Microsoft KB Archive/254011

= PPT2000: Command-Line Switches for PowerPoint 2000 =

Article ID: 254011

Article Last Modified on 8/6/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q254011



For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 version of this article, see 291872.



SUMMARY
When you run Microsoft PowerPoint from the Start menu or a from a shortcut, you can use command-line switches to modify the startup process. For example, you can open a particular presentation, print a presentation, or run a slide show automatically.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft PowerPoint recognizes the following command-line switches:

Syntax: " \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe" [/s] [/p] " .ppt"

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" \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe" /n " .pot"
 * : This is the drive where you installed Microsoft Office/PowerPoint.
 * [/s] (optional): Open the presentation directly into a slide show window.
 * [/p] (optional): Print the presentation by using the default settings.
 * .ppt: The presentation that you want to open or print.
 * /n " .pot": Create a new presentation based on the template file that you specified, .pot.

The two switches /s and /p are optional. Use them only to either open a presentation directly into a slide show, or to print the presentation. For example, you can do the following:  On the Start menu, click Run. In the Run dialog box, type the following:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Powerpnt.exe" /s "C:\MyPres\Presentation1.ppt"

 Click OK.

PowerPoint opens Presentation1.ppt directly into a slide show.

Additional query words: pp2k ppt2k pp9 ppt9 autorun auto-run automate modify modifiers command line option options

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