MS Producer: I want slides not to advance automatically

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boyboy via OfficeKB.com

A question on the Powerpoint add-in, MS Producer.

I want the slides not to automatically advance to the next. Currently I have
a voice recording that explains each slide but I estimated that the user will
need more time to understand the slide so I allotted a certain amount of time
for each slide.

However, I think it would be best if I simply let the user click the next
slide rather than Producer automatically advancing to the next. Think of it
as a Powerpoint Presentation where you click only if you want to move to the
next slide.

Is this possible and how do I do it? Thanks..
 
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Brian Sullivan

A question on the Powerpoint add-in, MS Producer.

I want the slides not to automatically advance to the next. Currently I have
a voice recording that explains each slide but I estimated that the user will
need more time to understand the slide so I allotted a certain amount of time
for each slide.

However, I think it would be best if I simply let the user click the next
slide rather than Producer automatically advancing to the next. Think of it
as a Powerpoint Presentation where you click only if you want to move to the
next slide.

Is this possible and how do I do it? Thanks..


It is possible to have the production pause at any point by putting html
code in that causes the production to pause:

http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/stories/2004/11/23/usingMicrosoftProducer.html

has some information.

Continuing would be by using the media controls and clicking the pause/play
button. I am not sure how to have a click on the slide cause a play to be
executed (though I am guessing it might be possible).
 
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boyboy via OfficeKB.com

Thanks Brian for the reply. I went to the site but didn't find an explicit
information on how to do the thing that I want. I did see though a command
such as PauseMedia but I don't know exactly if this is what I want and where
exactly I would put those commands. Can anyone help me or point out to me how
to do this? Thanks.

Btw, I also emailed the guy running that site for some explanation about this
and hopefully he would reply. It would be best though if someone here can
already give the answer to problem.

Brian said:
A question on the Powerpoint add-in, MS Producer.
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Is this possible and how do I do it? Thanks..

It is possible to have the production pause at any point by putting html
code in that causes the production to pause:

http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/stories/2004/11/23/usingMicrosoftProducer.html

has some information.

Continuing would be by using the media controls and clicking the pause/play
button. I am not sure how to have a click on the slide cause a play to be
executed (though I am guessing it might be possible).
 
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Brian Sullivan

Thanks Brian for the reply. I went to the site but didn't find an explicit
information on how to do the thing that I want. I did see though a command
such as PauseMedia but I don't know exactly if this is what I want and where
exactly I would put those commands. Can anyone help me or point out to me how
to do this? Thanks.


1)Create a blank html page (a text file of any name -- probably with an
..htm or .html extension)

It should contain something like:


<html>
<head>
<title>Pause Page</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>




2)Change the <body> tag to be <body onLoad="parent.MediaPlayer_Pause()">
3)Import the html page into your production
4)Add the html page on the time line wherever you want a pause to occur.
Make the duration short.

If you already have html pages in your production you might have to modify
them to have the pause happen at the correct time.

Btw, I also emailed the guy running that site for some explanation about this
and hopefully he would reply. It would be best though if someone here can
already give the answer to problem.


The guy would be me.
 
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boyboy via OfficeKB.com

The guy would be me.

Yeah, I figured that out after seeing that your username is the same as the
name of the guy running the site.

Anyway, I still can't make it work. I created an HTML file with the following
code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Pause Page</title>
</head>
<body onLoad="parent.MediaPlayer_Pause()">
</body>
</html>

Uploaded the file in the timeline and tried various ways trying to make it
work. First, I added the HTML and expanded its timeline so it encompasses the
first till the last slide. The pause command didn't work.

I tried to limit the timeline and made the HTML's duration exactly the same
length as all of the slides. It didn't work.

I just used one HTML file, uploaded it to match the first slide's duration
length and it still didn't work.

As you mentioned in the post, I shortened the duration of the HTML. My first
slide runs for 50 seconds and I made the HTML run for the first 3 seconds of
the slide but the slide still didn't pause.

What I found out though is that the HTML needs to start with time 00:00, that
is, I cannot move it to start anywhere in the timeline unlike audio or video.

Anyway, can you let me know what I am doing wrong why my slides still won't
pause?

Thanks very much.
 
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boyboy via OfficeKB.com

Just wanted to say that I want to have a pause for every slide, so that the
users themselves will be the one to control when slides would advance to the
next.

By the way, I don't have any other HTML file, fyi. The Pause HTML file that I
uploaded is the single HTML file I have in the Presentation. I'm using the
"Globe Video (240x180) - Resizable Slides and HTML" template, if that would
be of help.
 
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Brian Sullivan

Yeah, I figured that out after seeing that your username is the same as the
name of the guy running the site.

Anyway, I still can't make it work. I created an HTML file with the following
code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Pause Page</title>
</head>
<body onLoad="parent.MediaPlayer_Pause()">
</body>
</html>

Uploaded the file in the timeline and tried various ways trying to make it
work. First, I added the HTML and expanded its timeline so it encompasses the
first till the last slide. The pause command didn't work.

I tried to limit the timeline and made the HTML's duration exactly the same
length as all of the slides. It didn't work.

I just used one HTML file, uploaded it to match the first slide's duration
length and it still didn't work.

As you mentioned in the post, I shortened the duration of the HTML. My first
slide runs for 50 seconds and I made the HTML run for the first 3 seconds of
the slide but the slide still didn't pause.

What I found out though is that the HTML needs to start with time 00:00, that
is, I cannot move it to start anywhere in the timeline unlike audio or video.

Anyway, can you let me know what I am doing wrong why my slides still won't
pause?

Thanks very much.



How are you testing it? It is possible it does not work in preview but only
in export -- I don't remember.

If you package up your test (using a pack and go so all the elements are
included) and send it to me I will have a look to see if I can figure it
out. It is been a while since I did this.
 
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boyboy via OfficeKB.com

I've tested it in both Preview and Published it too but didn;t work for both.
I'll Pack and Go the file and send it to you for review. I'll use the email
add in your site right? Thanks very much for your help! :)
 
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Brian Sullivan

I've tested it in both Preview and Published it too but didn;t work for both.
I'll Pack and Go the file and send it to you for review. I'll use the email
add in your site right? Thanks very much for your help! :)


You should be able to get my email address from my posts (with a little
creative snipping).
 
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boyboy via OfficeKB.com

hi Brian, i already sent the Pack and Go files to (e-mail address removed) .
hope you were able to receive it. if you didn't please, please let me know
where to send the files, that's the only email add i can find.

looking forward to your help.

thanks again.
 

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