OfficeOne PowerShow
Pause/resume multiple slide shows at the same time
PowerShow allows
you to run multiple slide shows simultaneously. In some cases, you would
want to pause all those slide shows simultaneously and subsequently
resume them all. Here are 2 methods for achieving this.
Method 1: Using keyboard shortcuts
provided by Shortcuts for PowerPoint add-in
The Shortcut Manager add-in from
http://www.officeoneonline.com/ppsctmgr/ppsctmgr.html allows you to
define keyboard shortcuts to PowerPoint menu items and macros. The
companion add-in Shortcuts for PowerPoint
at http://www.officeoneonline.com/ppshortcuts/ppshortcuts.html adds a lot of
macros to PowerPoint and allows Shortcut Manager to define shortcuts to
these additional macros.
Download and install "Shortcuts for PowerPoint" add-in as
well as "Shortcut Manager". After installing, Shortcuts for PowerPoint
add-in defines Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P key combination for pausing all slide
shows and Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R key combination for resuming all slide shows.
If you wish to change this, do the following:
- In PowerPoint, click Home tab, click Customize item in Keyboard Shortcuts group.
- Locate and select Shortcuts for PowerPoint category.
- Locate and select Next slide on all slide shows command.
- Assign a keyboard combination in Assigned shortcut to command box.
- Locate and select Previous slide on all slide shows command.
- Assign a keyboard combination in Assigned shortcut to command box.
- Click OK button.
Now during a PowerShow session, when you press the assigned
keyboard combination, all your slide shows will pause or resume
simultaneously according to the key combination you press.
Method 2: Using PowerShow SlideShow Navigator toolbar
When a PowerShow session starts, the PowerShow SlideShow Navigator gets created in the
Add-Ins tab in the ribbon.
It has buttons that allow you to pause and resume all running slide shows at the same time.