How do I pause and resume during a streaming slideshow? Commandos

[Guest]

During a PP presentation I frequently need to stop to address questions from
the audience. I can't find the information on how to do that. I need to know
the commando for stopping and then resuming a streaming pp-presentation where
I have set the durations of each slide in advance. (I do NOT want to exit the
whole show by Esc!)

Thank you for your assistance.

 

[Michael Koerner]

When your running your slideshow, right click on the screen, select help and
all the shortcut keys available to you will be displayed.

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Try the "s" or "+" key. For a list of shortcuts, hit <F1> while running the
slideshow.

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[Guest]

Right-click.

If you right-click during an automated animation sequence, it will pause
everything when the menu appears. The left-click to resume.


This is what I currently do to pause an animation sequence. But I would
LOVE to know if there is another way. Particularly it would be *great* if
there was a macro or action setting that I could apply to an object to
pause/resume an animation sequence. I currently have presentations that
mimic video demos of software... they run automatically and cannot be stopped
unless you right-click. But to have objects that look like pause/play
buttons would be perfect.

Perhaps there is a macro that could call up an *invisible* right-click-menu
during the presentation. you could apply this macro to a pause button to
simulate pausing during an animation sequence. And then to resume you just
need to left-click anywhere on the screen. You could even include a usless
play button just for kicks...

 

[Guest]

Is there a way to map this command to an object on screen? Like a pair of
"pause/play" buttons?

I ask because there are some presentors here that would forget what button
to press to pause the show... and it would be good to have an idiot proof
icon.

art..

 

[Guest]

Ive used this "trick"

Have a pause button on each slide linked to a single slide custom show (tick
show and return) Make sure that the custom show has NO on click / auto
transition but just a button to end show (label it play again)
Press pause to bring up the custom show which can have a suitable message
and play again to restart
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[Guest]

Thanks. But I need to be able to see what was on the screen when pausing the
animation. If I could pause it I would use the pointer to highlight anything
that the client wishes to see with the pen tool. Then resume the sequence
when all questions were answered.

 

[Guest]

How about using Ctrl-P to bring up the pointer? Bringing up the pointer will
pause the slide show and also for you to highlight your points. Then Ctrl-A
again to resume the slide show and bring back the arrow.
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[Guest]

A macro to call the pen would be real easy It could be called from an action
setting on buttons. As you know calling the pen will also pause the show.
Unfortunately although a macro to lose the pen is also easy its a bit hard to
trigger as you dont have a pointer!

Sub pengo()
ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.PointerType = ppSlideShowPointerPen
End Sub


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[Guest]

Yes, that works... but I was mainly wondering if I could enable these
commands (like Ctl+P, Ctrl+A, S, +, etc.) at the click of an object. It
would make the presentation just a little more slick if I could create my own
on-screen icons that activate these commands when clicked.

Thanks though.

 

[Guest]

Awww... a catch22, isn't it?

How about a macro to enable the "S" or "+" commands that also pause the
presentation? You would still have the pointer available after launching
that macro... and then all you have to do is left-click anywhere on the
screen to start it up again

 

[Guest]

Sub pauses()
ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.State = ppSlideShowPaused
End Sub


Sub play()
ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.State = ppSlideShowRunning
End Sub
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[Guest]

Thanks man. That works beautifully. Real slick...

cheers.

art.