PPT97: Some Keystrokes Do Not Work in Presentation Conferencing

ID: Q167303

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SYMPTOMS

If you run a slide show as a Presentation Conference, the following keyboard commands do not function: 

   Task                              Keystrokes
   -------------------------------------------------

   Black/UnBlack the screen          B or . (period)

   White/Unwhite the screen          W or , (comma)

   Changing mouse pointer to pen     CTRL+P

   Show/Hide the arrow pointer       CTRL+A

   Show/Hide the current slide       CTRL+H

   Show/Hide the mouse pointer       CTRL+L

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft PowerPoint 97. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 97 ppt97 8.0 presentation conference 

Keywords          : kbenv
Version           : 97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: June 26, 1998