View on Two Screens is replaced by Multiple Display Support in PowerPoint (291896)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
This article was previously published under Q291896
This article is a consolidation of the following previously available article: 226584

SUMMARY

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 do not support the View on Two Screens feature from Microsoft PowerPoint 97 and Microsoft PowerPoint 95.

MORE INFORMATION

The View on Two Screens functionality in earlier versions of PowerPoint has been replaced by Multiple Display Support on Microsoft Windows 98. This allows PowerPoint to display a slide show on a secondary monitor that is connected to the same computer as the primary monitor.

For more information about how to use a second monitor, click Microsoft PowerPoint Help on the Help menu, type set up a slide show to run on a second monitor in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

For more information about how to set up Multiple Display Support, click Help on the Windows Start menu. Click the Index tab, type the following

multiple monitors

and then click Display to view the topics returned.

REFERENCES

For more information about multiple monitors, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

182708 Hardware requirements for multiple display support in Windows 98

179602 How to enable multiple display support Using Windows 98

182930 How to troubleshoot multiple display support in Windows 98/Me

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/13/2005
Keywords:kbinfo kbhowto KB291896
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