How do I end PowerPoint 2003 show? I get stuck with black screen

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When I run a show, beginning at a slide, I cannot easily return to Normal
view. I hit escape and the screen turns black. It takes a random number of
hits to various partds of the keyboard to get back to normal view. I have NOT
set the "end with black screen" option.
This was not a problem with earlier versions.
 
mjw said:
When I run a show, beginning at a slide, I cannot easily return to Normal
view. I hit escape and the screen turns black. It takes a random number of
hits to various partds of the keyboard to get back to normal view. I have NOT
set the "end with black screen" option.
This was not a problem with earlier versions.
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It shouldn't be a problem now, in PPT 2002 or 2003.

The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is to try adjusting
Hardware Acceleration.

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

What's on your slides when you're trying to escape? I know that occasionally
if there's an active X control or an MPEG playing, it will take me more than
one click to exit show mode....
 
I'm having the same problem lately with PowerPoint 2003 *and* PowerPoint 2002.
Hardware acceleration is off. I haven't been able to pin down what's causing
it, but I do see a pattern. The slides are static with no animation, no
multimedia, no transitions. End with Black Screen is turned off. I'm getting
just a totally black screen without the end show message. In my case it
doesn't require multiple clicks - - just patience and eventually the black
screen goes away and focus returns to Normal mode. I have dual monitors, but it
happens on either monitor.

Using dual monitors with PowerPoint open on the secondary monitor and the
presentation set to play on the primary monitor I can watch what is happening.

It doesn't happen the first time I play a presentation. On the second playing
and all subsequent playings it happens. I think the time is being used to catch
up the Normal view screen so that when the black screen goes away, the thumbnail
of the last viewed slide is selected in Normal view. The first time I play the
presentation, the thumbnail of the currently displayed slide is highlighted in
Normal view. In other words, first time through the two screens are in synch.
Second time through the Normal view screen doesn't get synched up until Escape
is pressed, and while that's happening the presentation screen is black.

It's possibly a resource issue. I plan to keep poking at it.
 
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