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MOVING
BETWEEN SLIDE
SHOW
Below are two different methods of switching between PowerPoint
shows during a service. The first method (one active show) assumes
you have a background on your desktop that you wish to have
displayed through the projector when switching between shows. The
second method (multiple active shows) allows you to switch between shows and
will always keep one of the shows active.
ONE
ACTIVE SHOW
Open two PowerPoint presentations: a song list & a sermon outline.
Set both files to show on the projector screen. Make the music
file active. Your task bar should appear as below. See
Display Slide Show On for instructions on how to make the show active
and have it displayed through the projector.
The active program is always shown as
a depressed button.
STEP 1. Press Esc key: We are currently in slide show mode in
PowerPoint. By pressing the Esc key we exit the slide show
mode. The task bar now shows no active program. You will still see
the music file on your screen, however windows does not see it as
the active program.
STEP 2. Click on the Sermon task on the
task bar. It now becomes the active program on screen.
STEP 3. Click on the slide show button in PowerPoint.
The sermon now shows as inactive and the PowerPoint Slide
show task button shows up on the task bar.
One very powerful feature of the task bar is the ability to switch
to another show and edit it while the PowerPoint Slide Show
is still displayed through the projector. We use this sometimes to
correct spelling mistakes in songs or look ahead in the sermon
outline to see what is coming next. When you click on another task
the "PowerPoint Slide Show" is no longer active. The image
show on the projector will stay, however if there is animation in
the slideshow it will stop. You will also not be able to use the
keyboard to move between your slides. To reactivate the "PowerPoint
Slide Show" click on the task on the task bar.
PowerPoint Slide Show is inactive.
PowerPoint Slide Show is active.
You can switch between programs without your audience noticing by
using the same background for your song list and your desktop. See
Desktop Background for more information.
MULTIPLE
ACTIVE SHOWS
Open a PowerPoint song list. Your task bar should
appear as below. The active program is always shown as a depressed
button.
The active program is always shown as
a depressed button.
STEP 1. Make the music file active. Your task bar should appear as
below. See Display Slide Show On for instructions on how to send the show to the
projector.
STEP 2. Open a PowerPoint sermon template and set the file to show
on the projector screen. Your task bar should appear as below.
Note: the song list will still show on the projected screen.
STEP 3. Make the sermon file active. Your task bar should appear
as below. The sermon file now takes priority over the song list.
STEP 4. To switch back to the music list, first click on the music
list on the task bar. This will make it viewable on your computer
monitor.
Then click on the "PowerPoint slide show" on the task bar beside
the song list. This will make the song list take priority over the
sermon template.
You can switch between as many slideshow presentations as you
want. Keep in mind the task bar does not have the titles for the
slideshows, so keep things next to each other to avoid
accidentally putting the wrong show through the projector.
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