How to open multiple .ppt files on powerpoint 2007
I am using Office 2007 for the first time. I am not able to open ppt files in that. I am having some projects with me. When I try to open them I found that powerpoint take long time to open and there are many things missing in it. Also I am not allowed to make changes in the presentation files. While other things are working fine.
Re: Help: Office 2007 Powerpoint - how to open multiple .ppt files??
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.
re: How to open multiple .ppt files on powerpoint 2007
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!!!