How do you use two computers

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This is confusing.

You can use one computer to do both, the PowerPoint and other processes, by
using an amazing add-in
**PowerShow 4.0
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

You can run two instances of PowerPoint independently from one computer, by
using the above add-in.

You can run two computers doing completely independent tasks by keeping them
completely independent.

You can synchronize two computers using a couple of home-spun solutions
(special wired mouse cables, etc.).


Could you post back to clarify what your need is?

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tp said:
I want to use one computer as the audience and the other as the presenter
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how do I
 
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Hello,

There are a at least a few "built-in" ways of doing this, depending on the
version of PowerPoint you are using. I'm assuming, of course, that you do
not have a multiple independent display capable system, otherwise I would
recommend using the presenter tools in PowerPoint 2002 or 2003.

Method 1 - Use Net Meeting.

Assuming that both computers are on the same LAN, you can use NetMeeting to
have the slide show on machine A appear on machine B identically (both
machines should be set up to run at the same display resolution). With this
method you will want to stay away from overly colorful (lots of gradients,
for example) or active (lots of animations) in order to limit the amount of
data that needs to be sent from the presenters computer to the audience
viewed computer. This method works regardless of what version of PowerPoint
you are using from PowerPoint 97 to 2003.

Method 2 - Use PowerPoint Conferencing (PowerPoint 95 and PowerPoint 97
only)

Assuming that both computers are on the same LAN and with the same version
of PowerPoint installed on both machines, use the built in Presentation
Conference feature to make one machine the "presenter" machine and the
other machine a "audience" machine, then run the slide show just like you
would normally and the exact same thing that appears on the presenter
machine will appear.

Method 3 - Use the View on Two Screens feature (PowerPoint 97 only)

If you have a null modem cable, you can connect 2 computers running
PowerPoint 97 together and use this feature to make one machine the
"presenter" machine and the other machine a "audience" machine, then run
the slide show just like you would normally and the exact same thing that
appears on the presenter machine will appear.

Neither of these methods provide the presenter tools that PowerPoint
2002/2003 have (for multiple-display enabled systems) where you can see
your speakers notes on the presenter machine while the audience only sees
the full-screen show.

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Microsoft Corporation
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