Microsoft KB Archive/93702

= PPT: How to Write and Use a List File in PowerPoint Viewer =

Article ID: 93702

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c

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This article was previously published under Q93702





SUMMARY
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer can run multiple PowerPoint slide shows, one right after another by running a playlist (.lst) file. Following is a sample .lst file: ; This is the beginning of the list file Testlist.lst. ; The part of a line in a list file after a semicolon is  ; treated as a comment. Comment lines are not required. ;  FILE1.PPT file2.ppt        ; Filenames can be in uppercase or lowercase letters. A:\FILE3.PPT     ; Entries in a list file must contain full paths when ; they are located in a folder other than the folder ; where the viewer executable file, pptview.exe, A:\LIST2.lst     ; is located. One list file can reference another. ;  ; This is the end of the list file Testlist.lst.



PowerPoint 7.0
To run multiple slide shows from a list file with PowerPoint Viewer, follow these steps:  Create a playlist using a text editor, such as Notepad, and save the file with an .lst extension.  Use either of the following methods to create an icon to start the viewer:

Method 1: Create a Shortcut to the .lst File
 Create a shortcut to the .lst file Select the shortcut, click the right mouse button, and click Open. Click Other and locate the Pptview.exe or ppview32.exe file. Click Open, then click OK.</li></ol>

The .lst file is now associated with PowerPoint Viewer and starts it when clicked.

Method 2: Create a Shortcut to PowerPoint Viewer
<ol> Create a PowerPoint Viewer shortcut.</li> Right-click the PowerPoint Viewer shortcut.</li> Click the Shortcut tab.</li> In the Target box, type the name of the .lst file after Pptview.exe or Ppview32.exe.</li></ol> </li></ol>

PowerPoint 4.x
To use a list file, follow these steps:
 * 1) Run PowerPoint Viewer.
 * 2) In the Type Of File box in the PowerPoint Viewer dialog box, click File List (.lst).
 * 3) Select the folder that contains the .lst file you want to use. From the file list, click the name of the file you want to run, then click Show.

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