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Alan,

There could be two reasons why you do not see the sound icons.

(1) The sound icons have been dragged off the slide area, or they are behind another object.

(2) The sounds may have been added to each slide using Slideshow menu > Slide Transition > Sound

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome – powerpoint backgrounds

(Edited by WendellB on 15-Aug-04 21:56. Activate web links)

Kate,

It seems like this is a known problem….

See
http://www.producerpros.com/cgi-bin/yabb/Y…;num=1067013398[/url]

and
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&…G=Google+Search%5B/url%5D

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com[/url%5D

(Edited by WendellB on 15-Aug-04 21:56. Activate web links)

Kate,

It seems like this is a known problem….

See
http://www.producerpros.com/cgi-bin/yabb/Y…;num=1067013398[/url]

and
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&…G=Google+Search%5B/url%5D

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com[/url%5D

(Edited by WebGenii on 16-Jul-04 23:21. Edited to activate hyperlink)

Trish8126

See,
Convert presentations to VHS or DVD video
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00156.htm%5B/url%5D

It would be nice if this feature was built into powerpoint.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

hyamk,

PowerPoint is notoriously bad at keeping everything in sync. Transferring it to a CD-ROM only makes things worse. In general the less you can give powerpoint to do the better. Try lowering the quality of the sound track (e.g. from stereo to mono), this would make the file half the size. That’s less data to transfer from a CD to the processor.

Things to look out for…..video files are never embedded, they are only ever linked. Sound files (wav only) can be set to be embedded. For more help on this see

Sounds/Movies don’t play, images disappear or links break when I move or email a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm%5B/url%5D

The font problem…try to use fonts that are fairly common. e.g. Arial (boring but safe !).

For more info on the fonts issue (including embedding fonts) and more helpful info on sharing powerpoint files see
Distributing PPTs – Pitfalls, Panics & Pleasures
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00559.htm%5B/url%5D

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com[/url%5D

hyamk,

PowerPoint is notoriously bad at keeping everything in sync. Transferring it to a CD-ROM only makes things worse. In general the less you can give powerpoint to do the better. Try lowering the quality of the sound track (e.g. from stereo to mono), this would make the file half the size. That’s less data to transfer from a CD to the processor.

Things to look out for…..video files are never embedded, they are only ever linked. Sound files (wav only) can be set to be embedded. For more help on this see

Sounds/Movies don’t play, images disappear or links break when I move or email a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm%5B/url%5D

The font problem…try to use fonts that are fairly common. e.g. Arial (boring but safe !).

For more info on the fonts issue (including embedding fonts) and more helpful info on sharing powerpoint files see
Distributing PPTs – Pitfalls, Panics & Pleasures
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00559.htm%5B/url%5D

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com[/url%5D

d perotto,

See this website for details on how to use multiple templates
http://www.echosvoice.com/multipletemplates.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

d perotto,

See this website for details on how to use multiple templates
http://www.echosvoice.com/multipletemplates.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

AlanChris.

I believe this change came about when powerpoint 2002 (aka XP) was released.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

(Edited by KTWolfman on 06-Feb-04 09:54. to make the url active)

jrklein,

1) You cannot embed a movie in powerpoint. Movies are always linked.

However the general consensus / workaround is to have the movie clip file in the same directory as your .ppt *BEFORE* you Insert > Movies > From file.
Then when powerpoint comes to play the movie clip (and perhaps it’s not in the same directory or drive letter)…it looks to the current/local directory. And fingers crossed…it finds your clip.

For more reading on this see
Links break when I move presentation (and at other times)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm%5B/url%5D

2) The “black photo” icon from your screengrab…appears to me to be the 1st frame of the video clip. If you want something else….either put a picture over the video….the picture will disappear when the clip starts playing….or for a professional touch…save one frame of the video as a bitmap (something nice)…and have that as the picture.

3) To edit the video clip. you will need something like Premiere (expensive…but does the job). Or search for a freeware editor on google.

One last tip…..don’t forget to copy the video clip to the CD as well as any other files you need. Take two copies…test test test!

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com[/url%5D

(Edited by WendellB on 07-Jan-04 06:03. Activate web page link)

sigismondo,

This page — http://www.digiwis.com/fr_asi.htm%5B/url%5D

Shows various China maps (see ‘china extended’ half way down the page).
The files are in .eps format. This can be taken into something like Corel Draw or Illustrator, and exported as WMF format. Powerpoint can insert WMF files. It can also ungroup them….then you can color them.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

(Edited by WendellB on 07-Jan-04 06:03. Activate web page link)

sigismondo,

This page — http://www.digiwis.com/fr_asi.htm%5B/url%5D

Shows various China maps (see ‘china extended’ half way down the page).
The files are in .eps format. This can be taken into something like Corel Draw or Illustrator, and exported as WMF format. Powerpoint can insert WMF files. It can also ungroup them….then you can color them.

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com