PowerPoint: multiple sessions

[rward]

How do I run multiple sessions of PowerPoint like I can
doi in Excel and Word? I have four monitors and I place
each Excel session ona different monitor. How can I do
the same with PowerPoint? Thanks. Dick Ward

 

[Chirag]

Are you looking at editing presentations on more than one monitor? For this,
you can stretch the PowerPoint window to span multiple monitors, and then
select "Window" | "Arrange All" menu item in PowerPoint.

If you are looking at running multiple slide shows simultaneously on more
than one monitor or want to run a slide show on one monitor while working on
something else on other monitor, then look at PowerShow add-in at
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html - it enables you to do
that.

- Chirag

Shortcut Manager - Assign keyboard shortcuts to menu items and macros
http://officeone.mvps.org/ppsctmgr/ppsctmgr.html

 

[Sonia]

See PowerShow at http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

 

[Richard Ward]

Thanks for your advice. It is helpful. I can use
arrange all to stretch across all monitors and get the
job done. However, what I actually want to do is what I
can do in Excel or Word; namely, open multiple sessions
rather than stretch one session with multiple files
across all screens using arrange all. So if you have any
further suggestions, please advise. Thanks. Dick Ward

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Hello Richard,
PowerPoint, unlike Excel and Word, is single instance multi-use application
by design. You cannot achieve what you seek; apart from the suggested
workaround or unless you have multiple versions of PowerPoint installed on
the same computer.