Microsoft KB Archive/131685

PPT4: How to Use PowerPoint Playlists on the Macintosh

PSS ID Number: Q131685 Article last modified on 07-08-1998

MACINTOSH:4.0,98

MACINTOSH

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= SUMMARY =

In Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, you can have PowerPoint Viewer run several slide shows consecutively by putting the presentation names in a text file called a playlist.

NOTE: Playlists are used only by PowerPoint Viewer. If you open a playlist in PowerPoint itself, you will get a new presentation containing the text of the playlist.

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Creating a Playlist
Using TeachText or SimpleText, create a text file that lists the location and name of each presentation to be shown, one presentation per line. Separate the names of each folder with colons.

For example, a playlist that plays the file Sample Presentation from the Microsoft PowerPoint folder on a hard drive called Macintosh HD and the file Sample Presentation 2 from the Documents folder on a drive called Second HD would look like this:

Macintosh HD:Microsoft PowerPoint:Sample Presentation Second HD:Documents:Sample Presentation 2

Save the file with any filename you choose.

Using a Playlist
You can use a playlist by running PowerPoint Viewer, opening the folder that contains the playlist, and selecting it. You can also use a drag and drop operation to run the playlist file. To do this, drop the playlist file on the PowerPoint Viewer icon.

NOTE: If you try to open the same playlist in PowerPoint, you will get a new presentation with two slides. The title of the first slide will be

Macintosh HD:Microsoft PowerPoint:Sample Presentation and the title of the second slide will be:

Second HD:Documents:Sample Presentation 2 = Additional query words: 4.00 play list script macppt =

Keywords : kbviewer Version : MACINTOSH:4.0,98 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.