Dual Monitor Mode etc.

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Chris Watts

I have just upgraded to PPT2007 after years of using 97/2000. I have it
running under XP (fully up-to-date). I am experimenting with Dual Monitor
Mode (both with and without Presenter View) and would welcome some guidance.

Firstly, is it possible to reorganise the areas when using Presenter View?
Ideally I would like the thumbnails to be on the left with the current slide
at the right with the buttons below it - I don't need the Notes area.

Secondly, I have tried Dual Monitor Mode without Presenter View - using John
Smart's tutorial (accelerating.org/articles/beyondpresenterview.html) as
guidance. I have the Slide View on monitor 2 and Normal View (with
thumnails) on monitor 1. I can, as explained in the tutorial, move between
slides and the Slide and Normal views stay in sync. So far so good. But
after about six or so slides the thumbnails in the Normal View go blank -
background but no slide. Assuming that this was a video card issue (the
laptop that I use is new) I have tried with/without hardware acceleration -
but no difference.

Thirdly - in either single or dual monitor modes - I find that the slides
display more slowly. If I have bullet points with Appear animation then
there is a discernable delay between mouse click and the text appearing -
something that wasn't an issue in PPT97/2000. Incidentally this happens
with the 2003 Viewer and on a range of machines.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

TIA
Chris
 
Hi Chris

Thought in line...

Chris Watts said:
I have just upgraded to PPT2007 after years of using 97/2000. I have it
running under XP (fully up-to-date). I am experimenting with Dual Monitor
Mode (both with and without Presenter View) and would welcome some
guidance.

Firstly, is it possible to reorganise the areas when using Presenter View?
Ideally I would like the thumbnails to be on the left with the current
slide at the right with the buttons below it - I don't need the Notes
area.
Click to expand...
AFAIK you can't rearrange the areas but you can re-size them - just drag the
double headed arrow thingy that appears when you hover over the lines
between the areas.
Secondly, I have tried Dual Monitor Mode without Presenter View - using
John Smart's tutorial (accelerating.org/articles/beyondpresenterview.html)
as guidance. I have the Slide View on monitor 2 and Normal View (with
thumnails) on monitor 1. I can, as explained in the tutorial, move
between slides and the Slide and Normal views stay in sync. So far so
good. But after about six or so slides the thumbnails in the Normal View
go blank - background but no slide. Assuming that this was a video card
issue (the laptop that I use is new) I have tried with/without hardware
acceleration - but no difference.
Click to expand...
Check the graphics card manufacturer's website (or your laptop's
manufacturer's one) for an updated driver. Try playing with the hardware
acceleration in XP rather than PowerPoint: right click your desktop ->
properties -> settings -> advanced -> troubleshoot.
Thirdly - in either single or dual monitor modes - I find that the slides
display more slowly. If I have bullet points with Appear animation then
there is a discernable delay between mouse click and the text appearing -
something that wasn't an issue in PPT97/2000. Incidentally this happens
with the 2003 Viewer and on a range of machines.
Click to expand...
If this happens on many machines it sounds like an issue with the file and
not your computer. Animations changed a great deal from 2000 to 2002/XP
(though they haven't changed much since) so you may want to look at the
animation courses on the MS website:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC060786731033
Check to see what speed the animations are set at in the animation taskpane.
If that doesn't help there may be a problem with the file, this may help
with that:
HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm
Any guidance would be appreciated.

TIA
Chris
Click to expand...

Lucy
 
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