Automatically open PowerPoint shows in a sequence

[Guest]

My objective, now that I've completed a number of Powerpoint presentations,
is to save these presentations to CD(s). I would like to send these CD(s) to
family members who, generally, are not computer experts. So I would like the
presentations to show in sequence automatically without their having to
interact in a any way once the shows have started.

The reason for having more than one presentation is that my PC, even though
it has plenty of capacity, would not be able to handle the presentations if
combined into one.

I've tried the Visual Basic for Applications macros, but the problem with
them is that I haven't found a way to have a macro open more than one file.
It will open another presentation out of the current one, but since
apparently that is stored in what was current, it won't open additional ones
out of the presentation that the macro opened.

I suspect that I probably will have to use Visual Basic itself, to open
VBAs, but that is a bit over my head at this point. Hopefully there is an
easier way that someone can provide.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I haven't adequately described
the problem please don't hesitate to question my objective.

Best regards,

Wally

 

[Michael Koerner]

Actually you don't need VBA at all. check here:
Make an AutoRun CD
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

 

[Guest]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for the help. The link you provided had a number of solutions
requiring that I buy software. However, the Microsoft "Help and Support"
site had a free solution that was already part of the PowerPoint software.
The line in their discussion that provided the solution for me was:

5. To specify the presentations that you want to include and to specify the
play order, do any of the following: • To add more presentations or other
files that are not included automatically, click Add Files. Select the files
that you want to add, and then click Add.

The link to this page is as follows:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821552

The only question I have is why was I not able to find this in the online
support for PowerPoint? "Help" capabilities for Powerpoint appears to be
very lacking, given that I couldn't find this solution and had to go to an
online discussion group for an answer. Adding multiple Presentations to a
project has got to be a common requirement in order to handle one of anything
but a very minimal size. No one should ever find it necessary to pay for a
3rd party solution when the answer lies within the software itself.

For example, I use Autodesk software regularly. They have a similar
solution called Xrefs. This is very well explained within their
documentation, and a simple Help search will yield the details on how to use
them. Xrefs can also be imbedded or just linked, as in PowerPoint. In order
to do what I require I have to imbed different types of files so they will
become part of a project saved to disk.

Again, thank you for your help. Sorry it has taken a while to respond.

Best regards,

Wally

Actually you don't need VBA at all. check here:
Make an AutoRun CD
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

My objective, now that I've completed a number of Powerpoint
presentations,
is to save these presentations to CD(s). I would like to send these CD(s)
to
family members who, generally, are not computer experts. So I would like
the
presentations to show in sequence automatically without their having to
interact in a any way once the shows have started.

The reason for having more than one presentation is that my PC, even
though
it has plenty of capacity, would not be able to handle the presentations
if
combined into one.

I've tried the Visual Basic for Applications macros, but the problem with
them is that I haven't found a way to have a macro open more than one
file.
It will open another presentation out of the current one, but since
apparently that is stored in what was current, it won't open additional
ones
out of the presentation that the macro opened.

I suspect that I probably will have to use Visual Basic itself, to open
VBAs, but that is a bit over my head at this point. Hopefully there is an
easier way that someone can provide.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I haven't adequately described
the problem please don't hesitate to question my objective.

Best regards,

Wally

 

[Michael Koerner]

Your welcome. the link you provided is also on the pge of the link I
provided, Also a link to Echo's site where you can code the whole thing your
self. Glad to hear that you worked it out.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for the help. The link you provided had a number of solutions
requiring that I buy software. However, the Microsoft "Help and Support"
site had a free solution that was already part of the PowerPoint software.
The line in their discussion that provided the solution for me was:

5. To specify the presentations that you want to include and to specify
the
play order, do any of the following: . To add more presentations or other
files that are not included automatically, click Add Files. Select the
files
that you want to add, and then click Add.

The link to this page is as follows:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821552

The only question I have is why was I not able to find this in the online
support for PowerPoint? "Help" capabilities for Powerpoint appears to be
very lacking, given that I couldn't find this solution and had to go to an
online discussion group for an answer. Adding multiple Presentations to a
project has got to be a common requirement in order to handle one of
anything
but a very minimal size. No one should ever find it necessary to pay for
a
3rd party solution when the answer lies within the software itself.

For example, I use Autodesk software regularly. They have a similar
solution called Xrefs. This is very well explained within their
documentation, and a simple Help search will yield the details on how to
use
them. Xrefs can also be imbedded or just linked, as in PowerPoint. In
order
to do what I require I have to imbed different types of files so they will
become part of a project saved to disk.

Again, thank you for your help. Sorry it has taken a while to respond.

Best regards,

Wally

Actually you don't need VBA at all. check here:
Make an AutoRun CD
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm


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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]

My objective, now that I've completed a number of Powerpoint
presentations,
is to save these presentations to CD(s). I would like to send these
CD(s)
to
family members who, generally, are not computer experts. So I would
like
the
presentations to show in sequence automatically without their having to
interact in a any way once the shows have started.

The reason for having more than one presentation is that my PC, even
though
it has plenty of capacity, would not be able to handle the
presentations
if
combined into one.

I've tried the Visual Basic for Applications macros, but the problem
with
them is that I haven't found a way to have a macro open more than one
file.
It will open another presentation out of the current one, but since
apparently that is stored in what was current, it won't open additional
ones
out of the presentation that the macro opened.

I suspect that I probably will have to use Visual Basic itself, to open
VBAs, but that is a bit over my head at this point. Hopefully there is
an
easier way that someone can provide.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I haven't adequately
described
the problem please don't hesitate to question my objective.

Best regards,

Wally