsoft MVP PowerPoint Site Updated: Sept 26, 2007 (Amazing PowerPoint animations, artworks, games here) http://pptheaven.mvps.org PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate > Ah. Thanks for being clearer. That last slide is dependent on the > settings on individual machines, not on the slide show itself. Go to the [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > Andrew McGurk try creating a show in kiosk mode and having a full screen transparent shape appear on the last slide with a mouseover end show action maybe SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials- http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > What we need is the automatic closedown of the Powerpoint SHOW (* And I'm not > screaming; just emphasizing! :o) *) [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > >> > > > >> > Andrew McGurk Worked! Well, that thing of invisible linking helped solve the problem! :o) It's not exactly the way I'd like it to be, but it's much better now without the black screen in the end. Thanks to all of you who took the time to come here and help. Bye! Luciana :o) > What we need is the automatic closedown of the Powerpoint SHOW (* And I'm not > screaming; just emphasizing! :o) *) [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > >> > > > >> > Andrew McGurk |
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