Editing on the fly

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I have powerpoint xp and would like to know if there is a way to display one slide on the projection while editing another so I don't have to close down the slide show while I editing. Earlier powerpoint versions allowed to type right on screen but in this version I have not figured out how to edit in "view show" mode.
 
There are a couple of excellent tutorials on this:
**A Multiple Monitor Tutorial by PowerPoint MVP Chirag Dalal
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00476.htm

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Trainer said:
I have powerpoint xp and would like to know if there is a way to display
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one slide on the projection while editing another so I don't have to close
down the slide show while I editing. Earlier powerpoint versions allowed to
type right on screen but in this version I have not figured out how to edit
in "view show" mode.
 
You are talking about an add in program that I can buy to help me with this. The other versions allowed editing on screen without add ons. It does not make sense that a new version would take away a feature.
 
In PowerPoint XP, you can fix errors (spelling, picture brightness, spacing,
placement) while in dual screen mode and the corrections will appear on the
screen (if you are editing the current slide). The added elements and new
text boxes may not appear unless you re-advance into the slide. You can
edit any slide during an active slideshow, even those not currently
displaying from the secondary (projector) screen.

The added programs listed on the page increase the user's abilities from
this dual screen set-up but are not required to do the basics.

You can not update from either single screen or mirrored monitor set-up's
unless you freeze the projector image, make the changes, restart the show,
navigate to the correct slide and unfreeze the projector.

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Trainer said:
You are talking about an add in program that I can buy to help me with
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this. The other versions allowed editing on screen without add ons. It does
not make sense that a new version would take away a feature.
 
Hello Trainer,

I like to embed the presentation slides I want to edit in the presentation I
want to show. Insert, object, create from file, select the presentation to
edit, click ok. Then set the action settings to edit the embedded
presentation instead of show it. When you click on the presentation object
during your slide show, it will open in edit mode and your slide show will
be undisturbed in the background. I like to put a single editable slide on
each training slide when I'm doing this. Note: The edits you perform on
these slides will stay with the show, but not your orginal presentation.
See here: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00038.htm and reference the
show within a show. Insert a PPT file instead of a PPS and choose Edit
instead of Show.
This should work for PPT 2000 and higher.

HTH,
Glenna

Trainer said:
I have powerpoint xp and would like to know if there is a way to display
Click to expand...
one slide on the projection while editing another so I don't have to close
down the slide show while I editing. Earlier powerpoint versions allowed to
type right on screen but in this version I have not figured out how to edit
in "view show" mode.
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

It sounds that, although there are workarounds, you would like this to be a
lot easier to do in PowerPoint.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions for how to
make this easier to do in PowerPoint, don't forget to send your feedback
(in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

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

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that 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 so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

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

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