PowerPoint slide shows

[The Sound Guy's wife]

I use PowerPoint 2003 for our church to display songs on a screen. We have
the duel video card. The problem I have is when I do view show, the monitor
screen makes the slides on the left so small I can't ready them. You can't
drag the center bar in this version to resize the division of the screen, so
we have always just printed in hand out format the slides and I would
reference that to go forwards and backwards as the song leader needed. In the
past I could enter the slide number and hit enter and it would go there, but
not with this version. I went to keyboard and it has very limited options.
Where do I go to customize my keyboard to do what I need? Can anyone help me?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Hey,

Are you using presenter's view? I use PowerPoint for the same purpose you
do. I never use presenter's view because of the same limitations that you
have mentioned. I dislike the limited navigation features and the lack of
ability to modify the show on the fly.

To turn off this view, click on SlideShow => Set-up Show => Presenter's view
{uncheck}

I also work off of a handout, as you do, due to the unpredicableness (gotta
love making up words like that of the services.

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Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
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[PPTMagician]

Shall we add neologist to your many skills?

<VBG>

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the Critical
Update or Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 as soon as possible. From
PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for Updates".]

[TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PowerPoint
that you just created (you can save, but not open)? -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820]

Hello,

The current set of presenter tools (tools for the presenter to use while
delivering a slide show) are somewhat limited in this regard.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions as to how
PowerPoint's presenter tools (such as Presenter View in PowerPoint 2002 and
2003) might be improved to support this scenario, don't forget to send your
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft by either:

PREFERRED METHOD:

A) If you are using Microsoft's web-based, online newsreader for Office
communities
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.p
ublic.powerpoint), check to see whether or not the suggestion has been
submitted before (Show -> Suggestions for Microsoft) and, if so, add your
vote to the suggestion submission. If the suggestion has not been submitted
before, click on the "New" drop-down menu and choose "Suggestion for
Microsoft" from directly within the newsreader web page.

OR, NEXT BEST METHOD:

B) If you are using another newsreader (such as Microsoft Outlook Express),
submit your suggestion using your web browser at the following address:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

No ... I just don't do a good job of keeping my pen still when there isn't a
word for what I'm thinking.

More like cerebrapseudography.