Setup for my question:
I created a Data CD which contains:
(1)over 500 wedding, reception, and honeymoon photos,

(2)a Powerpoint 2007 slideshow which includes 51 slides of the wedding,
reception, and honeymoon photos, plus text and background music,

(3)and I used three mp3 files from the ceremony inside the slideshow as
background music for some of the slides.

My question:
How do I get my Powerpoint 2007 creator to use the ->user's<- CD-rom as the
"default" disk when searching for the music files which I embedded in the
slideshow?

My problem:
During the slideshow, the CD plays the background music on **my** machine
just fine (because the original mp3 files still reside on my hard drive), but
when I insert the same CD into my wife's laptop, the music doesn't play
during the slideshow because the Powerpoint tries to locate the mp3's on
**her hard drive** instead of the CD.

When I tried to go into the creator to insert the mp3 and subsequently
change the filename (by using a wildcard, or by using "..\" as the first 3
characters in the filename [like "..\songname.mp3"] ), the program wouldn't
let me save it in that format.

How do I force Powerpoint to use any user's CD-Rom as the **default** file
location when searching for the imbedded music files which reside on the CD?

If I just put "F:\songname.mp3" as the filename, other people who play the
CD may not have the CD-Rom with a device name of "F:"-- it may be "D:", or
"E:"...

Thanks,
Mack

You might want to look at
Embed mp3 files in powerPoint
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoi...ls.html#sounds

Alternatively try putting all the files and the pptx in the same folder
BEFORE inserting them and then put all the files in one folder on the CD

--
Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoi...tutorials.html
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"Big_Mack1" wrote:

> Setup for my question:
> I created a Data CD which contains:
> (1)over 500 wedding, reception, and honeymoon photos,
>
> (2)a Powerpoint 2007 slideshow which includes 51 slides of the wedding,
> reception, and honeymoon photos, plus text and background music,
>
> (3)and I used three mp3 files from the ceremony inside the slideshow as
> background music for some of the slides.
>
> My question:
> How do I get my Powerpoint 2007 creator to use the ->user's<- CD-rom as the
> "default" disk when searching for the music files which I embedded in the
> slideshow?
>
> My problem:
> During the slideshow, the CD plays the background music on **my** machine
> just fine (because the original mp3 files still reside on my hard drive), but
> when I insert the same CD into my wife's laptop, the music doesn't play
> during the slideshow because the Powerpoint tries to locate the mp3's on
> **her hard drive** instead of the CD.
>
> When I tried to go into the creator to insert the mp3 and subsequently
> change the filename (by using a wildcard, or by using "..\" as the first 3
> characters in the filename [like "..\songname.mp3"] ), the program wouldn't
> let me save it in that format.
>
> How do I force Powerpoint to use any user's CD-Rom as the **default** file
> location when searching for the imbedded music files which reside on the CD?
>
> If I just put "F:\songname.mp3" as the filename, other people who play the
> CD may not have the CD-Rom with a device name of "F:"-- it may be "D:", or
> "E:"...
>
> Thanks,
> Mack