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I have a slide show that I use in conjunction with a presentation of information obtained from SQL Server queries. How do I get the slideshow to automatically without have to "Click to exit" that is returned in normal conditions? The final window you see says "End of slide show, click to exit." I do not want to see this, I want the slide show to exit and return control to the calling program.
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You can do this with Office Button > PowerPoint Options > Advanced
Untick "End with black screen"
This will ONLY work on your PC - it will not travel with the presentation
John Wilson PowerPoint MVP PowerPoint Alchemy
If you mean PowerPoint Viewer 2010, I don't think it's possible to remove the black screen at the end.
Maybe someone knows better though.
@John, How about Powerpoint 2003? I have the same problem but with Powerpoint 2003. Thank you.
For PPT 2003:
Regards, Shyam Pillai. http://skp.mvps.org
Thank you John, this was very helpful