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Q133446: PPT7: Features and Limitations of Presentation Conferencing

Article: Q133446
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 15-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
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SUMMARY
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You can use the Presentation Conference feature in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to
run a slide show from one computer that is in turn viewed on other computers
running on a network. This means the presenter connects his/her computer to each
participant's computer and runs a slide show on all of the computers at the same
time.

MORE INFORMATION
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Supported Features
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You can use many of the standard features of PowerPoint during a Presentation
Conference. The following standard features are supported:

- You can use effects like builds and transitions in your slide show.

- You can use the new Slide Navigator to jump easily from one slide to another.
  You can use effects like blacking the screen or using the annotation tool to
  underscore a particular point as well.

- You can use Meeting Minder. This tool allows you to take notes or minutes
  during the presentation conference, as well as assign action items to the
  meeting participants.

- You can make the most of using interactive hot spots to jump to specific
  slides in your presentation.

Unsupported Features
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Some PowerPoint slide show features are not supported on audience members'
computers when a Presentation Conference is running. These are:

- Starting shared applications, such as Microsoft Graph.

- Starting OLE applications, such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.

- Playing embedded multimedia objects, such as .wav, .mid, or .avi files
  (although they do play on the presenter's computer).

Supported Network Protocol
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TCP/IP is currently the only network protocol that is supported by the
Presentation Conference feature.

For more information, click the Answer Wizard on the Help menu in Microsoft
PowerPoint, and search on the keywords:

  "Presentation Conference" (without the quotation marks)

Additional query words: 7.00 ppt95 broken work doesn't drilldown video or windows quicktime busted john madden

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0

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