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How about this:
– In dual monitor mode, switch to Normal view on your laptop screen.
– Drag the divider between the slide pane and the notes pane upwards, so that you have a reasonably large notes pane.
– Click in the notes pane.
– Set the Zoom percentage to 200 or so.

That works great in Normal view, but unfortunately does not change the size of the slide or the point size of the notes in the Slide Show.
Hans, thanks for all your suggestions. I will keep working on it.

The font size should be independent of the size of the image of the slide on the notes page. But you can move and resize the slide image in the Notes Master page.

I tried that but it does not change the size of the slide image in the dual monitor slide show mode.

I was able to change the font size in Notes view, but when I go to Slide Show view in the dual monitor mode the font size on the laptop monitor is still small.
Is it possible to change the size of the slide that is showing on the laptop in the slide show dual monitor mode? The slide takes up 80% of the screen. I am more interested in seeing my notes. The slide is much less important. A much smaller image of the slide would give more room for the notes and perhaps they would be in a larger point size.

Select View | Master | Notes master.
You can set the font properties for each of the five outline levels. For example, set the font size to 18 points.
When done, close master view.

Did that and it did not change anything. I changed all levels to 28 points and nothing changed

At last I have it working! I discovered I should first toggle the F8 key to the point where the screen on my laptop is normal (displaying my PowerPoint presentation in Normal view) and the screen on the TV (my second monitor) is displaying a portion of my desktop (just the Dell logo with a blue background). Then on my PowerPoint presentation go into Slide Show view (F5). Now the TV shows just my current slide and my laptop screen shows the slide and my notes. Just what I wanted. Selecting Slide Show view was the eureka moment.

Now my last question (maybe): Is it possible to increase the font size of the notes? My eye are aging.

I am running Windows XP and using my LCD as monitor #2 and the LCD screen on my laptop as Monitor #1. I have changed the display settings in Control Panel (see below). Before making these changes I could simply plug my TV into the VGA connector on my laptop and see the application (PowerPoint) on both my laptop and the TV by toggling the F8 on my laptop keyboard. Now all I can see on the TV is a part of my laptop’s desktop. I can only see the application by toggling to my laptop. I can not uncheck Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor and get it to hold. Below you can see the way I have things setup in Control Panel- Display.

I don’t understand this. You must configure the projector as a different “monitor” to your laptop screen if you want it to show something different.

Presentation view is incredibly easy to use and does exactly what you are asking for. You find it in the Slide Show tab of the ruler in Office 2007, and in the Slide Show menu in Office 2003.

You must have a laptop that supports dual monitors. Mine does not, and most don’t. No such problem with the Mac. This is a screen shot from PowerPoint 2003, which I use. Note Multiple Monitors is grayed out.

Microsoft took note years ago: Presenter View, as it is called in PowerPoint, has been in the program for quite some time. This is not a question of technology; it is a question of human behavior. The risk is high — and I have witnessed the results first-hand — of presenters becoming robotic and detached when trying to create a relationship with a monitor in front of them. I’d rather they invest the energy in a relationship with their audience. Mac…PC…it makes no difference: It takes tremendous discipline to avoid getting derailed by the technology, however well-intentioned the design of the software.

Rick, unless I am mistaken PowerPoint Presenter View requires 2 monitors. Key Note does not. Where do I find Presenter View in Power Point? I could only find a Help article, which made Presenter View look very cumbersome compared to Key Note.

I found Key Note presenter view very helpful and relieved the stress by having my notes in front of me on the monitor screen during my presentation. I rehearsed many times and I knew my stuff cold, but I never had to shuffle through papers to recall a point, or check a fact. I knew my points were always right there in front of me if I need them. I am sure using a teleprompter gives the speaker the same confidence. I suggest you go to an Apple Store and check this out. I think you will be blown away.
Again, Microsoft take note, or a Key Note.

There is another solution. A get a Mac and do the presentation in Key Note. I discovered that Key Note, Apple’s version of PowerPoint, has a presentation feature that permits you to project your presentation on a screen for the audience, while on the Mac you see the slide on the screen the audience is viewing, the next slide coming up, and your notes below the slides. Also you see an elapsed time clock and a current time clock. I used this for the presentation and it went very smoothly.
Microsoft, please take note.

Found some deleted contacts at the end of the deleted list. I permanently deleted those. Problem solved.
Thanks.

Rick – this make perfect sense. I look forward to reading your book.

Sounds like two different problems to me.

Try disconnecting the power and the ethernet connection from the case, leave it a minute or so, earth yourself to the main chassis, and investigate whether all the plugs you can see are tightly in their sockets. Perhaps carefully take the memory out and replace it firmly.

If you get over that problem, I’d investigate the 100% CPU problem by looking at the Processes tab in Task Manager. Click twice on the heading which says CPU to sort the usage in descending order.

You are correct, first things first, I am not sure the two issues are related as when I press the power switch all that happens is the fans come on. The bios does not load. I will post the solution when I figure this out.

I’m still exploring how IMAP works in Outlook 2003. I set up a test rule (to add a category) on my IMAP account and it runs automatically as expected.

Do your rules move messages among folders on the IMAP server or between the IMAP account and local folders? I created a test rule to move messages to a “sibling” folder in the IMAP account and it shows the message in the Inbox struck through, ready for purging. That makes sense.

What rules do and don’t work for you?

(Just a note that both of my rules are “client-side rules” which run only when Outlook is running. I think that’s the only time I would need them, so that should be fine.)

I have one rule that moves mail from one sender to to a certain folder. The rule works if I run it manually, but it does not run automatically when mail is received from that sender. The folders are all in the Google cloud. I have Outlook open and running all day and the rule does not work when I receive mail form the sender setup in the rule. If I go to Tools>Rules and Alerts, I see the rule is checked. I click on Run Rules Now. A Run Rules Now window opens and I must select and check the rule to run, then click on Run Now. It works perfectly, but the next time I look at this rule the check mark is missing for the rule in the Run Rules Now window

I found it later and made a suggestion that Outlook should be in the Office Application section.
Can you move my post to the correct section?

The installation of MSE should have removed Windows Defender.

Joe

It didn’t, but I did.