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PowerPoint 2003 - Misc - Force All Opened Documents to Display in a Particular View

SUMMARY: Configure how Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 presentations will display when opened.

When opening Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 presentations, the documents will appear in the view used when saving the file. You may see only the slides, notes, or a combination of the outline, thumbnails, notes, and/or slide.

Depending on you needs and workflow you may instead need all PowerPoint 2003 presentations to open in a view you determine.

1. Select "Tools" - "Options".

2. The "Options" multi-tabbed dialog box will appear.

3. Click the "View" tab.

4. Underneath "Default view", click the pull-down to choose the view you wish used when documents are opened. The options are:

* The view saved in the file - DEFAULT

* Normal - outline, notes and slide

* Normal - thumbnails, notes and slide

* Normal - outline and slide

* Normal - thumbnails and slide

* Normal - notes and slide

* Normal - slide only

* Outline Only

* Slide Sorter

* Notes

5. When you have made your selection, click "OK" to save your settings and close the dialog box.

 

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