Calling out, and Restarting a looping slideshow

  • Thread starter Thread starter John W. Vinson
  • Start date Start date
J

John W. Vinson

I've got a PowerPoint presentation that loops through a set of slides and goes
back to the beginning, for unattended display. But... on one slide there's a
button to launch a different application (Stella modeling software from ISEE
Systems). I've got two problems with it:

1. WindowsXP pops the familiar "this program may be dangerous" warning
message. Is it possible to suppress this?

2. When the program exits, *or* if I navigate forward or back in the
slideshow, the animations on the slides - and even the sequential presentation
of slides - freezes up; it just brings up the found slide and stops. How can
the presentation be resumed?

John W. Vinson [Access MVP, Powerpoint noob]
 
I've got a PowerPoint presentation that loops through a set of slides and goes
back to the beginning, for unattended display. But... on one slide there's a
button to launch a different application (Stella modeling software from ISEE
Systems). I've got two problems with it:

1. WindowsXP pops the familiar "this program may be dangerous" warning
message. Is it possible to suppress this?
Click to expand...

On your own PC, or any you have control over, yes:

"Some files can contain viruses ..." message when clicking a hyperlink
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00406.htm
2. When the program exits, *or* if I navigate forward or back in the
slideshow, the animations on the slides - and even the sequential presentation
of slides - freezes up; it just brings up the found slide and stops. How can
the presentation be resumed?
Click to expand...

Not sure of this one, but next time it happens, press Alt+Tab a few times and
see what pops up. Sometimes PPT will pop a modal "Resume show?" dialog box. If
that gets buried under another window, it can appear that the show has locked
up.

Which for all practical purposes it has. <g>
 
Back
Top