Re: Automatic launch in PPT view

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From: David M. Marcovitz (marcoNOSPAM_at_loyola.edu)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:42:30 -0800

You might explain it to your client this way. PowerPoint is designed to
make things easy to show in Slide Show view, and it is designed to make
things easy to edit it Edit/Normal view. While it is possible to show an
entire presentation in Edit/Normal view, it is not designed with that in
mind.

If you want an academic explanation, you can try to explain this in terms
of conceptual models (the client has a mistaken conceptual model for the
way PowerPoint works). See

Norman, D. (1989). The design of everyday things. New York: Doubleday.

which has an excellent explanation about conceptual models.

--David 

-- 
David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
=?Utf-8?B?a2F0bHVj?= <katluc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:72890E2E-2632-4B03-9013-2C209E9A508A@microsoft.com: 
> I am Soooooo glad to hear you say that. I kept thinking am I nuts?
> when I truly thought they were! ha! I have already listened to this
> clip so many times that I can mouth it along with them now. I felt
> like I needed to verify that this is something not normally or easily
> done, which you have verified for me! Thanks again for your help.
> Sharing your knowledge makes life better for the rest of us!
> 
> "Sonia" wrote:
> 
>> What you wrote makes sense.  What the client wants may make sense to
>> them, but not to me.  That would make me crazy, even if I knew how to
>> do it.  You would probably have to write some code and install it as
>> an add-in, but automatically means just that.  It would *always* play
>> every time they moved to that slide.  I wonder if they even realize
>> what they are asking for. 
>> 
>> "katluc" <katluc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
>> news:5774E001-400E-48BF-BC18-96B72AACF695@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks, first of all, Sonia, for taking time to look at my problem.
>> > I wasn't as clear as I should have been (I expect everyone to read
>> > my mind). I have the video clips set to play automatically, which
>> > they do in slide show mode, and I can play them in regular PPT mode
>> > by double clicking on them. The folks that will ultimately be using
>> > this presentation wanted me to "make it" (don't you just love
>> > that!) also play automatically in just the PPT mode without them
>> > having to click or do anything; for example, when they go from
>> > slide 6 to the next slide with the clip, it would just launch on
>> > its own without anyone  having to click play, click the video box,
>> > etc. The same way it does in slide show. Does that make sense? I'm
>> > not the best at wording things to convey my needs!
>> >
>> > "Sonia" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Have them go to Slide Show > Custom Animation.  There will be a
>> >> "Play" button at
>> >> the bottom.  They just need to click it.
>> >> -- 
>> >>
>> >> Sonia Coleman
>> >> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
>> >> Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
>> >> http://www.soniacoleman.com
>> >>
>> >> "katluc" <katluc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:5C3F8274-0EA7-4DA0-B295-C93EE088F765@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Using PPT 2003 and set video clips to launch automatically,
>> >> > which they do in
>> >> > the slide show view. Is there anything that can make them launch
>> >> > automatically in the PPT view? We have people who will be using
>> >> > them in both
>> >> > modes and want them to launch in the regular PPT view as they go
>> >> > through them, either by clicking with mouse or scrolling down
>> >> > with arrows. 
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 
>> 
>> 
>>
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