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D_D
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 Posted - 01/03/2006 : 22:58:20
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Hi
I have to work on two presentations at the same time, on 2 monitors.
I'd like to have one presentation open on one monitor, and a different
presentation open on the second monitor.
WORD: it works with word, because everytime I open a Word Document, a new
window is opened, so that I can put one document on one monitor and shift
the other document onto the other monitor .. an work with both docs at the
same time.
EXCEL: I have to open the program Excel twice. I then have two windows with
two documents and can push one onto the other monitor...an work with both
docs at the same time
POWERPOINT: always opens only one window for all documents - but I need two
windows?
I really would appreciate any help!
I work on Windows XP
Bye and thanx
Greetz Dr. Pekkie |
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administrator
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Posted - 02/03/2006 : 22:12:35
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Hi Dr. Pekkie 
Sadly, it's not possible to open 2 seperate PowerPoint presentations on the same machine under two seperate application instances of PowerPoint at once 
I'm just wondering Dr. Pekkie why you need to run two presentations at once? Are you perhaps copying from one presentation to another?
Unlike Word, or Excel, PowerPoint is designed to fill the entire screen. So you can't open multiple applications Dr. Pekkie, but you can however, use a workaround 
If you need to open 2 PowerPoint presentations or need to be able to "flip" between 2 PowerPoint presentations, you can open both files in PowerPoint, and use the Windows/ Arrange function.
You can also click on View. Then select Tools > Options. And modify the Windows in Taskbar, if you prefer this method rather than the Windows / Arrange function. (CTRL + F6 / CTRL +SHIFT + F6)
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lrcrabtree
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Posted - 02/03/2006 : 22:23:52
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That will work Admin, but there is also another method I discovered several months ago.
You can force a separate instance of Powerpoint to open using the Command line. So that you can in theory have many instances of PowerPoint open at once!
I had a link to a site but I can't find it (of course when you need it  )
This gets a little complicated, but you can certainly open multiple ppt files in different PowerPoint application windows.
To open your ppt presentation in PowerPoint from the command line Dr. Pekkie perform the following:
1. On the Start menu, click Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe" /c: "C:\The directory of your presentation\Your presentation filename.ppt"
3. Click OK.
PowerPoint will open your presentation in a unique instance of the PowerPoint application.
Now repeat but with the name of your other ppt file, for example:
1. On the Start menu, click Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe" /c: "C:\The directory of your presentation\Your other presentation filename.ppt"
3. Click OK.
Another PowerPoint applicatin instance will open.
You can repeat this in theory for severla instances Dr. Pekkie, so that you can have both of your ppt files open in seperate PowerPoint applications
Charles Henry
Creative Director, 123PPT
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D_D
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Posted - 03/03/2006 : 14:19:40
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Could you pleas explane some more I can't get it to work.
I think I'am doing somthing wrong in the command line. |
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lrcrabtree
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Posted - 03/03/2006 : 16:44:15
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Hi Dr. Pekkie,
lets say I have myfirstfile.ppt presentation file in a directory called presentations on the root of my C: drive.
I would
1. On the Start menu, click Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe" /c "C:\presentations\myfirstfile.ppt"
3. Click OK.
Now lets say I have my second presentation called mysecondfile.ppt in a directory called work on the root of my C: drive.
I would
1. On the Start menu, click Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe" /c "C:\work\mysecondfile.ppt"
3. Click OK.
Now both of my presentations would be open in two seperate PowerPoint window instances
Charles Henry
Creative Director, 123PPT
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D_D
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Posted - 04/03/2006 : 14:10:42
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This is wath I typed in my command line:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Powerpnt.exe" /c "C:\pres1.ppt"
Then the firts presentation opens + a popup from netmeeting.
Then I type:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Powerpnt.exe" /c "C:\pres2.ppt"
The second presentation opens in the window of the first.
I am working on office 2003, could that be the problem? |
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lrcrabtree
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Posted - 05/03/2006 : 18:39:07
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Hi again Dr. Pekkie,
no 2003 shouldn't be a problem...in fact I am using 2003
From what I understand the /c switch was introduced and has functioned since the Office 2000 release.
It may seem like a silly question Dr. Pekkie, but you do have your ppt file properties set to open in PowerPoint and not PowerPoint Viewer 2003? Only one instance of Viewer is able to open at any one time.
