How to Loop a Powerpoint Slideshow
Many conferences, presentations, and meetings tend to last quite a while, and you may need your visual cues to last a little longer. Instead of making enough slides to last for hours on end, you can loop your Microsoft PowerPoint slideshow instead to display a continuous stream of images. Here’s how you can loop your PowerPoint slideshow.
The Loop Function
The Loop function is typically used by advertisers who use projection screens and LCD projectors, or by individuals and groups required to deliover long presentations or reports to clients, customers, or their bosses. Most looped PowerPoint presentations include photos, small quotes, graphs, charts, and other easy-to-view, easy-to-read elements.
A looped PowerPoint presentation is also useful to entertain the guests and keep them occupied with your products, services, or some images and snippets about your company. With the loop, you do not need to open the presentation file when it ends. The presentation will simply loop back to the start, and play again without interruptions.
Steps
To use the “Loop” function in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, follow these steps:
Complete your existing PowerPoint presentation, or open an existing presentation.
Select the “Slide Show” option from the menu bar.
Click “Set Up Show.”
Select the option labeled, “Loop continuously until ‘Esc.’”
To use the “Loop” function in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, follow these steps:
Complete your existing PowerPoint presentation, or open an existing presentation.
Select the “Slide Show” option from the Microsoft Office ribbon.
Click “Set Up Slideshow.”
From the dialog box, click “Loop continuously until ‘Esc.’”
Whether you’re using PowerPoint for Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Office 2007, make sure to test the final slideshow to see if the presentation runs as seamlessly and flawlessly as possible. With these steps, you can ensure that your looped PowerPoint slideshow can keep your guests and attendees occupied, entertained, and well-informed about the goals of your project or your report.