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From: Karl E. Peterson on 29 Mar 2010 18:41 Running Office 2007 <gag> in Windows 7 x64, so loaded Office 2003 in a WVPC VM as I still need to support and develop for that platform as well. All is good except... When I flick PPT into presentation mode, it centers the show smackdab in the middle of the virtual display -- that is, spread across both displays and split down the middle. Anyone know of anyway to force it to use one or the other, as it does when it's installed native? Thanks... Karl -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Karl E. Peterson on 30 Mar 2010 13:19 Karl E. Peterson wrote: > Running Office 2007 <gag> in Windows 7 x64, so loaded Office 2003 in a WVPC > VM as I still need to support and develop for that platform as well. > > All is good except... When I flick PPT into presentation mode, it centers > the show smackdab in the middle of the virtual display -- that is, spread > across both physical displays and split down the middle. > > Anyone know of anyway to force it to use one or the other, as it does when > it's installed native? Seeing no response in the VirtualPC group, I'm now thinking I should've also cross-posted over into a PowerPoint group as well. For the PowerPoint folks: WVPC is "Windows Virtual PC" which allows virtual XP machines to be setup in Windows 7. In this case, PPT2003 is being run "seemlessly", making it appear that it's running as an installed app in the Win7 install, rather than within the XP VM. Any thoughts or ideas or questions? Thanks... Karl -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Steve Rindsberg on 30 Mar 2010 21:37 In article <#WpFg0C0KHA.6112(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Karl E. Peterson wrote: > Karl E. Peterson wrote: > > Running Office 2007 <gag> in Windows 7 x64, so loaded Office 2003 in a WVPC > > VM as I still need to support and develop for that platform as well. > > > > All is good except... When I flick PPT into presentation mode, it centers > > the show smackdab in the middle of the virtual display -- that is, spread > > across both physical displays and split down the middle. > > > > Anyone know of anyway to force it to use one or the other, as it does when > > it's installed native? > > Seeing no response in the VirtualPC group, I'm now thinking I should've > also cross-posted over into a PowerPoint group as well. > > For the PowerPoint folks: WVPC is "Windows Virtual PC" which allows > virtual XP machines to be setup in Windows 7. In this case, PPT2003 is > being run "seemlessly", making it appear that it's running as an > installed app in the Win7 install, rather than within the XP VM. "seemlessly"? Shouldn't that be "shamelessly"? Or maybe "seamlessly". Yeah. That's the ticket. Sans Seams. So we try this on for size: in seamless mode, do you/can you set the display resolution of the virtual machine? I'm thinking that there might be some kind of disconnect between the VM's display rez and the rez of the physical machine hosting it. What happens if you set the two to match? Assuming that's possible. ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/
From: Karl E. Peterson on 31 Mar 2010 13:55 Steve Rindsberg wrote: > In article <#WpFg0C0KHA.6112(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Karl E. Peterson wrote: >> Karl E. Peterson wrote: >>> Running Office 2007 <gag> in Windows 7 x64, so loaded Office 2003 in a WVPC >>> VM as I still need to support and develop for that platform as well. >>> >>> All is good except... When I flick PPT into presentation mode, it centers >>> the show smackdab in the middle of the virtual display -- that is, spread >>> across both physical displays and split down the middle. >>> >>> Anyone know of anyway to force it to use one or the other, as it does when >>> it's installed native? >> >> Seeing no response in the VirtualPC group, I'm now thinking I should've >> also cross-posted over into a PowerPoint group as well. >> >> For the PowerPoint folks: WVPC is "Windows Virtual PC" which allows >> virtual XP machines to be setup in Windows 7. In this case, PPT2003 is >> being run "seemlessly", making it appear that it's running as an >> installed app in the Win7 install, rather than within the XP VM. > > "seemlessly"? Shouldn't that be "shamelessly"? Or maybe "seamlessly". > Yeah. That's the ticket. Sans Seams. Heh, well, sometimes it seems to work better than others? > So we try this on for size: in seamless mode, do you/can you set the display > resolution of the virtual machine? No. It just seems to use the entire virtual screen coordinates, not differentiating between individual monitors. As I google about more and more, it's starting to seem like a "known limitation/feature." For example: "Virtual application windows being centered across two monitors is a known limitation. The application opens in span mode and treats the 2 monitors as 1 big screen, hence the centering." ~ http://blogs.technet.com/windows_vpc/archive/2009/08/04/windows-virtual-pc.aspx (I can't tell if that's an official MSFT mouth speaking, there, or not?) > I'm thinking that there might be some > kind of disconnect between the VM's display rez and the rez of the physical > machine hosting it. What happens if you set the two to match? Assuming > that's possible. These things are weird. They operate just as though they are installed on the host. Other than having the whole XP theme thing going on, with nary a sign of Aero, of course. Thanks... Karl -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Steve Rindsberg on 8 Apr 2010 21:26 In article <#GCBQtP0KHA.4548(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, Karl E. Peterson wrote: > Steve Rindsberg wrote: > > In article <#WpFg0C0KHA.6112(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Karl E. Peterson wrote: > >> Karl E. Peterson wrote: > >>> Running Office 2007 <gag> in Windows 7 x64, so loaded Office 2003 in a WVPC > >>> VM as I still need to support and develop for that platform as well. > >>> > >>> All is good except... When I flick PPT into presentation mode, it centers > >>> the show smackdab in the middle of the virtual display -- that is, spread > >>> across both physical displays and split down the middle. > >>> > >>> Anyone know of anyway to force it to use one or the other, as it does when > >>> it's installed native? > >> > >> Seeing no response in the VirtualPC group, I'm now thinking I should've > >> also cross-posted over into a PowerPoint group as well. > >> > >> For the PowerPoint folks: WVPC is "Windows Virtual PC" which allows > >> virtual XP machines to be setup in Windows 7. In this case, PPT2003 is > >> being run "seemlessly", making it appear that it's running as an > >> installed app in the Win7 install, rather than within the XP VM. > > > > "seemlessly"? Shouldn't that be "shamelessly"? Or maybe "seamlessly". > > Yeah. That's the ticket. Sans Seams. > > Heh, well, sometimes it seems to work better than others? > > > So we try this on for size: in seamless mode, do you/can you set the display > > resolution of the virtual machine? > > No. It just seems to use the entire virtual screen coordinates, not > differentiating between individual monitors. > > As I google about more and more, it's starting to seem like a "known > limitation/feature." For example: > > "Virtual application windows being centered across two monitors is a > known limitation. The application opens in span mode and treats the 2 > monitors as 1 big screen, hence the centering." > ~ > http://blogs.technet.com/windows_vpc/archive/2009/08/04/windows-virtual-pc.aspx > > (I can't tell if that's an official MSFT mouth speaking, there, or > not?) > > > I'm thinking that there might be some > > kind of disconnect between the VM's display rez and the rez of the physical > > machine hosting it. What happens if you set the two to match? Assuming > > that's possible. > > These things are weird. They operate just as though they are installed > on the host. Other than having the whole XP theme thing going on, with > nary a sign of Aero, of course. > > Thanks... Karl Hm. Use VMWare instead? ;-) ============================== PPT Frequently Asked Questions http://www.pptfaq.com/ PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.pptools.com/
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