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This is the template in the collapsed or hidden state

I have been trialling the use of Microsoft Producer at work, as a means of delivering training to our operators. In general people really like the system, but they didn't like the templates that are supplied - the general consensus is that the table of contents (TOC) on the left hand side of the screen takes up too much space.

I did some research on the web and couldn't find any templates that improved on this, so I have developed my own (see a demonstration) (you might prefer to open this link in a new window) which I've put on the web for download.

I got a follow up question about my Producer template. This time, was it possible to start the presentation with the TOC panel in its "collapsed" state, as opposed to its normal state.

The answers is yes, it is. If you use the attached zip (which contains a modified default.htm and gogoprod.js) then you get a presentation that both starts with a collapsed side panel, and always from the beginning.

There's a readme file in the zip that explains more!

If you just use the attached default.htm but don't use the included gogoprod.js then you get a presentation that starts with a collapsed table of contents, but respects the position the user last got to when viewing.

I got asked if there was a way to force Producer to always start a presentation at the beginning. The help system says you can do this by appending #TOCEntry=nn to the hyperlink. Entry number 1 is the first slide.

But that doesn't work if you're launching a file on a local PC as a shortcut to a file can't include the #TOCEntry part. It also wouldn't force the presentation to start from the beginning if someone accessed the file directly.

I think you can force the playback to always start at the beginning by changing line 64 of gogoprod.js as follows: