Is there a way to make a presentation always start at slide one, without
having to change hyperlinks? Say you press the "Slideshow Button" (Start at
current slide) and you can only start from the first slide, and not slide 5.
Is this possible?

Re: First Slide help by Echo

Echo
Sat Aug 23 14:18:38 CDT 2008

Try Shift+F5

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"Alexf" <Alexf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to make a presentation always start at slide one, without
> having to change hyperlinks? Say you press the "Slideshow Button" (Start
> at
> current slide) and you can only start from the first slide, and not slide
> 5.
> Is this possible?


Re: First Slide help by Echo

Echo
Sat Aug 23 14:19:19 CDT 2008

Disregard my previous post. I misunderstood your question.

F5 should always start at slide 1.

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"Alexf" <Alexf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4D356A16-E323-49A1-9E5A-E828BBD86370@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way to make a presentation always start at slide one, without
> having to change hyperlinks? Say you press the "Slideshow Button" (Start
> at
> current slide) and you can only start from the first slide, and not slide
> 5.
> Is this possible?


Re: First Slide help by Alexf

Alexf
Sat Aug 23 15:42:02 CDT 2008

Um...not what I meant...Should have said it clearer:

Say that some people want to jump slides. I don't want them to. So they try
to press the "Start at current Slide" (currently, they're on slide 5)
button...and they will always start on slide 1, no matter whgat slide they
are on.

Re: First Slide help by Austin

Austin
Sat Aug 23 16:17:56 CDT 2008

No, if they are in edit mode and click start on current slide that is
exactly what will happen. Kind of the very reason MS put it in there as an
option, :-)



"Alexf" <Alexf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5EC7DB44-6BE2-4096-952A-1A4DC260DB5E@microsoft.com...
> Um...not what I meant...Should have said it clearer:
>
> Say that some people want to jump slides. I don't want them to. So they
> try
> to press the "Start at current Slide" (currently, they're on slide 5)
> button...and they will always start on slide 1, no matter whgat slide they
> are on.



Re: First Slide help by Alexf

Alexf
Sat Aug 23 21:18:01 CDT 2008

Is there any way to use custom shows (Only show ____ Custom Show) to do this?
Because I know there is a way!

Re: First Slide help by pptheaven[AT]gmail[DOT]com>

pptheaven[AT]gmail[DOT]com>
Sun Aug 24 03:20:01 CDT 2008

Slide Show > Set Up Show.
Under show slides, select From x to x.
If you have hyperlinks, then From 1 to 1 is alright. You can also disable
mouse clicks to prevent the slideshow from exiting.
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"Alexf" wrote:

> Is there any way to use custom shows (Only show ____ Custom Show) to do this?
> Because I know there is a way!

Re: First Slide help by Alexf

Alexf
Sun Aug 24 12:56:02 CDT 2008

Hey Tohlz!!

Is there a way to advance the slides (with the settings From 1 to 1) with
VBA?

because
With SlideShowWindows(1).View
.GotoSlide 2
End With

Doesn't work. Is there a way I can fix this?

Re: First Slide help by David

David
Mon Aug 25 10:44:58 CDT 2008

What about saving the Slide Show as a PowerPoint Show (*.pps), so they
might never get into Normal View and will jump right into Slide Show View
at slide 1?
--David

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=?Utf-8?B?QWxleGY=?= <Alexf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:40BF7F5E-996E-4EF3-9D8B-CFCD16AB66F9@microsoft.com:

> Is there any way to use custom shows (Only show ____ Custom Show) to
> do this? Because I know there is a way!


Re: First Slide help by Alexf

Alexf
Mon Aug 25 19:37:00 CDT 2008

Um...good idea, but they all know how to open a .pps file.

"David M. Marcovitz" wrote:

> What about saving the Slide Show as a PowerPoint Show (*.pps), so they
> might never get into Normal View and will jump right into Slide Show View
> at slide 1?
> --David
>
> --
> David M. Marcovitz
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>
> =?Utf-8?B?QWxleGY=?= <Alexf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:40BF7F5E-996E-4EF3-9D8B-CFCD16AB66F9@microsoft.com:
>
> > Is there any way to use custom shows (Only show ____ Custom Show) to
> > do this? Because I know there is a way!
>
>

Re: First Slide help by David

David
Tue Aug 26 08:53:01 CDT 2008

Is this for security purposes or idiot-proofing? I'm afraid you are
going to have a hard time letting people into Normal View while trying
to stay secure. My suggestion was an idiot-proofing one, not a security
one. If you want security, you could password protect the VBA code and
have the presentation have one slide with one button that says "Click
here." That button runs VBA code that creates the entire presentation on
the fly. I guess you would also have to trap the Escape key so that when
the Escape key is pressed, all the slides are deleted.
--David

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Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

=?Utf-8?B?QWxleGY=?= <Alexf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:EB837655-2CBB-4886-A789-21867DABBEBA@microsoft.com:

> Um...good idea, but they all know how to open a .pps file.
>
> "David M. Marcovitz" wrote:
>
>> What about saving the Slide Show as a PowerPoint Show (*.pps), so
>> they might never get into Normal View and will jump right into Slide
>> Show View at slide 1?
>> --David
>>
>> --
>> David M. Marcovitz
>> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
>> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?QWxleGY=?= <Alexf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> news:40BF7F5E-996E-4EF3-9D8B-CFCD16AB66F9@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > Is there any way to use custom shows (Only show ____ Custom Show)
>> > to do this? Because I know there is a way!
>>
>>
>


Re: First Slide help by Alexf

Alexf
Tue Aug 26 19:07:01 CDT 2008

XD! Great Idea!

What next? a trapdoor opens?

Thanks!