Two instances of PowerPoint one for dual display setup?

[Guest]

Can I run two instances of PowerPoint, one for each screen? I am using XP
dual monitor display set up. I can run two instances of Excel and Word but
not Powerpoint. Have looked for a setting but cannot find one. Powerpoint
open files do not seem to have same independence from the application that
Excel and Word files do. That is, you cannot 'Restore down' then drag a
PowerPoint file to the second monitor. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Guest]

AFAIK that isn't possible with PowerPoint, but you can get something like
PowerShow to do it: http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

Lucy
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[Guest]

only Thanks Lucy. I checked out PwerShow. Great tool for SHOWing multiple
ppt files on multiple screens. I should have been more specific: I would
like to EDIT two different ppt files simultaneously on two different monitors

 

[Bill Dilworth]

There is a technique for setting this up.

Open the first presentation in PowerPoint for editing.
Open the second presentation for editing in PowerPoint
Manually resize the PowerPoint window to cover both screens of your dual
monitor setup
Select Windows => Arrange All

Now, both presentations are visible for editing.


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[Guest]

Thanks Bill. Simple solution that I should have thought of! It is working
very well.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Bill - should have realised I was making things too complicated

Lucy
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South Australia

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[bugzbunny]

Hi,

The problem with this "crude" solution hower is that the menu buttons are
still all on one monitor and not on both monitors. Why exactly does MS
restrict the ability of PPT to explot two monitors as two separate entities?
since it very well can do it for its other Office Apps, what prevents
Powerpoint from doing the same? And obviously command line option '/c' does
not work at all (ends up popping netmeeting instead). Aaarrgggh

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The problem with this "crude" solution hower is that the menu buttons are

still all on one monitor and not on both monitors. Why exactly does MS
restrict the ability of PPT to explot two monitors as two separate entities?

We're all civilians here, not MS employees, so any answer you get to that
question would be speculation.