Hi,
Yes, this is possible.
You would create a visual basic macro (very short) that would activate
presenter tools for you.
Here's a problem with me answering your question - my own time crunch. I
started to work this out and now I am leaving on a trip till next week.
So that you can see how far I got with your answer I'm posting what I have
so far. Essentially, my plan is to programmatically open the powerpoint file
and then programmatically click a Presenter Tools button.
Here's a the beginning of the set of steps you could take. I hope someone
fills in the rest while I am away. Otherwise we will have to pick this up
again on Thanksgiving weekend:
From the VIEW menu choose TOOLBARS then CUSTOMIZE TOOLBARS/MENUS
Click the NEW button and name the new Toolbar (for this example I'll call it
Presenter).
Click the COMMANDS button and then drag the PRESENTER TOOLS icon from the
menu to your new toolbar.
Click the TOOLBARS button (back to where you were a few seconds ago)
Click MENUBAR in the left side then click the RESET button (that restores
the PRESENTER TOOLS command to the menu without removing it from your new
toolbar). Don't worry if the menu disappears or looks screwy at this point.
Click the OK Button
From the VIEW menu choose Visual Basic to see the VB Toolbar
Click the VISUAL BASIC EDITOR button.
From the menu choose INSERT then MODULE
Paste the following into the module:
[VBA code goes here]
-Jim
i know if u change a .ppt to a .pps it automatically loads the show.
is there anyway to load a presentation into presenter tools without
going through the menus?
--
Jim Gordon
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