Hi,

I'm trying to develop a digital noticeboard which takes the form of a Widescreen plasma TV connected by VGA to a computer. Most media to be displayed is in the form of PowerPoint presentations (and even videos and other required content can be embedded into PPT files) but I'm looking for a way to link presentations, so after cycling through one (using timings) the next automatically loads. I tried copying and pasting slides into one big powerpoint, but this destroys all themes and design templates, which are required.

Ideally, I'd like to divide the screen into variable sections (similar to Acer GridVista) so the main powerpoint can be displayed in one large quadrant, perhaps with a smaller scrolling marquee at the bottom and another permanent box for text on daily events.

My first thought was VBA & Macros or a hard-coded VB6 solution, although if someone knows a faster/easier/better alternative, please let me know. Therefore, does anyone have any ideas where to begin with this?

All suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
IanR