Re: Presenter view stopped working

Is the computer administered by your IT department or do you control it?
There may be an admin setting they have "tweaked".

Also, do you have any add-in's loaded?

Just as an experiment, while in the windows desktop display setting screen,
try hitting the Identify button. See if the Laptop or the projector is
considered to be primary (1). If the projector is considered primary and
the slideshow is being shown on it as well, it is possible that they are
layering there as well.


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"Bill" <Bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Have extended desktop selected within the display controls. The function
key
only provides 3 options: laptop only, projector only or mirror, no
extended
desktop option. I select the laptop only via the function key & then the
extended desktop from the display properties. I can see the mouse pointer
move from screen to screen. Within PPT setup I selected presenter view
onto
the second monitor. When I invoke the slide show the presenter view shows
briefly & then disappears.

Don't know if this makes any difference - when I boot up the machine (Acer
laptop) , only the extended desktop shows the Windows XP logo. On other
laptops (IBM, Sony) I have used it shows both until Windows OS kicks in
with
the display controls.

bill


"Bill Dilworth" wrote:

Hi Bill,

The problem is probably with the multiple screen set-up. There are 2
distinct things that have to be set correctly for presenter's view to
accessible and be shown.

1) The desktop must span 2 screens. One screen is the laptop, the other
is
the projector. This setting is found in the Start => Control Panel =>
Display => Settings tab. Both screen should be shown in black and white
(not grayed out). If the one is grayed out, simply right click on it and
select attached. Also check that there is a checkbox in the Extend my
Windows Desktop on this monitor box for screen 2.

2) The second main item is sometimes affected by the first. The computer
has to be told to use the correct monitor for the projector. This part
has
two sub-parts (don't worry, its always darkest before the dawn -- or
after
optic nerve death, but let's not go there).
First part is easy. In PowerPoint select Slide show => Set-up =>
Shown
presentation on => Secondary display. If the Primary is selected, it
will
show the presenters view, but hide it under the presentation. I think
this
is where you are.
The second part varies between laptop brands and models. There is
usually a function key that toggles between the various display modes.
In
most cases, the user can select Laptop screen only, projector only, both
showing the same thing (mirror mode), or extended desktop mode by
selecting
one of the function keys (Function F4 on my Gateway - Function F7 on my
Dell). You want the last mode - extended desktop. To test this, just
look
at the laptop screen and projector. Don't start a presentation, just
look
at the mouse pointer. If you can move the mouse pointer on one over to
the
other, you should be in the right mode.

Post back, Bill, and let us know how you faired.


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Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
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"Bill" <Bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am working from an Acer laptop with Office - Small Business Edition
PPT.
We
used the laptop with presenter view for a long time & then one week it
stopped working. The primary user of the laptop indicated that he had
not
installed anything during this time frame. I have uninstalled, rebooted
&
reinstalled but with the same results. The presentation file works fine
on
another laptop so I know the problem is locallized to this one machine.
The
presenter startup box shows & then disappears. Your assistane would be
greatly appreciated.
--
bill





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