Conference Slide Show Keystrokes Don't Affect Audience Screens (135746)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q135746

SYMPTOMS

If you run a slide show as a presentation conference, the following keyboard commands affect only the presenter's computer and not the audience's computers. 
   Task                              Keystroke(s)
   ---------------------------------------------------------

   Blanking the screen               Pressing "B" or "."

   Whiting out the screen            Pressing "W" or ","

   Changing mouse pointer to pen     Pressing CTRL+P

   Changing mouse pointer to arrow   Pressing CTRL+A

   Hiding the current slide          Pressing CTRL+H

   Hiding the mouse pointer          Pressing CTRL+L

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbusage KB135746
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