PPT4: How to Use PowerPoint Playlists on the Macintosh
  
PSS ID Number: Q131685
Article last modified on 07-08-1998
 
MACINTOSH:4.0,98
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 4.0
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SUMMARY
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In Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, you can have  PowerPoint
Viewer run several slide shows consecutively by putting the presentation
names in a text file called a playlist.
 
NOTE: Playlists are used only by PowerPoint Viewer. If you open a playlist 
in PowerPoint itself, you will get a new presentation containing the text 
of the playlist.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Creating a Playlist
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Using TeachText or SimpleText, create a text file that lists the location
and name of each presentation to be shown, one presentation per line.
Separate the names of each folder with colons.
 
For example, a playlist that plays the file Sample Presentation from the
Microsoft PowerPoint folder on a hard drive called Macintosh HD and the
file Sample Presentation 2 from the Documents folder on a drive called
Second HD would look like this:
 
   Macintosh HD:Microsoft PowerPoint:Sample Presentation
   Second HD:Documents:Sample Presentation 2
 
Save the file with any filename you choose.
 
Using a Playlist
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You can use a playlist by running PowerPoint Viewer, opening the
folder that contains the playlist, and selecting it. You can also use a
drag and drop operation to run the playlist file. To do this, drop the
playlist file on the PowerPoint Viewer icon.
 
NOTE: If you try to open the same playlist in PowerPoint, you will get a
new presentation with two slides. The title of the first slide will be
 
     Macintosh HD:Microsoft PowerPoint:Sample Presentation
 
and the title of the second slide will be:
 
     Second HD:Documents:Sample Presentation 2
 
Additional query words: 4.00  play list script macppt
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Keywords          : kbviewer
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.0,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Hardware          : MAC
Issue type        : kbinfo
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