Kiosk mode: turning off or extending the idle return setting

[Jay]

I run a slideshow for my church - and it needs to be in Kiosk mode. But if
the pastor gets a little long winded the slideshow goes back to slide 1
unless I sit there and jiggle the mouse every so many seconds.

I have to run Kiosk mode....so is there a way I can turn off the "return to
slide 1 after X seconds of idle" setting or somehow extend the idle time to
15 minutes etc?

Thanks! It is important!
Jay

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Unfortunately, PowerPoint doesn't allow for that. You could get
PowerPoint 2000 (I think that was the version) because Kiosk Mode was
"broken" in that version and didn't return to the first slide. Another
alternative involves scripting. I once wrote a little "kiosk killer"
script that wouldn't eliminate the return to slide one, but it would keep
track of where you were, so that if the presentation jumped back to the
beginning, a single mouse click on a button would take you back to where
you were. This involves having all navigation being done by a script to
update the variable that tracks which slide you were on.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Echo S]

I believe it was PPT 2002 (aka PPT XP) where the "return to beginning" was
broken.

Chirag created an add-in to correct that.

I'm not positive, but I'd think the add-in would work in PPT 2000 and 2003
also. That would be good, as Chirag's add-in includes additional
functionality to configure the time interval before return.
http://officeone.mvps.org/kioskassist/kioskassist.html

 

[Chirag]

If you are using PowerPoint 2002 (XP), I would recommend Echo's suggestion.
Use my free KioskAssistant add-in from http://officeone.mvps.org/addins.html

You might also want to look at ShowMouse from
http://officeone.mvps.org/download/showmouse.html - when ShowMouse is
active, the presentation should not go back to first slide.

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html