click to exit at end PPViewer2003

[Jerry]

Is there a way to eliminate the "end of slide show click to exit" black
screen at the end of a Powerpoint Viewer 2003 presentation? The
Powerpoint 2002 created show has no black screen at end checked and the
mouse click to advance slide has been unchecked.

Jerry

 

[Michael Koerner]

Not really, but, like a lot of other things, you can "fake it". You could insert
your own last slide in whatever colour you want. then have it end show, whenever
you press the enter key or mouse is clicked.

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Is there a way to eliminate the "end of slide show click to exit" black
screen at the end of a Powerpoint Viewer 2003 presentation? The
Powerpoint 2002 created show has no black screen at end checked and the
mouse click to advance slide has been unchecked.

Jerry

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Jerry,

Unfortunately the setting "end on black slide" is per computer...and not per presentation file. So that setting is not
carried along with a particular presentation.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
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[Jerry]

Jerry,

Unfortunately the setting "end on black slide" is per computer...and not per presentation file. So that setting is not
carried along with a particular presentation.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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If the "Click to end" is by computer I can deal with that. How do I
eliminate it on my computer? Without manually clicking?

Jerry

 

[Sonia]

Go to Tools > Options > View and uncheck "End with black slide."

 

[Jerry]

Go to Tools > Options > View and uncheck "End with black slide."

That option is not checked in the Powerpoint presentation (.ppt) and the
show ends as it should with a return to the edit screen in Powerpoint
2003. But in Viewer 2003 it ends with a black slide.
How can I set the defaults in Viewer 2003? When I run viewer I never see
a menu screen to set options.

Jerry

 

[Michael Koerner]

The Viewer does not provide all the options that are available in the PowerPoint
program. I am assuming that your running the viewer on a different computer.

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Go to Tools > Options > View and uncheck "End with black slide."

That option is not checked in the Powerpoint presentation (.ppt) and the
show ends as it should with a return to the edit screen in Powerpoint
2003. But in Viewer 2003 it ends with a black slide.
How can I set the defaults in Viewer 2003? When I run viewer I never see
a menu screen to set options.

Jerry

 

[Sonia]

The options set in PowerPoint only apply if you are running the presentation in
PowerPoint. If the system has PowerPoint installed, maybe you can tell us why
you have chosen to run the presentation in the Viewer instead. It sounds like
the Viewer is not the right choice for you.

 

[Jerry]

The options set in PowerPoint only apply if you are running the presentation in
PowerPoint. If the system has PowerPoint installed, maybe you can tell us why
you have chosen to run the presentation in the Viewer instead. It sounds like
the Viewer is not the right choice for you.

OK here is the full description.
The cable TV service to our retirement community has provided us with a
local channel. We have built a computer to run a Powerpoint presentation
on the TV channel. The computer is a P4 running XP Pro and Powerpoint
2000. It also has an NVidia analog monitor/TV out video board. The
presentation is a slide show of about 15 slides that shows a weekly
calendar (one for each day) as well as slides with .jpg for coming
events. The show is a continuous loop and runs 24/7.

In addition we have a scheduler program (Arcana Scheduler) that will
"interrupt" the calendar.ppt with another .ppt that contains either
slides of some function or a linked tourism video. All .ppt were created
on PP 2003 but edited and saved using PP 2000.

All of this worked successfully in PP 2000. Calendar runs, scheduler
starts another .ppt which pauses the calendar and when the interruption
finishes it closes and the calendar is shown and starts up again
seamlessly.

We decided to upgrade to PP 2003 XP. Now the calendar runs 24/7 but when
the scheduler interrupts I see a 1/4 second flash of the edit screen,
the new .ppt runs and then returns to the edit screen. The Windows task
bar is blocked by the calendar screen, so I can see it is still there,
but the calendar edit screen is open and stopping the presentation from
continuing. If I click on the calendar underneath it will come to the
top and continue to run.

This being on TV at an untended site, I can not be clicking to restart
the show. I have tried all sorts of combinations including Viewer but no
luck. Still operates in PP 2000.

We have run the same trial on another PC (HP P4 with XP Home, PP 2003XP)
and it also does not work. Same result with a manual restart.

But to make matters worse my home PC (Dell P4, XP Home, PP 2003XP) will
run the trial perfectly! There are probably some hardware differences
that I don't want to think about.

Bottom line is it all works on PP 2000 but not on PP 2003 (except for my
own PC).

Thanks.
Jerry

 

[Kathy J]

Jerry,
Does it work any better if you save the files as PPS files? (PowerPoint
Shows) With this extension, PowerPoint knows to just run the show, not to
open it in edit mode.

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[Jerry]

Jerry,
Does it work any better if you save the files as PPS files? (PowerPoint
Shows) With this extension, PowerPoint knows to just run the show, not to
open it in edit mode.

I just tried it with both the calendar.pps and the other show in .pps

I get a "end of show click to exit" black slide at the end of the
interrupter show. Clicking reveals the calendar running underneath.

By the way all my references to PP 2003 XP should have been PP 2002 XP.
We have licensed copies of PP 2002 XP.

Jerry

 

[Sonia]

Then I recommend that you give the PowerPoint 97 Viewer a try. It allows you to
set "no black screen at end". Since you are happy with your presentation run in
PowerPoint 2000, it should play fine in the 97 Viewer too. You'll find it at
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx