How do I open a single PowerPoint file in two windows?

Question

Does anyone how to open a single PowerPoint file in two separate windows?

For example, I have two PowerPoint windows open and they both have help.ppt open. In one window is slide #1 and on the other window is slide #10.

The purpose of this is so that I don't have to navigate back and forth between different slides.

Adobe Reader has this functionality - click on Window -> New Window and you'll have two windows for the exact same file.

Answer 1

Make a copy of the file and open that copy in another instance of Powerpoint.

This assumes you don't need the file and its copy to be linked in any way, so keep track of any changes.

Answer 2

First, this is REALLY stupid that Microsoft did not just allow multiple copies in PowerPoint, and make this easy. So it is not just you.

You can go to Start>Programs>Microsoft Office, and hold the SHIFT key down, and right-click on "Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007".

Choose "Run as" and choose a different user, who can open the file. Then click Office Button>Open and navigate to the file.

I tested this successfully.

I like Jonsca's comment that just copying the file seems easier.

Answer 3

View, New Window in PPT 2003 (and perhaps previous). View | Window | New Window in PPT 2007 and 2010.

Both give you a new window onto the current presentation so you can view slide sorter in one, slides in another or just different slides in different winows.