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Powerpoint presentation in window

Is it possible to start Powerpoint presentation in window without toolbar and surrounding frame - just like full screen presentation but it should be in window?

Karen Falandays

Hi zoranl, best way is to save the presentation as a .PPS- powerpoint show. Try file, save as type, PPS

When one clicks to open it will launch in show view
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zoranl

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I would like to achieve something like this :
- create presentation in Power Point
- in menu Slide Show select option Set Up Show
- now choose Show Type : Browsed at kiosk and OK
- and now when you CTRL + click on button for Slide Show, you get window with presentation in upper left corner
I would like to know if I can start presentation like that in the first place?
Maybe something like this : PowerPoint.exe /StartInBorderlessWindow my.ppt

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zoranl

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I can only de-select : Show scrollbar which is quite different from Show toolbar ;)

Is it possible to remove toolbar and window border with some windows API ???

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GlennaShaw

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zoranl

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Glenna,

This is something I could use, but I need to start presentation from Java, so it would be nice if I could use just Power Point Viewer and manipulate the presentation window to desired size and location with some switches on command line. Or I could eventually use some Windows API to do this for me...

Thanks for now!

GlennaShaw

Ok, you have several options available to you. Personally, I'd probably just convert the presentation to an alternative format and use that. If you don't mind spending ~$250 www.camtasia.com is a super product for converting to video or flash. I have a tutorial for converting to video relatively free on my web site at www.pptmagic.com, but basically it's turning all the slides into pictures and using video editing software so it's limited.
A couple more reference links for you:
http://pptfaq.com/index.html#name_WEBifying_your_PowerPoint
http://pptfaq.com/FAQ00153.htm

Hope that helps,
Glenna

zoranl

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And I also noticed that you can resize the presentation window and its content when the presentation is started via PowerPoint Application. If it is started with PowerPoint Viewer you can change the size and location of window, but the content is not resized!

Or can somebody tell me otherwise.

P.S. : I'm using Windows API (MoveWindow) for resizing the presentation window.

GlennaShaw

This might help:
http://www.bestsoftware4download.com/software/t-free-free-powerpoint-viewer-activex-download-vqtnwfcj.html

And this article (although it's for Director, not Java): http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=266 but it may give you some ideas.

Glenna

zoranl

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None of the answers provided me with the solution I wanted, but I decided to split the points anyway.