Can I aadd an Exe from a PowerPoint Menu?

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JClements - 10 Nov 2007 19:20 GMT

I would would like to customize a PowerPoint **MENU** so that I can start
another application.

For example, I like to add a shortcut or a run command to a Menu to start
Shiam Pillai's "Shape Console.exe".

Is this possible?

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John C.

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Lucy Thomson (aka aneasiertomorrow) - 11 Nov 2007 02:19 GMT

Hi John

You can add a hyperlink to anything to any menu/toolbar but when I
experimented it just caused multiple irritating security warnings. Instead, I
would add a shortcut to my windows quicklaunch toolbar on the taskbar. To do
this first make sure you're quicklaunch toolbar is on (see here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/quicklaunch.mspx) then
drag the .exe onto the toolbar from windows explorer - it will automatically
create a shortcut for you. Then you can launch with one click :-)

Lucy

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> I would would like to customize a PowerPoint **MENU** so that I can start
> another application.
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> Is this possible?

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JClements - 11 Nov 2007 03:44 GMT

Thanks for investigating, Lucy.

I had already added a short cut to my favorites

John

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Lucy Thomson (aka aneasiertomorrow) - 11 Nov 2007 04:15 GMT

Hi John

Which favourites have you added it to? Is there a reason why you want to be
able to launch it from a menu rather than from the quick launch on your
taskbar? I only ask as I use my quick launch for all my favourite progammes -
so much easier than trawling through the start menu :-)

Lucy

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> Thanks for investigating, Lucy.
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> I had already added a short cut to my favorites
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> John

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JClements - 11 Nov 2007 16:01 GMT

The reason I used favorites?

Baciscally, I was already reordering some of my entries in favorites :}
But also I reserve quick launch for stuff I use everyday which is critical to
my workflow and it seems like the more I have in there (it might be my
imagination) the slower the booting process.

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Steve Rindsberg - 11 Nov 2007 17:03 GMT

> The reason I used favorites?
>
> Baciscally, I was already reordering some of my entries in favorites :}
> But also I reserve quick launch for stuff I use everyday which is critical to
> my workflow and it seems like the more I have in there (it might be my
> imagination) the slower the booting process.

Have you tried assigning shortcut keys to some of the apps?

Start, All Programs, [find the app you want], right-click the icon, choose
Properties, put cursor in the shortcut textbox and type the shortcut key you
want to assign. IIRC, it'll swat you if you try to assign something that's
already assigned, and of course you'll want to avoid shortcuts that other apps
use.

Ctrl+Alt+some_letter seem to work out well.

You can start PPT on most of my PCs with Ctrl+Alt+P

The beauty of this is that as long as there's no conflict with the app that has
focus, it works from within any app as well as at the desktop.

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