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Lars - 25 Apr 2008 15:42 GMT

I have a problem in opening a ppt file from our intranet. I have got
it working so that powerpoint.exe is open (can see that in my task
manager) but powerpoint never shows up. We are using citrix boxes
instead of PC's. I can open the document in the browser (there is no
save option because of citrix, no desktop). That is why we want to
open the file in powerpoint. We use office 2003.

When I go to the file it is no problem to open it in powerpoint

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Pia Bork - 25 Apr 2008 19:39 GMT

>I have a problem in opening a ppt file from our intranet. I have got
> it working so that powerpoint.exe is open (can see that in my task
> manager) but powerpoint never shows up. We are using citrix boxes
> instead of PC's. I can open the document in the browser (there is no
> save option because of citrix, no desktop). That is why we want to
> open the file in powerpoint. We use office 2003.

just a guess: have you ever played around with multiple monitors and set the
presentation to the second monitor? Or did you expand your windows-screen on
the second monitor? Maybe the presentation shows somewhere outside your
screen.

Have a look at "Slide show / Set Up Show / Multiple monitors". It should be
"Display slide show on: primary monitor".

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Lars - 28 Apr 2008 15:04 GMT

> >I have a problem in opening a ppt file from our intranet. I have got
> > it working so that powerpoint.exe is open (can see that in my task
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> MVP Powerpointhttp://www.ppt-faq.dehttp://www.office-training-muenchen.de

Hi Pia

Thanks for your reply , unfortunatly I do have one monitor. I think it
is a citrix thing because it happens to every one in our business when
we try to open. It also happens to all powerpoint documents. The weird
thing is it does not happen when i go to the document directly on the
server and try to open it. It only happens when try to open it from
the intranet (probably also from the internet but I have tried that)

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Pia Bork - 29 Apr 2008 06:23 GMT

>(...) I think it
>is a citrix thing because it happens to every one in our business when
>we try to open. It also happens to all powerpoint documents. (...)

No ideas, I'm not familiar with Citrix. To be true: I don't know anything
about Citrix. Sorry that I'm no help.

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