When you try to run a slide show in Microsoft PowerPoint, the show does not appear. Additionally, you do not receive an error message.

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This problem may occur if the slide show that you try to run was designed to run on two monitors. By default in this design, PowerPoint tries to display the show on the second monitor, even if that monitor is not available in your current setup.

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To resolve this problem, follow these steps.

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For Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

1.	Open the presentation.
2.	On the Slide Show menu, click Set Up Show.
3.	Under Multiple Monitors, click Primary Monitor in the Display slide show on list.
4.	Click OK.

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For Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

1.	Open the presentation.
2.	On the Slide Show menu, click Set Up Show.
3.	In the Show on list, click primary monitor.
4.	Click OK.

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For more information about how to display PowerPoint presentations on two monitors, click Microsoft PowerPoint Help on the Help menu, type dual monitors in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned. For more information about the multiple display support functionality in PowerPoint, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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