Dual Monitors in v.X PowerPoint

[Steven Weyhrich]

I know that when using PowerPoint v.X on the Mac with dual monitors, a
click on the main monitor (where the slides are all showing) will
prevent any further action on the display slide on the secondary
monitor without clicking on that screen.

What I would like to know is this: Is there ANY Visual BASIC or
Applescript solution that would simulate the effect of clicking on
that right monitor, so I could assign that VB program or Applescript
to a keypress.

When I have a series of slides to present, moving forward in the
presentation does not scroll the slide sorter window on the main
monitor, and so periodically I have to move the mouse over to click on
the scroll bar and bring the next set of slides into view. When I do
that, of course, I lose control over the current slide being displayed
on the secondary monitor, and have click there to allow me to press
the right arrow and move on to the next slide.

What I don't like is having the arrow appear on the display
(secondary) monitor, as well as the drop down box (which I can
eliminated by pressing "A", but not before it shows up for at least a
second or two). For this reason, a VB or Applescript that would
simulate clicking on that right screen would be a nice solution.

Is this possible? Or is it possible in Office 2004?

 

[Mickey Stevens]

I'm not sure how to emulate a mouse click with VBA. I'm pretty sure you
can't do it with AppleScript in PowerPoint X.

You could try using Chirag's free "SyncViews" add-in. That keeps the two
monitors in sync during the presentation.
<http://officeone.mvps.org/syncviews/syncviews.html>

PowerPoint 2004 includes a new Presenter Tools feature, which allows the
presentation to be viewed full-screen on one monitor, and the slide along
with notes and slide sorter on another monitor. You can learn more about
this great new feature here:
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/powerpoint2004/powerpoint2004.aspx>