Re: How to embed a powerpoint presentation within another powerp

As Steve wrote, you can't - you're essentially trying to run two separate
instances of the program which isn't sup****ted.

If you can be more specific about the result you're looking for there are
other options which may be even more effective.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones 
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 10/12/08 2:58 PM, in article
0FDADDC8-D5D7-4F45-921F-348C85AA7B4C@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "lmac"
<lmac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> I was able to do this but how can i get the show i embedded to play
within
> the slide i embedded it on. As of now it just sits there. If i click on
it it
> will open in full screen mode instead of playing on the slide it is
embeded
> on. 
> 
> Thank you for your help!
> 
> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
> 
>>> PowerPoint does not allow you to embed one presentation within another
>>> using the OLE embed feature.
>> 
>> Too lazy to fire up the Mac and check, so I'll just ask if you can do
either
>> of:
>> 
>> - Insert Object and create from file, pick a PPT file
>> 
>> - Drag an existing PPT file icon onto a slide
>> 
>> Either works in the Windows version to embed a PPT into another PPT.
>> 
>> ================================================
>> Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
>> PPT FAQ:  www.pptfaq.com
>> PPTools:  www.pptools.com
>> ================================================
>> 
>> 
>>