I have a number of presentations that I can't view at all in Slide
Show mode on my Dell Inspiron. I can open them in PowerPoint, but when
I try to change to SlideShow mode (or just try to open a pps file) I
can see an reference to the show in the task bar but there is no
presentation. I can select the other applications. The Task Manager
shows that it is running.

I've tried reinstalling PowerPoint but that has no effect.

Any thoughts?

thanks
james

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I have a number of presentations that I can't view at all in Slide
> Show mode on my Dell Inspiron. I can open them in PowerPoint, but when
> I try to change to SlideShow mode (or just try to open a pps file) I
> can see an reference to the show in the task bar but there is no
> presentation. I can select the other applications. The Task Manager
> shows that it is running.
>
> I've tried reinstalling PowerPoint but that has no effect.
>
> Any thoughts?

Yep:

Can't run slideshow / screen show won't start; Icon appears on task bar
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00426.htm

Betcha that fixes it.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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On Mar 28, 8:31 pm, Steve Rindsberg <a...@localhost.com> wrote:
> In article <1175122919.033931.116...@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
>
> James.sz...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have a number of presentations that I can't view at all in Slide
> > Show mode on my Dell Inspiron. I can open them in PowerPoint, but when
> > I try to change to SlideShow mode (or just try to open a pps file) I
> > can see an reference to the show in the task bar but there is no
> > presentation. I can select the other applications. The Task Manager
> > shows that it is running.
>
> > I've tried reinstalling PowerPoint but that has no effect.
>
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Yep:
>
> Can't run slideshow / screen show won't start; Icon appears on task barhttp://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00426.htm
>
> Betcha that fixes it.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> PPTools: www.pptools.com
> ================================================

Bingo! That did the trick. Well, that helped me find the real culprit.
The presentation was using the primary monitor. But my notebook is
connected to a port replicator with a video out that I never use. The
port replicator was configured so that the unused video out was the
primary and the notebook itself was the secondary. A quick change to
turn off the unused video out and the presentation worked like a
charm.

Thanks for the help!

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Bingo! That did the trick. Well, that helped me find the real culprit.
> The presentation was using the primary monitor. But my notebook is
> connected to a port replicator with a video out that I never use. The
> port replicator was configured so that the unused video out was the
> primary and the notebook itself was the secondary. A quick change to
> turn off the unused video out and the presentation worked like a
> charm.
>

Aha ... thanks for the added info. I'll add this to the FAQ.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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