Hello, I need your help:

I want to create a powerpoint2000 presentation which will be saved on CD, together with
an AVI-video. One slide includes the AVI (as link). My Question:

How can I force powerpoint to save only the relative path to the AVI-file.

When I write the presentation and the AVI-video in one directory on the CD and I play
the CD back on an other PC, Powerpoint didn't find the video, because it has saved the
link to the original video file (e.g. c:/presentation/video.avi)
I have to browse for the file

What can I do?

Put the video file in the same folder as the presentation. Then, and only then,
insert the video in the presentation. This way the link created will be
"relative" to the location of the presentation file. If you now move the two
files to a CD the link will work. See also:
Sounds/Movies don't play, images disappear or links break when I move or email a
presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com


"Jörg Kirchhof" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello, I need your help:
>
> I want to create a powerpoint2000 presentation which will be saved on CD,
> together with an AVI-video. One slide includes the AVI (as link). My Question:
>
> How can I force powerpoint to save only the relative path to the AVI-file.
>
> When I write the presentation and the AVI-video in one directory on the CD and
> I play the CD back on an other PC, Powerpoint didn't find the video, because
> it has saved the link to the original video file (e.g.
> c:/presentation/video.avi)
> I have to browse for the file
>
> What can I do?
>

Jörg Kirchhof

put the video file in the same folder as your presentation before you

insert > video > from file

read more at
Sounds/Movies don't play, images disappear or links break when I move or
email a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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>
> I want to create a powerpoint2000 presentation which will be saved on CD,
> together with an AVI-video. One slide includes the AVI (as link). My
> Question:
>
> How can I force powerpoint to save only the relative path to the AVI-file.
>
> When I write the presentation and the AVI-video in one directory on the CD
> and I play the CD back on an other PC, Powerpoint didn't find the video,
> because it has saved the link to the original video file (e.g.
> c:/presentation/video.avi)
> I have to browse for the file
>
> What can I do?
>

> I want to create a powerpoint2000 presentation which will be saved on
CD, together with
> an AVI-video. One slide includes the AVI (as link). My Question:
>
> How can I force powerpoint to save only the relative path to the
AVI-file.

Save the PPT file at least once.
Put the AVI and any other sound/movie files in the same directory as the
PPT ifle.
THEN insert the AVI files.

That should give you a link with a relative path. As long as the PPT and
the AVIs stay together in the same directory on other computers, it should
work.


>
> When I write the presentation and the AVI-video in one directory on the
CD and I play
> the CD back on an other PC, Powerpoint didn't find the video, because it
has saved the
> link to the original video file (e.g. c:/presentation/video.avi)
> I have to browse for the file
>
> What can I do?
>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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