Removing the black screen on a pps

[Jacko3]

I am creating a pps document that I want everyone in our organization
to view. Unfortunately, it ends with the black screen.

I know how to turn it off on my pc by going into tools, options, then
on the View tab remove the tick in the End With Black Slide.

Unfortunately, this setting is local to my pc and does not get saved
into the pps. When I test the pps on a customers pc (who has not
unticked this box), the black end slide is shown again.

Wondered if anyone could help.

 

[Echo S]

As you've discovered, the "end with black slide" is a machine-specific,
not presentation-specific setting. I don't know of any way to override
this, and I don't recall anyone ever mentioning VBA code to do this,
either.

Sorry.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

As you've discovered, the "end with black slide" is a machine-specific,
not presentation-specific setting. I don't know of any way to override
this, and I don't recall anyone ever mentioning VBA code to do this,
either.

VB or other code run before PPT starts could alter the local machine's
settings by dinking the registry but not code run from within PPT or after
it's started. Code within PPT could probably do the job using SendKeys but
that's about it.

Sorry.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I am creating a pps document that I want everyone in our organization
to view. Unfortunately, it ends with the black screen.

I know how to turn it off on my pc by going into tools, options, then
on the View tab remove the tick in the End With Black Slide.

Unfortunately, this setting is local to my pc and does not get saved
into the pps. When I test the pps on a customers pc (who has not
unticked this box), the black end slide is shown again.

Wondered if anyone could help.

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

Hello Jacko,

The scope of most settings or options in PowerPoint is one of the following:

* user profile specific
* presentation specific

And, although we think that we do a better job than some other applications
to group settings with the same scope in the same place, it's not always
possible to do that while keeping the interface as simple and as intuitive
as possible.

In this particular case, the "End with black slide" is a user profile
specific setting.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
increase and/or change the scope of one or more settings/options, don't
forget to send your feedback to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also why it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions)

John Langhans

Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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