viewing in xtended desktop is messed up?

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Bruce

Previously when we viewed a ppt in extended desktop on a laptop and
projector, when we started the program it just showed the presentation on
the extended desktop. Apparently something got changed. On the laptop before
we could see the presentation, with right and left arrows and pause it (and
the slides on the left I think, don't remember now) this way we could easily
work with the ppt program without everyone seeing on the projector.
Now when we view it, the same thing appears on both the laptop and the
projector, and we can't really contol it as good on the laptop?

Is there a setting to change this back? I hit the detect ane repair thinking
this would be it didn't.

Thanks for the help,
Bruce
 
Most laptops have 3 mode for handling a single desktop being shown. The
actual button that you need to press varies from model to model. On mine it
is Function F3, but yours will be different. Usually it is marked with some
sort of a monitor like icon on the keyboard.

Mode 1 is Laptop only
Mode 2 is Projector (external plug) only
Mode 3 is Both showing the same thing


In your case, I suspect that the extended desktop became inactive and your
laptop chose one of these options (#3). Some laptops are smart enough to
sense when a projector is plugged in (usually during the power-up sequence)
and will activate or deactivate the extended desktop depending on the case,
other laptops are not so smart. But all this history is boring you, I'm
sure.

To fix this:
1) Open the control panel (Start => Settings => Control panel)
2) Open the display dialog
3) Click on the Settings tab
4) Right click on the grayed out display monitor
5) Select Attached
6) Click Apply
7) OK out of everything

Try it now,

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hi

I will double check it, but the problem is , what happens on the extended
desktop, was happening also on the laptop screen.
Before what happened when I clicked the icon to start the presentation that
it would start on the projector full screen.
On the laptop screen, it would be differnt, I would view the slides kind of
in a minimized screen with arrow buttons kind of on the lower right hand
portion.
Now what happens it goes full screen as in the projector.
 
I was reading help files,
Talks about running a presentation on two monitors,
and shows what was on our laptop. See below,


About running a presentation on two monitors
Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 with
Service Pack 3 (or later) or Microsoft Windows XP, you can run your
presentation from one monitor and let the audience view it on another
monitor. This allows you to keep other programs running that the audience
won't see, plus you have access to presenter view, which offers a variety of
tools for making it easier to present.

Presenter view


Slide thumbnails

Displayed slide

Start and End Show button

Black screen button

Preview of next text to appear

Move forward or backward through the slide show by using these
buttons

Slide number (for example, Slide 7 of 12)

Elapsed time since the start of the slide show

Speaker's notes

In presenter view, icons and buttons are large enough to navigate
easily, even when you are using an unfamiliar keyboard or mouse. Presenter
view features the following:

a.. You can use the thumbnails to select slides out of sequence,
creating a customized show for a given audience.
b.. Preview text ("Up Next") shows you what your next click will add
to the screen, whether it's a new slide or the next bullet item.
c.. Speaker's notes are shown in large, clear type so that you can
use them as a script for the presentation.
d.. You can black out the screen during a presentation, and then
resume the presentation where you left off.
 
OK.

Now, lets try something.

Is one of the monitor pictures grayed out?


--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
..
 
no it wasn't,

I finally found the settings that were changed in
ppt.
I think it was in slideshow/setupshow/multiplemonitors, and click the show
presenter view.

Is there a way to lock ppt so these settings can not be changed?
thanks
 
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