Yes, you can get this using
PowerShow. Lets assume the
following setup:
- A presentation called laptop.ppt that has a menu slide.
- Each bullet point links with a different presentation p1.ppt,
p2.ppt and p3.ppt respectively.
- laptop.ppt would be displayed on laptop's primary monitor.
- When the first bullet point is clicked, p1.ppt should be
displayed on the second monitor or the projector.
The following configuration steps enable you to set this up with
PowerShow:
- Make sure that PowerShow has been installed in PowerPoint.
- Open laptop.ppt, p1.ppt, p2.ppt and p3.ppt in PowerPoint.
- Add the following macros to laptop.ppt:
Sub StartPres1()
StartSlideShowOnMonitor Presentations("p1.ppt"), 2
End Sub
Sub StartPres2()
StartSlideShowOnMonitor Presentations("p2.ppt"), 2
End Sub
Sub StartPres3()
StartSlideShowOnMonitor Presentations("p3.ppt"), 2
End Sub
- Add reference to PowerShow:
- In the macro editor, select Tools | References...
menu item.
- Locate and select PowerShow in the list of available
references. Put a check mark against PowerShow.
- Click OK.
- In the menu slide, add Action Settings for the first bullet to
run StartPres1 macro.
- The Action Settings for second bullet should be set to run
StartPres2 macro.
- And finally, the Action Settings for second bullet should be set
to run StartPres3 macro.
Now when you run laptop.ppt on the primary monitor, you can click on the
bullets to start p1.ppt, p2.ppt and p3.ppt on second monitor. The presentations
for this tip is available for download
here.