How to Schedule a PowerPoint Presentation to Automatically Start

Previously we discussed how to start a PowerPoint presentation using Power Manager and an AppleScript. Since then, Power Manager has gained new presentation Schedule Assistant tasks. The task we want today is called, Play a PowerPoint presentation daily, and this task makes setting up your PowerPoint presentation even easier.

Create an Automatically Playing Presentation Event

Let’s create an event to play a presentation at 9:00am each weekday.

1. Launch Power Manager.app

2. Click Add… to create a new event

   

   Click add to starting create a new event

3. Select the Play a PowerPoint presentation daily task in the Schedule Assistant

   

   Select the Play a PowerPoint presentation daily task

4. Choose or drag and drop your presentation onto Drop a presentation here

   

   Choose your PowerPoint presentation

5. Continue to the When step

6. Adjust the time and days of the week

   

   Adjust the days of the week and time to start

7. Continue to the Constraints step; we will skip the constraints for this recipe

   

   Continue passed the Constraints for this recipe

8. Continue to the Why step

9. Name your new event and provide any notes

   

   Name and provide a description of your new event

10. Add to create your new presentation playing event

    Confirm the event can be created and immediately scheduled

    

    Your PowerPoint presentation event is ready to go

You can combine this event with others to create your ideal schedule. Consider using Power Manager to power on your Mac shortly before the presentation is scheduled to start. With Power Manager you can create a series of events that powers on a Mac, starts a presentation, waits for the day to pass, and then shut downs – all without needing anyone to look after the computer. Perfect for Macs in window displays or trade show installations.