Open one slideshow from another and close the first

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I need to be able to have one slideshow open from another
and close the first slideshow. Is there a simple way to do
this in PPT? Or does it require VB coding? If the former,
how? If the latter, what is the code?

Thanks
Siko
 
Thanks. Having tried that one yet. I'll get if a shot and
see if it does the trick.
 
Then please describe better what you want it to do.

Do you have two large presentations that you want to run sequentially?
Is there a reason that a menu show will not work?
What is your situation.?

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The application that I need it for is PPS files that will
be launched from outside of Powerpoint. The final
presentation method will be on CD which might complicate
matters as well.

Any help you can provide will be appreciated.
 
I downloaded your Single Slideshow Window Addin and it
worked wonderfully from within Powerpoint. The application
that I need it for is PPS files that will be launched from
outside of Powerpoint. Is there some way to make this
addin work in this situation? Or another method to have a
single slideshow functionality? The final presentation
method will be on CD which might complicate matters as
well.

Any help you can provide will be appreciated.
 
If you were using regular PowerPoint then VBA would be an option. Or you
could write an external program that would be run from an action setting.
Unfortunately, neither of these functions are supported by the viewers.

So, we'll have to find a way around this. How about a hyperlink? Could you
write a couple of html web pages that would be located in the same folder?
The first would collect the information and store it on the Hard Drive. The
second would apply the stored info.

I've never done this, but I'd think it would work. Sound like fun?
B
 
That's an interesting approach. What kind of information
would be stored and applied?

siko
 
Ok, I'm an idiot, I wrote that as a rely to another post.

I'm testing an idea re: your post and should get back to you tonight from
home.

B
 
Here is the situation as I see it...
You want a CD with a ...
program on it that will ...
launch a presentation show ...
that should launch another presentation show.


Solution 1 -- Use the viewers playlist...
On the CD, load your program ...
load the Powerpoint Viewer
load both presentation shows
create a playlist with both shows listed
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00153.htm

Presentation 2 will open after presentation is done, thanks to the playlist.
The viewer does not support linked or embedded objects, because of the
potential damage that could be done by the bad people.


Solution 2 ... Use HTML
From PowerPoint ...
Save the presentations as HTML files ...
http://www.rdpslides.com/ppt2html/
Hyperlink in one slide that leads to the second show's html file


On the CD, load your program ...
have it hyperlink to the first show's first slide's HTML


The difficulty with option 2, of course, is that the advantages of running
in PowerPoint are lost. If you could assume that everyone who would get the
disk had a somewhat recent version of PowerPoint on their system, your
options would open up


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