Just run the show then, add

oPPT.SlideShowSettings.Run

at the end.

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RP
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"JakeyC" wrote in message
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Yes, I'd like it to start the show. I realise my '.ppt' extension was
misleading - the one I used in the end was '.pps', however both seem to
launch an empty powerpoint.