powerpoint problem

hfalls · 12-05-2011, 01:37 PM

I am having a very odd problem with powerpoint on my macbook pro. I present in a room with a projector and an external monitor. Normally, I use the external monitor to mirrow the projector leaving my macbook screen for presenter notes. I actually was not having trouble until recently with this setup. I could pick the external monitor/project as the screen on which to display the slides and it worked. This was with lion installed and 1.7 beta 5 installed. Now, when I go to present, Powerpoint will not accept any external monitor if I have a DisplayLink monitor attached. Remove the DisplayLink monitor from the usb port and the problem goes away.

I am not aware of having installed anything new on my system.

Any ideas?

oh, I also trashed the powerpoint prefs file and plist just in case. Didn't help.

Thanks,
Gordon

12-05-2011, 01:37 PM	#1
hfalls Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3	powerpoint problem I am having a very odd problem with powerpoint on my macbook pro. I present in a room with a projector and an external monitor. Normally, I use the external monitor to mirrow the projector leaving my macbook screen for presenter notes. I actually was not having trouble until recently with this setup. I could pick the external monitor/project as the screen on which to display the slides and it worked. This was with lion installed and 1.7 beta 5 installed. Now, when I go to present, Powerpoint will not accept any external monitor if I have a DisplayLink monitor attached. Remove the DisplayLink monitor from the usb port and the problem goes away. I am not aware of having installed anything new on my system. Any ideas? oh, I also trashed the powerpoint prefs file and plist just in case. Didn't help. Thanks, Gordon