PowerPoint for Announcements monopolizes computer

[colour]

We have an iMac in our narthex and we use it (among other things) to loop our announcements onto LCD screens up on the wall. But we would like to use the computer for other things while the PPT is showing up on the screens.

We used to have a PC at this desk and it did this just fine, but I can't get it to work on the Mac, no matter what slideshow settings I use. I've tried "browse at a kiosk" and all of the other options.

Is there any way to do this??? We're using Office 2004 for Mac.

thanks!

[katanna]

From what I understand, that is a shortcoming of Office 2004; IE: you are not able to do what you want to do. Sorry. =: <

The only thing I can think of is try Office 2008, they might have fixed it.

Matthew