locating object

[Guest]

I am using PP Office Profession 2003. I have a presentation made a year ago
with pictures and movies. Because I had reorganized my folder system, some
of the pictures and movies are now in different folders. I unfortunately, do
not know the name of the picture or movie. Is there a way in powerpoint to
get information about the embedded object (e.g. movie/photo) to identify the
name so I can subsequently search for that file on my hard drive?
Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Right clicking a movie and > edit movie object should reveal the file name
(in information)

With a picture add a custom animation temporarily and the file name should
show in the custom animation pane

 

[Guest]

I knew about the way to identify the link for the movie - but unfortunately,
that pane is small it shows the name of the movie but not the entire path -
so you need to search. Didn't know about the tip for the picture. Thanks!

Obviously way is optimal.

 

[Guest]

I am unable to get the file name of the picture to show in the custom
animation pane.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I knew about the way to identify the link for the movie - but unfortunately,
that pane is small it shows the name of the movie but not the entire path -
so you need to search. Didn't know about the tip for the picture. Thanks!

Visit http://www.pptools.com/fixlinks/ and download the free demo.
It'll give you a report on all the linked pictures, movies, sounds etc. in the file.

The paid for version will let you locate and relink the files, but the site also
includes some tips on doing this manually. For a wad of presentations, the add-in's
going to save you lots of time. For just one or two shows, I'd just go the manual
route.