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PowerPoint 2000 default dialogs

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by greg.ahler 1 view

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When you begin the process of opening a .ppt file, the default option is to preview the presentation in the open file dialog box. Some of our presentations are several Megs big, and take forever just to load the preview. There are other views possible in that dialog box, but by default, it previews. We've searched the help files for a way to change that default, but we're unsuccessful. I'm going to give this question until Wednesday, 11-22, before rating any answers.

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by greg.ahler

I just wanted to add that the majority of the workstations using PP2K are Win95 machines, at 350 Mhz (Pentium II) with 64 Meg memory, using network printers (if that matters).

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Q242520 on Microsoft
PPT2000: File Open Dialog Box Defaults to Preview View
SYMPTOMS
When you set the view in the Open dialog box to something other than the Preview view (click the Views button and then click Preview), the dialog box retains that view until you quit Microsoft PowerPoint. Then, it reverts back to the Preview view when you use it again.
CAUSE
PowerPoint does not permanently save the Open dialog view settings. This behavior is by design of Microsoft PowerPoint.

by greg.ahler

While it wasn't what I WANTED to hear, you told me what I NEEDED to hear. This is causing us to use a really clunky solution, but here it is:

We've created a presentation containing one blank slide and named the file __$.ppt, and placed it in our user's default open directory. His instructions are to get into the open file dialog (where our blank presentation opens quickly), then change his view so he sees NO preview, then going to the file he wants and opening it. While the presentation still takes forever to open, it only has to take that long ONCE. Wasn't it Ford used to be the only company with "better ideas"? Make room for Microsoft.

Thanx again
Greg

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