Go to Slide Show directly

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Robin

Hi

Does anyone know how to make the powerpoint file goes directly to Slide Show
when double click on the powerpoint file.

Is there a way to set it back to the Design mode for the powerpoint file
which goes directly to Slide Show.


Thanks.
Robin
 
Deja Vu:

Either change the file extension in Windows Explorer from PPT to PPS or do a
"File", "Save as", click the "Save as type" to "PowerPoint Slideshow".

You can open PowerPoint and do a "File", "Open" and open the PPS file into
Design Mode, or change the extension back to a PPT.
 
Hi Robin --

This might be more info than you were after, but what the heck, it might be
interesting for others to note that you CAN make a PPT file go directly to
show from a double-click. Windows users can make their own choices about
what program should open which type of file, and which action should be
considered the default for a file type. From Control Panel | Folder Options
| File Types | Advanced, you can change the default of PPT Files from Open
to Show. Once done, double-clicking a .PPT file shows it, and right-clicking
and choosing Open allows you to edit it.

Why the heck would you want to do this, the entire NG asks at once?

I prefer that my presentation notebook be set this way. I normally begin
work on a presentation file on my desktop PC, where I keep the default
conventional: double-clicking a .PPT file opens it for editing. But in my
seminars, with my notebook PC, I might show a dozen, maybe two dozen,
presentations in a day. During Q&A, I might have to sift, on the fly,
through many dozens of presentations to illustrate a certain topic. It is
unusually helpful to be able to show those files just by double-clicking
them.






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Rick Altman
PowerPoint Live Conferences and Seminars
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