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

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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.

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 18 '11 at 21:12

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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.

answered Jul 18 '11 at 21:12

Steve Rindsberg

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How is this not the accepted answer? With editing enabled, PowerPoint 2010 very nicely provides the "New Window" button in the Window section of the View ribbon. – Dane Mar 20 '13 at 13:02
I accepted the answer a while back and don't use power point much anymore. Does this work? Can anyone confirm? If so, I'll change the accepted answer to this – oky_sabeni Apr 19 '13 at 14:04
This works great for Powerpoint 2010. – viking Oct 02 '14 at 13:35
Still works in 2022 with Powerpoint 365. – wistlo Mar 21 '22 at 20:14
Bonus: in more recent versions of PowerPoint you can use the Search feature (Alt + Q) on windows and simply type window → "New Window". Voilà! – cody.codes Dec 21 '22 at 20:58

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '11 at 16:07

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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.

answered Jul 14 '11 at 16:07

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+1 It may not be technically be the same file, but much easier. – KCotreau Jul 14 '11 at 16:09
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Agree with jonsca, just copy it... – leinad13 Jul 14 '11 at 16:04
No tracking changes necessary. As answered below, it is possible to open a _single_ power point file in two windows, which was OP's original question. – cody.codes Dec 21 '22 at 20:57
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@cody.codes I upvoted that answer way back when. The OP commented that he was reconsidering deselecting this as the answer but never did. – jonsca Dec 22 '22 at 00:16

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 14 '11 at 16:00

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.

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 10 '18 at 21:06

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You can open two instances of the same PowerPoint presentation by:

Open presentation in PowerPoint
Click View -> New Window
All done.

answered Sep 10 '18 at 21:06

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 06 '23 at 17:03

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Fastest way to do it with a single shortcut.

Make sure the PowerPoint presentation is opened and it is your active window.
Press CTRL + SHIFT + N
A new window with the same PowerPoint presentation opens.

The non-shortcut version was shown here already. https://superuser.com/a/1357038/1595974

edited Jan 06 '23 at 17:03

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answered Jan 06 '23 at 00:38

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 20 '13 at 12:48

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Right click program at the taskbar.
However to the recent document for said files, right click it. Click New.

Windows 7.

answered Mar 20 '13 at 12:48

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

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