Connect to a Single Computer Using a Null Modem Cable

If you want to control a large computer-based presentation system from a smaller, more portable system such as a laptop, connect your laptop to the larger computer with a null modem cable.

If you have access to a conference room equipped with a computer and large-screen monitor, set up your presentation on your laptop, click View on Two Screens (Slide Show menu), and then set up the laptop as the presenter’s computer. Using a null modem cable, connect your laptop to the large computer (which must have PowerPoint 97 installed) in the conference room. On this large computer, click View on Two Screens. Specify this computer as the one the audience will see.

After you establish a null modem cable connection, you can use the same behind-the-scenes controls available to you during a presentation conference. For more information on presentation conferencing, see “Control Your Presentation Conference from Behind the Scenes,” earlier in this topic.

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