How do I pause/resume multiple slide shows at the same time?

The PowerShow add-in allows you to run multiple slide shows simultaneously. In some cases, you would want to pause all those slide shows simultaneously and subsequently resume them all. Here are 2 methods for achieving this.

Method 1: Using keyboard shortcuts provided by Shortcuts for PowerPoint add-in

The Shortcut Manager add-in from http://officeone.mvps.org/ppsctmgr/ppsctmgr.html allows you to define keyboard shortcuts to PowerPoint menu items and macros. The companion add-in Shortcuts for PowerPoint at http://officeone.mvps.org/ppshortcuts/ppshortcuts.html adds a lot of macros to PowerPoint and allows Shortcut Manager to define shortcuts to these additional macros.

Download and install "Shortcuts for PowerPoint" add-in as well as "Shortcut Manager". After installing, Shortcuts for PowerPoint add-in defines Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P key combination for pausing all slide shows and Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R key combination for resuming all slide shows.

If you wish to change this, do the following:

Now during a PowerShow session, when you press the assigned keyboard combination, all your slide shows will pause or resume simultaneously accoding to the key combination you press.

Method 2: Using PowerShow SlideShow Navigator toolbar

In Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, 2002 and 2000, when a PowerShow session starts, the PowerShow SlideShow Navigator gets created. The toolbar can be made visible by selecting View | Toolbars | PowerShow SlideShow Navigator menu item after starting a PowerShow session. The toolbar looks like:

It has buttons that allow you to pause and resume all running slide shows at the same time.

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