POWERPOINT..... Can it do this?

[Quarm]

Hi Everyone,

I have been trying to establish various methods for the following problem. I want to create some kind of slide show or simple animation using 9 words. Upon saving this file as (x) in application (x1). I want this animation or slide show to appear after a user has turned on his/her machine and after he/she has logged on, for approxinately 5 - 7 seconds. I know about putting things in the startup folder and have applications run that way...but i have never done this sort of slide show where just the show appears without the application in view and dissapears 7 sec later, and everything else starts normally.

Has anyone have any clue as to has this could be done?...as i have been trying for ages and have not reached close to a respectable solution.

Any help from anyone on the planet would be truely greatly appreciated...many thanks.

 

[Dreamboat]

Have you tried saving the file as a show (PPS) and placing a shortcut to it in the startup?

http://www.TheWordExpert.com

Dreamboat@TheWordExpert.com
Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word

 

[Quarm]

Hi,

this does what I thought it does...it opens up the application as well.

Q.

 

[LeKirk]

Have you tried the Pack & Go feature of Powerpoint? If you save it in a differnet area of your HDD to your normal program files and then run the shortcut from STARTUP as previously suggested, it should not open the whole app (since it won't be available). This method is used if you want to send someone a presentation who does not have powerpoint.