Re: Powerpoint is updating laptop

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From: Sonia (scds_at_nowherebuthere.com)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 07:29:36 -0700

Now I understand. It sounds like PowerPoint is demanding all of the
resources on your system just to project the image and refresh the
projector. By resources I mean processor speed, memory, the capabilities of
the video card, available disk space, and whether your hard disk is
fragmented. If your presentation has animation and transitions or music and
video, there will be heavy demand on resources. What transition effects are
you using?

Try cleaning out your Temp folder, defragging your hard drive, and updating
your video driver. Also try running the presentation without Presenter View
set to ON. That means that you should always keep the focus on the
projected image and not click on the laptop screen.

"Chuck Arney" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:f24a01c43daa$1cf772d0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you
> open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have
> a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide
> thumbnails running down the left side of the screen.
> Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large
> slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not
> advance. Only the projector advances and it runs
> smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the
> projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop
> will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the
> next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses
> the projector for an instant and it jerks the
> presentation. I do not have to close and open the
> program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide,
> and then show it again and sometimes the problem is
> there. Other times it works great.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on
> the laptop when this
> >happens? Do you have anti-virus software running?
> >--
> >Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
> >Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
> >http://www.soniacoleman.com/
> >
> >"Chuck Arney" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:f33d01c43da2$6b4b74c0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I have a large graphics and animation intensive
> >> presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes
> when
> >> I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not
> >> update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the
> slide
> >> updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk
> >> when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first
> >> slide and not update. I am not using the presenter
> mode,
> >> I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens
> >> randomly. I do not have to close and then re-open
> >> poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time
> and
> >> it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates
> >> the laptop. How can I make it consistant?
> >> Chuck Arney
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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