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Re: Are questions about applications okay here? (in this case, PowerPoint 2008)

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On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 3:25:13 PM UTC-7, paris2venice wrote:
> I have a question about PowerPoint 2008 that I'm hoping is okay to
> post here.
> 
> I have to put together a slideshow that runs non-stop much like a
> screen saver except that the PPS also contains a short animated
> movie.    To make it run like a screen saver, I did the following and
> it worked like a charm:
> 
>  1) Slide Show > Slide Transition...
>  2) Advance slide > Automatically after: 5 seconds
>  3) click 'Apply to all' button
>  4) Slide Show > Set Up Show...
>  5) Click radio button for: Browsed at a kiosk
>  6) Check checkbox for: "Loop continuously"
>  7) Save slideshow as a "PowerPoint Show" (.pps)
> 
>  8)   Users & Groups System Preference
>  8a)  Login Options > Automatic login: (username)
>  8b)  Click (username) > Login Items
>  8c)  Drag PowerPoint from Finder into Login Items
> 
>  9)   Desktop & Screen Saver System Preference
>  9a)  Screen Saver > Start screen saver: Never
> 
> 10)  Energy Saver System Preference
> 10a) Put the computer to sleep: Never
> 10b) Put the display(s) to sleep: Never
> 11)  Restart OSX to test
> 
> However, when I then added more images to the slideshow and re-saved
> the .PPS, it no longer worked.   So I then went back to  Step 1.
> Unfortunately, Step 1 was no longer the same!  The menu item under
> "Slide Show" was now just "Transitions..." and not "Slide
> Transition..." -- what could possibly make that happen in Microsoft's
> mind?
> 
> The latter menu item doesn't even bring up a dialog box anymore so I
> am certain that I am not imagining anything.  It just switches the
> selection immediately under the menu bar from "Slide Layouts" which I
> use to "Transitions" which is not at all what I want.
> 
> Are there any PowerPoint experts who can assist or is there somewhere
> else that I should ask this question?   Thanks.

I figured it out.  The "Transitions" has an "Options..." button on the far left which opens the dialog box that I formerly found.  My documenting skills must be failing me.  :)

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Are questions about applications okay here?  (in this case, PowerPoint 2008) paris2venice <paris2venice@gmail.com> - 2012-04-17 15:25 -0700
  Re: Are questions about applications okay here?  (in this case, PowerPoint 2008) paris2venice@gmail.com - 2012-04-17 16:06 -0700
    Re: Are questions about applications okay here?  (in this case, PowerPoint 2008) me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-04-17 23:13 +0000
      Re: Are questions about applications okay here?  (in this case, PowerPoint 2008) Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2012-04-17 19:28 -0700

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