PP 2007 first slide on presentation paused question

[Melissa]

We are running a PP 2007 Presentation at a wedding. The show is done,
timings all finished etc. We'd like to bring up the first slide in the
show, but not have the show start until we want it to. Right now, hitting F5
starts the show/music just fine.

How do I set the transition or other setting to have that first slide appear
full screen, but the show not start until we click the space bar or other
key stroke?

Thanks in advance...I'm off to search Google in the meantime.

Melissa

 

[Guest]

Hi Melissa

Is the show going to loop? If not just copy the first slide and move it to
the top then remove the automatic transition. It will then open on that slide
and not start until you click the mouse/hit page down/etc. If it is going to
loop, copy the first slide to a new presentation, remove automatic timings,
add a big rectangle with no fill over the top of the whole slide and
hyperlink it to your original presentation. Then on the day open the one
slide presentation and click (you will need to click for this one) to launch
the looping one.

Hope that makes sense - post back if you have any further questions.

Lucy
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MOS Master Instructor
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[Rick Altman]

Melissa, I have wrestled with this very thing. Ultimately, to be completely
honst with you, I solved this by moving *away* from PowerPoint. (I do lots
of weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs and www.PhotosToMemories.net offers
examples of projects that I don't even try to do in PowerPoint any longer).

Having said that, I suspect the best course of action is to put up a static
image that serves as the backdrop for anything you would want to do prior to
running the video. Insert the audio file as its own element on the slide,
not connected to the slide transition. As its own element, it can be part of
any animation sequence you want. It can start on a click and it can be
sequenced to begin right after the static image or after a new image comes
up. However you choose to set it up, as long as the first element of your
animation sequence is on a click and the sound is somewhere in that
sequence, you're going to be able to control when it all plays.

With a wireless remote, this all becomes quite seamless...






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