I want to size PowerPoint slide shows so they don't take over the.

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At work, we use PowerPoint constantly. More and more we are meeting using
collaborative tool suites, and go to "meetings" remotely. To share PPT via a
tool such as Info Work Space, "slide show" can't be used because it wipes out
the whole desktop. It has to be sized down, which generally means turning
all the toolbars off temporarily. Also, if I'm in a distributed meeting, I
want to see PPT slides as large as possible, without losing all my desktop
functionality. So if Christmas comes early, I would like to size a
PowerPoint window, and then when I click on the Slide Show button, it will
fill to the size of the window. There would probably also be options needed
such as stay on top and minimize.

Please Santa Bill!
 
For each individual slide show, you can go to the Slide Show menu and
choose Set Up Show. Check the box for "Browsed by an individual
(window)." That should do some of what you want, but the setting is
saved with the presentation, not as an default setting for any
presentation you open.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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In addition to David's suggestion (which will do what you want), you can
merely press ALT+TAB to switch to the next open program, then ALT+TAB back
to PowerPoint. If you have several programs open, hold down the ALT key and
press TAB until you see the program window you want active.

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor - XP
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/


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One more little trick that may help.

If you hold down the Ctrl key and click on the start show icon (little
popsicle looking thing in the lower left area of the PowerPoint window) you
will open a slide show that is 1/4 of whichever screen it is being sent to.
This will let you click on stuff on the desktop, but will still disengage
the PowerPoint show when it looses focus.

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Bill Dilworth
Microsoft PPT MVP Team
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