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PowerPoint 2003 - Misc

Remove Black Slide at End of PowerPoint 2003 Slide Shows

SUMMARY: Prevent the "End of slide show - click to exit" text from appearing at the end of your PowerPoint 2003 slide shows.

Whenever you view a slide show made in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 by selecting "Slide Show" - "View Show" or pressing F5, at the end of the show, a black screen will appear with the text "End of slide show - click to exit". From here, if you did not mean to end the slide show, you can press the cursor up key to go to the previous slide. Or, to end the slide, just press the space bar. However, if you do not need this functionality and want this black screen to go away at the end of slide shows, perform this tweak:

1. Select "Tools" - "Options".
2. When the "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, click the "View" tab.
3. Uncheck "End with black slide".
4. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.