To double check, right click your ppt file and select Properties from the file menu.
On the General tab, you should see
Type of file: Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation
Opens with: Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
I wonder if perhaps the Net Meeting is creating a problem for you Dr. Pekkie, perhaps it would be wise to disable Net Meeting and then try opening your presentations again from the command line?
Charles Henry
Creative Director, 123PPT
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mamara
South Africa
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Posted - 05/03/2006 : 20:09:28
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Came across this site about a product while looking for something else, but remembered reading your post.
I have not personally tried this application, but it appears promising. They offer a trial version prior to purchase. Hope this is helpful. |
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administrator
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Posted - 05/03/2006 : 23:26:56
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Sorry Ez_Writer your post has been edited.
We can't promote products or services that don't actually solve or contribute to solving a members problem.
The product you refer to doesn't deal with Dr. Pekkie question.
How to open 2 instances of PowerPoint at once.
The product which you were promoting doesn't deal with the question in whole or part. It is therefore misleading and we must judge it as pure product promotion.
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administrator
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Posted - 05/03/2006 : 23:33:03
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Dr. Pekkie,
in my original response to your post I suggested to use the Windows/ Arrange function.
Since I was unaware of the ability to open 2 seperate instances of PowerPoint as Charles has detailed, this seems the best solution.
If you are unable to open 2 seperate instances of PowerPoint using Charles's method, I would again suggest that you use PowerPoint's built in ability to display multiple presentations in the same application.
For comparison, are working between your 2 files, open both presentation files and then go to
Window > Arrange All
To move between your ppt files and edit, update, copy, paste, or compare accordingly.
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D_D
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Posted - 06/03/2006 : 19:39:00
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Sorry dude's I tried everything you told me 10 times.
I don't know what I am doing wrong but the thing just doesn't work
To bad it would have made my work a whole lot easyer.
The reason I needed it was becouse I have to design 2 Presentations that have to run next to eachother.
So it would be easy if I could Open a different instance of powerpoint on each screen and still have an other screen with the photos that have to come in to the presentation.
There has to be a better way then to switch windows all the time.
Thanks for all the help so far!
If anybody has an other idea to solve this problem I am all eyes. |
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D_D
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Posted - 06/03/2006 : 19:42:22
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| The window > arrange all seems to work nice. |
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Rocio_Dextre
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Posted - 23/03/2006 : 22:38:40
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Charles,
I have a friend here at work who was asking me how to open 2 instances of Powerpoint. I tried the tip you suggested and couldn't get it to work either. Any additional help on getting that to work would be appreciated.
Regards,
Kevin |
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lrcrabtree
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Posted - 24/03/2006 : 08:04:55
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Hi Dr. Kevin,
here it is, as they say, straight from the horses mouth 
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q291872
As you can see, and I explained in my posts the /c: switch opens a new instance of PowerPoint with your presentation so that you can have multiple instances of PowerPoint open and work upon multiple presentations at once.
Charles Henry
Creative Director, 123PPT
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Rocio_Dextre
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Posted - 24/03/2006 : 16:56:48
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Hello Charles,
Thanks for the link to the KB article. It sure says exactly what you described. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work on my machine -- I used DOS long enough to feel pretty confident that I entered the command line correctly. I'm running XP Pro SP2, which may be different that what you're running and I suppose could give a different result. I'll try it at home, where I'm running XP and see if it works there. I've put in a request to our computer support folks to check into it. The KB article should prevent them from simply responding that it can't be done.
Regards,
Kevin |
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Rocio_Dextre
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Posted - 24/03/2006 : 19:54:32
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Charles,
In an effort to clarify, again, that we're talking about the same thing... I would like two instances of Powerpoint to be open at the same time, meaning completely separate windows each for 2 different instances of Powerpoint.
When I try to the trick suggested by you and the by the KB article you referenced -- and by the way, our computer group came up with the same result -- I get two Powerpoint presentations running in one window. There are 2 buttons on the task bar, but there is only one window shared by the two presentations, not two independant windows.
If you are in fact able to have 2 independant windows, could you post a screen shot of that? That will give me something to hand the computer guys and say, "it can be done, make it work."
Thanks!
Kevin |
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