PPT7: Office Shortcut Bar Not Hidden During Slide Show on NT (133226)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
This article was previously published under Q133226

SYMPTOMS

When you run a slide show from PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0, under Windows NT version 3.51, the Office shortcut bar is visible.

Furthermore, if you are running Windows NT using the Windows 95 shell, the Windows taskbar is also visible during a slide show.

If you choose to autohide the Windows taskbar and/or the Office shortcut bar, they still appear as thin gray lines along the edge of your screen.

CAUSE

When you run a PowerPoint slide show, PowerPoint tries to take control of the entire screen. Windows 95 allows PowerPoint to do so, so the Windows taskbar and Office shortcut bars are hidden during slide shows running on Windows 95. Windows NT, however, does not allow any application to take total control of the entire screen, so the Windows taskbar and Office shortcut bar remain visible.

WORKAROUND

To view your slide show without the Office shortcut bar, close the shortcut bar prior to running your slide show.

To view your slide show without the Windows taskbar, do the following:
  1. Click the Start button on the taskbar and point to Settings.
  2. Click Taskbar. This takes you to Taskbar Properties.
  3. Click the Taskbar Options tab. Clear the "Always on top" check box.
  4. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:kbinterop kbprb kbui KB133226
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