slide show menu (Tablet PC)

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Amy Blankenship

I have a tutorial that came with my tablet PC that shows a powerpoint slide
show menu that has a next and previous button on it. I can't even find
anything on the slide show menu in the help, and the two-button slide show
menu I've been able to get showing does not have those buttons or the screen
button also mentioned in the tutorial. How so I make these show?
Powerpoint is not very useful in tablet mode without at least a next and
previous button!

Thanks;

Amy
 
I have a tutorial that came with my tablet PC that shows a powerpoint slide
show menu that has a next and previous button on it. I can't even find
anything on the slide show menu in the help, and the two-button slide show
menu I've been able to get showing does not have those buttons or the screen
button also mentioned in the tutorial. How so I make these show?
Powerpoint is not very useful in tablet mode without at least a next and
previous button!
Click to expand...

So you need to know how to create your own buttons?

Choose View, Master, Slide Master.

From the Drawing toolbar, choose AutoShapes, Action Buttons. On the flyout menu
you'll see a variety of them; two are specifically Forward and Back buttons.
Add one of each, size and position on slide as desired.

Choose View, Normal.

You should see your action buttons on every slide and in slide show mode they
should work as you need.
 
Steve Rindsberg said:
So you need to know how to create your own buttons?

Choose View, Master, Slide Master.

From the Drawing toolbar, choose AutoShapes, Action Buttons. On the flyout
menu
you'll see a variety of them; two are specifically Forward and Back
buttons.
Add one of each, size and position on slide as desired.

Choose View, Normal.

You should see your action buttons on every slide and in slide show mode
they
should work as you need.
Click to expand...

These are true statements.

However, there are two problems with them

(1) The tutorial shows the buttons as semitransparent and all of a piece
with the slide show menu bar in the lower left of the screen. This is what
I want, if at all possible. They have a screen capture of it, so I suspect
it is possible. However, their screen capture says PowerPoint 2003, and I
have XP. Was this a new feature added for 2003? I can't find anything
about it, anywhere.

(2) There does not seem to be an action button analogous to the Screen
button that lets you add a black or white board to the presentation or the
pen button that pops up the ability to change weight and ink color.

Do you know of any help available for that little semitransparent menu at
the bottom and how to affect its properties? The only thing I have been
able to find is the check box for show popup.

Thanks;

Amy
 
(1) The tutorial shows the buttons as semitransparent and all of a piece
with the slide show menu bar in the lower left of the screen. This is
what I want, if at all possible. They have a screen capture of it, so I
suspect
Click to expand...

I think what you're referring to is actually a tablet feature as opposed to
something that PPT itself offers. Does the tutorial say anything about how
to turn on this feature, or is it a completely unrelated tutorial that just
happens to show these controls?
 
Echo S said:
I think what you're referring to is actually a tablet feature as opposed
to something that PPT itself offers. Does the tutorial say anything about
how to turn on this feature, or is it a completely unrelated tutorial that
just happens to show these controls?
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No, it does not. Everything I've ever seen as far as tablet tutorials and
tablet pc pages that mention this feature accept it as a given. It seems
like something that should just sort of be there, but it isn't there.

Thanks!

Amy
 
However, there are two problems with them
(1) The tutorial shows the buttons as semitransparent and all of a piece
with the slide show menu bar in the lower left of the screen. This is what
I want, if at all possible. They have a screen capture of it, so I suspect
it is possible. However, their screen capture says PowerPoint 2003, and I
have XP. Was this a new feature added for 2003? I can't find anything
about it, anywhere.
Click to expand...

Ah, THAT thing. That's even simpler. Choose Tools, Options and on the View
tab, put a checkmark next to "Show popup toolbar". That'll be available in XP
as well. But it sounds as though you've found that already. Is it still not
appearing? In that case, check Slide Show, Set Up Show (from the main menu).
Choose Browsed by Speaker - Full Screen rather than Kiosk Mode.
(2) There does not seem to be an action button analogous to the Screen
button that lets you add a black or white board to the presentation or the
pen button that pops up the ability to change weight and ink color.
Click to expand...

That's correct, but you can press B or W on the keyboard to go to white or
black screen. There are quite a few other useful key combos ... press F1 while
in slide show view to get the complete list.
 
Ah, THAT thing. That's even simpler. Choose Tools, Options and on the
View
tab, put a checkmark next to "Show popup toolbar". That'll be available
in XP
as well. But it sounds as though you've found that already. Is it still
not
Click to expand...

Isn't there a separate one on tablets though? I know I was once asked how to
turn it off right before someone's presentation, but I had zero idea how to
do so. I thought it was a tablet PC function, not a PPT function....
 
Steve Rindsberg said:
Ah, THAT thing. That's even simpler. Choose Tools, Options and on the
View
tab, put a checkmark next to "Show popup toolbar". That'll be available
in XP
as well. But it sounds as though you've found that already. Is it still
not
appearing? In that case, check Slide Show, Set Up Show (from the main
menu).
Choose Browsed by Speaker - Full Screen rather than Kiosk Mode.
Click to expand...

It appears, but it only has two buttons rather than the 4 or so shown in the
tutorial.
That's correct, but you can press B or W on the keyboard to go to white or
black screen. There are quite a few other useful key combos ... press F1
while
in slide show view to get the complete list.
Click to expand...

My fingers are a bit too thick to fit between the back of the tablet screen
and the keyboard when it is in tablet mode.
 
I suspect it is a combination of both, that you both have to have the tablet
pack for Office and that you have to have PowerPoint.

Echo S said:
Ah, THAT thing. That's even simpler. Choose Tools, Options and on the
View
tab, put a checkmark next to "Show popup toolbar". That'll be available
in XP
as well. But it sounds as though you've found that already. Is it still
not
Click to expand...

Isn't there a separate one on tablets though? I know I was once asked how
to turn it off right before someone's presentation, but I had zero idea
how to do so. I thought it was a tablet PC function, not a PPT
function....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
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It appears, but it only has two buttons rather than the 4 or so shown in the
tutorial.
Click to expand...

Odd. I have the four buttons (forward, back, pen and the other one). But this
is 2003, not on a tablet.

Hang on while I start the WaybackVirtualMachine.
And bingo.
In PPT XP, you only get two buttons, and neither is a forward or back button.
My fingers are a bit too thick to fit between the back of the tablet screen
and the keyboard when it is in tablet mode.
Click to expand...

Ah. Does the screenshow mode in PPT disable the onscreen keyboard on the
tablet? While I have a tablet, I don't use it with PPT. Some tablets have
extra buttons you can use for scrolling; these might work as forward/backward
buttons in PPT as well.
 
Steve Rindsberg said:
Odd. I have the four buttons (forward, back, pen and the other one). But
this
is 2003, not on a tablet.

Hang on while I start the WaybackVirtualMachine.
And bingo.
In PPT XP, you only get two buttons, and neither is a forward or back
button.


Ah. Does the screenshow mode in PPT disable the onscreen keyboard on the
tablet? While I have a tablet, I don't use it with PPT. Some tablets
have
extra buttons you can use for scrolling; these might work as
forward/backward
buttons in PPT as well.
Click to expand...

I hadn't thought of that. I will try those buttons.

-Amy
 
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