Show movie control during PPT presentation conundrum.

[redehlert]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

When clicking the "Show movie controller". A slider-based movie controller is shown which is fine when in the outline mode, but why doesn't it stay around during an actual presentation when it's needed most? I want to know if there is a way to use it this control during the
presentation so as to easily pause, scrub, etc.
Help?
I'm not looking for Flash alternatives or creating buttons to do the work mentioned above. I really just wish to capitalize on the show movie control option.

Thanks for your time and assistance!
Dave

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

When clicking the "Show movie controller". A slider-based movie controller is shown which is fine when in the outline mode, but why doesn't it stay around during an actual presentation when it's needed most? I want to know if there is a way to use it this control during the
presentation so as to easily pause, scrub, etc.
Help?
I'm not looking for Flash alternatives or creating buttons to do the work mentioned above. I really just wish to capitalize on the show movie control option.

Thanks for your time and assistance!
Dave

The answer as to "why" or in this case "why not", is that requests for
this feature were not made by people who wanted it. I sent this request
in quite a while ago using Help > Send Feedback. I recommend that you,
and anyone else who comes across this posting and is also interested in
having this feature, send feedback to Microsoft using the Help > send
feedback feature of PowerPoint. The feedback goes directly to the
PowerPoint product manager. The more requests, the more likely the
feature is to be implemented in the future.

-Jim