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Mars Robertson
Mars Robertson

Reputation: 13213

How to programmatically trigger presentation mode in JavaScript add-in for PowerPoint?

We have a method to check current state of the PowerPoint document: https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/office/dn482495.aspx

Document.getActiveViewAsync

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I can also listen to changes of the state: https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/office/dn482501.aspx

ActiveViewChanged event

And I'm already using is as follows:

var _hideArrowInPresentationMode = function(e) {
    var presentationMode = (e.activeView === "read"); // can inline variable but I find 'presentationMode' more descriptive
    if (presentationMode) {
        $("#left").hide();
    } else {
        $("#left").show();
    }
};

Office.context.document.addHandlerAsync(Office.EventType.ActiveViewChanged, _hideArrowInPresentationMode);

Is there an API method allowing me to trigger presentation mode?

For some reason I cannot find it in the docs.

Why do I want to trigger presentation mode? When user presses F5 it by default goes to presentation mode. However, if the focus is in the add-in, it refreshes the add-in. I'm listening for F5 key and preventing refresh but I'd like to go into presentation mode to ensure consistent behaviour.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 860

Answers (1)

Gab Royer
Gab Royer

Reputation: 9806

There is currently no API in PowerPoint to enter presentation mode. Feel free to request this API on the Office Developer Platform's Uservoice!

Upvotes: 1

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