PPT97: Presenter Unaware When Network Connection Lost

ID: Q167164

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

During a presentation conference, if the network connection is lost, the presenter is not notified. From that point on, whatever the presenter does is not observed on the audience machine.

RESOLUTION

A member of the audience should contact the presenter to reestablish the presentation conference.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about Presentation Conferencing, click the Office Assistant, type "Presentation Conference," click Search, and then click to view either "About running a presentation conference," or "Set up and run a presentation conference."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If PowerPoint Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Additional query words: 97 ppt97 8.0 8.00 ppt8 presconf ppt8.0

Keywords          : kbdta kbconf 
Version           : windows:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 26, 1998