Help: Office 2007 Powerpoint - how to open multiple .ppt files?

i go to ubc.
and i have a dual monitor setup.
to study i like to open multiple .ppt files/projects.

i can open as many as i want. but the PROBLEM is. i can only view one at a
time.
unlike word or excel, in word i can open up multiple .doc files and view them.
ie. if i open two .doc files i can view one on one monitor and one on the
other no problem.

but with powerpoint. it doesn't let me do this. if i open one .ppt file and
then another .ppt. the last .ppt file i open super-imposes itself on the
first one. allowing me to only see the last .ppt file i opened..

can anyone help?

How to open multiple windows in MS Office Pro 2007

To expand a bit you may find the series of 3 linked PPT FAQ article that start with this one to be of
interest as well

But that link didn't help at all
i always knew i could view multiple powerpoints in the same powerpoint window.

This is Stupid IMO. i was wondering if anyone knew how or why microsoft did
this? especially only for powerpoint?

i would like to know if anyone figured out how to view multiple powerpoint
files in DIFFERENT windows?

The basic reason you can only view one presentation at a time is that this
would be counterproductive when showing a presentation on a projector to a
group and that is where PPT is pretty much designed to work. I have had
times (teaching PPT to those that had no knowledge of it at all) that I
would have loved to be able to split a screen with two PPT presentations,
side by side, on one projector but know that it is not possible so I didn't
try. Just went out and purchased a second computer and projector to display
side by side.

Depending on what you need with two files open this may be a viable
work-around. Open PPT and maximize your program across both monitors. If
you open the first PPT file, but don't start PPT Show, you should be able to
drag that to the secondary screen and maximize it by dragging the sides to
the size you need. Open the second file and keep it on the main monitor
(again don't start the show.) Drag it out to fill the screen. Now, this
won't give you the capability of running the show but it will allow you to
view two files side by side on two different monitors. None of the
animations, etc. will work either.

After you've opened your files, go to the "View" tab in the ribon. When you select it, you'll see an option for "Window" (other options include "Presentation Views," "Show/Hide," "Zoom," "Color/Grayscale," and "Macros") select "Cascade" in the "Window" option.

This will allow you to expand the PowerPoint window on to two screens. Then just move one file to each screen and resize them to fit.

And you are posting this to whom??

[genegh]

I'm not sure if you have had any education on letter writing in the past, so I'll give you a little help.

When making a letter you address the recipient first and then include the contents of what you want to convey. Let's take for instance the below:

Any particular reason you are posting to a thread that expired over 6
months ago? Perhaps it's because you are posting to a site that
attempts to pose as some kind of technical forum but merely leeches off
the Microsoft Newsserver?

Err this is NOT "letter" writing.

An example.

Answer = 186,000 miles per second.

Question - what is the speed of light?

See?

Do you read a book from the bottom up?

What a response from each of you; you both must be so smart to have outwitted me on this post. Let me address both of your comments.

Bob’s Comment – “Any particular reason you are posting to a thread that expired over 6 months ago? Perhaps it's because you are posting to a site that attempts to pose as some kind of technical forum but merely leeches off the Microsoft Newsserver?”

My Response – Obviously you thought it was a good idea to replay to a thread that has “expired over 6 months ago.” Good job genius!!!!!

Gordon’s Comment – “Err this is NOT "letter" writing. An example. Answer = 186,000 miles per second. Question - what is the speed of light? See? Do you read a book from the bottom up?”

My Response – So if your argument is correct and we believe that this is not a letter, than I never needed to call out to whom the reply was directed. If I never needed to call out the person I replied to, than you had no justification for your original comment; “To whom are you talking and about what?” At-a-boy genius!!!!!

Summary – I would surmise that if the post regarded .ppt issues and the comment regarded that same .ppt issue, that any posted comments would be pertain to that original question posted.

Tweedledee and Tweedledum, it’s been fun. Maybe you’ll be the ones who disprove Darwin’s theory of evolution and manage to survive and reproduce. (God help us all if that happens.)

P.S.
If you don’t know who I’m referring to when I say “Tweedledee and Tweedledum,” than just go back to your surfing porn and leave this post alone.

[subcan]

Powerpoint 2007 does not open in separate instances normally, but here is a work around if it is really important to you.

You first need to create another account (with password) on the computer and log into it just so that it is fully created. After that you just log out of it. You won’t need to log into it again.

Then you need to go to start > run > and type in:
runas /user:otheraccountname "c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\POWERPNT.EXE"
the user:otheraccountname will be user:XXXX whatever the other account it named.

A dos window will pop up and ask for the password. Input it. It will not show any letters typed so make sure it is easy to type.

Then another instance of the program will open up on your screen. This one you can move to the other monitor. When you save the file it will default to the “other account” as default -- just choose the “main” user account and location or … change the default save location in the advanced properties of that instance of ppt.

I hope that this is easy enough.

If you want to make it easy to do this you can create a “batch” file that you can put on the desktop that can be clicked to automatically open this.
This is done in “notepad”
Code as follows:

cmd.exe /c
runas /user:otheraccountname "c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\POWERPNT.EXE"

then save this as “whatever you want.bat” to the desktop.

Now you can just click that and it will open the other instance.

[SamW]

I realize this is an old thread, but I wanted to take a minute to thank you...your advice worked for me and I was going CRAZY trying to open 2 instances at once while I was re-writing a presentation. Very, very helpful and very much appreciated!!!