{"id":680,"date":"2009-03-08T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T20:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/?p=680"},"modified":"2009-03-15T17:10:37","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T23:10:37","slug":"setting-powerpoint-slide-viewing-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/setting-powerpoint-slide-viewing-options\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerPoint “Slide-Viewing” Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

In PowerPoint, the default<\/strong> Slide Show viewing<\/em> options (installed with the software) are less than optimal when it comes to delivering a presentation. Fortunately, by un-checking<\/em> a few boxes, you can make all of your presentations run smoothly.<\/p>\n

Setting the software<\/em> OPTIONS in PowerPoint is a one-time task<\/strong>, so you don’t have to do this for every<\/em> single presentation (unlike the SETUP SHOW options, which must be done for each presentation). The process is simple, the choices are the same, but there is slight difference as to where<\/em> these options can be found in\u00a0PowerPoint 2007 and earlier versions. Two screen shots are shown below, one for PowerPoint 2007 and the other for PowerPoint 2003 (similar to earlier versions, as well).<\/p>\n

If you are using PowerPoint 2007<\/strong>, click the OFFICE BUTTON in the upper left corner to open the office menu, and select the POWERPOINT OPTIONS button at the bottom of the menu dialog. Choose the ADVANCED<\/strong> tab to display the\u00a0Advanced Options. <\/em><\/p>\n

Shown below is the PowerPoint 2007 Advanced Options<\/strong> dialog, with a highlight box\u00a0annotating the Slide Show<\/strong> viewing choices.<\/p>\n

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PowerPoint 2007 Options with Slide Show section highlighted<\/p><\/div>\n

If you are using an earlier version<\/em> of PowerPoint, the access to the Options dialog is different. Pull down the TOOLS MENU<\/strong> and choose Options…<\/strong> (the last item on the pull-down menu) to display the dialog.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shown below is the PowerPoint 2003 Options<\/strong> dialog, with the View tab<\/em> open, and\u00a0a highlight box\u00a0annotating the Slide Show<\/strong> viewing choices.<\/p>\n

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PowerPoint 2003 Options with Slide Show section highlighted<\/p><\/div>\n

Clearing the Choices<\/h3>\n

Regardless of which version of PowerPoint you are using, the four choices<\/em> in the Slide show section are the same (just not listed in the same order). UNCHECK<\/strong> (clear) all of these boxes to\u00a0improve\u00a0\u00a0the viewing of your presentations.<\/p>\n

Each option is explained, as follows:\"ppt-right-mouse-menu\"<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Show menu on right mouse click<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clear this option <\/em>to avoid having\u00a0a \u201cmenu\u201d (like the one on the right) appear whenever the right<\/em> mouse button\u00a0is clicked during your slide show.<\/p>\n

With this option is disabled (unchecked), a right mouse click will simply navigate to the previous slide<\/em>, just as a left mouse click moves to the next<\/em> slide.<\/p>\n

It is a distraction to have this menu appear\u00a0with a right mouse click for the purpose of navigating to the previous slide.<\/p>\n

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\nShow popup toolbar<\/strong>\"ppt-popup-toolbar\"<\/strong>\"ppt-popup-toolbar-selection\"<\/em>
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Clear this\u00a0option<\/em> to avoid having these four\u00a0transparent navigation buttons<\/strong> (which highlight when selected)\u00a0appear\u00a0at the bottom-left of your\u00a0screen whenever you move your mouse pointer onto a slide.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Prompt to keep ink annotations when exiting<\/strong>\"ppt-keep-annotations-box\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clear this option<\/em> to avoid having an alert box<\/strong> appear at the end of your presentation asking you if you want to keep any annotations<\/em> (writing or highlighting)\u00a0that you may have made on your slides.<\/p>\n

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Usually these annotations are easier to make if you have the popup toolbar option checked <\/em>so you can select the pen-like\u00a0icon<\/em>\u00a0on the toolbar\u00a0to\u00a0make your\u00a0annotations.<\/p>\n

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End with black slide<\/strong> – clear this option<\/em> to avoid having a black slide appear as the last image of your show,\u00a0 displaying the phrase \u201cEnd of slide show, click to exit\u201d<\/strong> in a very small\u00a0font at the top\u00a0of the image. This is definitely\u00a0an option that should be\u00a0disabled because it is a complete distraction and the black slide likely will not fit the color scheme or visual theme of the rest of your show anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In PowerPoint, the default Slide Show viewing options (installed with the software) are less than optimal when it comes to delivering a presentation. Fortunately, by un-checking a few boxes, you can make all of your presentations run smoothly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,26,24],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paPH93-aY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":81,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":691,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}