How to Turn on the Full View When Using a Web Browser to Show a PowerPoint Presentation
Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation tool included in the Office suite of productivity products. It lets you view, create and make changes to slide-based presentations that can be displayed on a computer screen or through a projector. In many cases, when you attempt to view a PowerPoint file in a Web browser, the file automatically opens in a PowerPoint program window instead of the browser. If you want to change this behavior, make a single edit to the Windows registry. Once the proper method is enabled, launching a presentation in full view in a browser becomes a quick task.
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Instructions
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Adjust Registry Settings
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Close all open Web browser windows.
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Click the Windows "Start" button and select the Start Menu search box. If you do not see this option, click the "Run" item instead.
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Type "regedt32" (without quotation marks) in the resulting field, press the "Enter" key and confirm your choice if prompted by Windows. The Windows Registry Editor appears on your screen within a few seconds.
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Look to the left side of the window and then double-click the top-level folder labeled "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT."
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Click once on the "PowerPoint.Show.8" sub-folder.
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Look to the right side of the window and double-click the "BrowserFlags" registry value.
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Enter "0" (without quotation marks) in the "Value data" field if you want your browser to open PowerPoint files in the current browser window. To open presentations in a new browser window, enter "8" (without quotation marks) instead.
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Click "OK" to confirm the change.
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Click "File" in the top menu bar of the Registry Editor window and select "Exit."
Launch Presentation in Full View
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Open a Web browser window.
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Navigate to the URL containing the PowerPoint presentation you want to view. If the file does not automatically open in the browser window, click "Open" to confirm your choice.
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Press the "F11" key near the top of your keyboard. This expands the browser and the presentation it contains into full-screen mode.
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