microsoft.public.powerpoint

In article <1193136940.599729.306430@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, Merlin
wrote:
> On Oct 22, 10:05 pm, Steve Rindsberg wrote:
> > In article <1193083209.917019.48...@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, Merlin
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I found this code to do this, however, after creating the action
> > > button on the starting slide and creating the Macro and assigning it
> > > to the action button, it doesn't work. Can someone tell me what the
> > > problem is?
> >
> > > ****Start Code****
> >
> > > Sub PPShortcuts_MinimizeAllSlideShows()
> > > Application.Run "PPShortcuts.ppa!MinimizeAllSlideShows"
> > > End Sub
> >
> > > ****End Code****
> >
> > That code alone won't do anything. It assumes that an addin named
> > PPShortcuts.ppa is installed.
> >
> > -----------------------------------------
> > Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
> > PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
> > PPTools: www.pptools.com
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>
> No, I'm unfamiliar with PowerPoint coding. I was assuming that the
> call for PPShortcuts.ppa was some sort of Windows or PowerPoint VBA
> code.

I *think* (not sure) that this relies on Chirag Dalal's Shortcut manager for
PowerPoint:

http://officeone.mvps.org/ppsctmgr/ppsctmgr.html

You might want to have a look there.

> Do you know of any way other than the "Alt-Tab" method that I can use
> with an action button? Most of the users of the Slide Show are using
> the "Esc" to terminate the program because they want to use another
> program. This slide show was set up to act as a menu, linking a half
> dozen files to the same screen.

I don't know of a way to automate switching, but perhaps someone else will have
some ideas. Meanwhile, when the users want to use another program, is that any
arbitrary program or another specific program?

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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