How to create a playlist that loops continuously
This article was previously published under Q171681 SUMMARY
When you run a playlist (.lst) file in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97 and you select the option of Loop Continuously until ESC, when the presentations are placed on separate lines, each presentation loops (reruns) until you press ESC. For example, if your playlist file contains the following list:
This article describes how to loop through a series of presentations, rather than one at a time. Using this method you will press ESC after the series runs instead of after each presentation. MORE INFORMATION
To run a series of presentations, separate the file names with a space
(press the SPACEBAR). For example:
NOTE: If you are using long file names, which contain spaces, enclose the
file names in quotation marks. For example:
The playlist file can contain multiple series of presentations. For example:
Pres1.ppt Pres2.ppt Pres3.pptApres1.ppt Apres2.pptBpres.ppt Cpres.ppt Dpres.ppt
When you run the playlist file, PowerPoint Viewer will loop through
Pres1.ppt, Pres2.ppt, and Pres3.ppt. When you press ESC, PowerPoint
Viewer will loop through Apres1.ppt and Apres2.ppt. When you press ESC
again, PowerPoint Viewer will loop through Bpres.PPT, Cpres.ppt and
Dpres.ppt, until it is finished.
For more information about creating play lists, click the Office Assistant, type "playlist," click Search, and then click to view "Create a play list to run presentations from the PowerPoint Viewer." NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. For information about using command line switches with play lists, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For more information about using command-line switches with playlists, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 176678 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176678/)
Using command-line switches with playlist files
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120802/)
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