Part of Master slide doesn't show on ocassions

[ejf]

Anybody know the cause of, and hopefully a trick to
prevent the master slide from freaking out sometimes.
I'm guessing it's a memory issue. It's a very large
powerpoint file (about 70 slides), but I also have 500
meg of RAM... hmmmm

Here's what it's doing... often, I can play the whole
presentation without this happening, but on many
ocassions only part of the master slide will show up. The
master slide is used in every slide in my show. More
specifically... sometimes the master slide background
won't show but the graphics will. Other times the
background is fine, but the only some of the graphics
won't show up. It never seems to be consistent. The only
pattern I notice is that when it does happen, it seems to
happen to the same 3-4 slides. Any ideas?

Thanx for your help!

 

[Echo S]

Sounds like a video driver or hardware acceleration issue to me. First
try changing hardware acceleration --
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm If that doesn't do the
trick, try updating your video drivers.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your thoughts....

I forgot to mention that this happens on multiple
machines... both off of CD and off HDD

-----Original Message-----
Sounds like a video driver or hardware acceleration issue to me. First
try changing hardware acceleration --
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm If that doesn't do the
trick, try updating your video drivers.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Anybody know the cause of, and hopefully a trick to
prevent the master slide from freaking out sometimes.
I'm guessing it's a memory issue. It's a very large
powerpoint file (about 70 slides), but I also have 500
meg of RAM... hmmmm

Here's what it's doing... often, I can play the whole
presentation without this happening, but on many
ocassions only part of the master slide will show up. The
master slide is used in every slide in my show. More
specifically... sometimes the master slide background
won't show but the graphics will. Other times the
background is fine, but the only some of the graphics
won't show up. It never seems to be consistent. The only
pattern I notice is that when it does happen, it seems to
happen to the same 3-4 slides. Any ideas?

Thanx for your help!

.

 

[Echo S]

Ahhh. Well, in that case, take a look at the master slide background
itself. Is it an especially large image?

70 slides usually isn't that big, but it depends on what's on them. And
since you seem to see problems especially with the same 3 or 4 slides
(even though you're also seeing random problems), you might see what you
can do to keep those 3 or 4 from being so mmmm, hefty. (Technical term,
that. <g>)

If you've used a lot of images, I'd bet that they're probably
overscanned and so PPT's/the computers' displays are having a hard time
keeping up.

So, more questions -- what type of image is that background (file type
-- PNG, JPG, TIF, etc.), is it a large image file (file size), how big
(file size) is the PPT presentation itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks for your thoughts....

I forgot to mention that this happens on multiple
machines... both off of CD and off HDD

-----Original Message-----
Sounds like a video driver or hardware acceleration issue to me. First
try changing hardware acceleration --
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm If that doesn't do the
trick, try updating your video drivers.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Anybody know the cause of, and hopefully a trick to
prevent the master slide from freaking out sometimes.
I'm guessing it's a memory issue. It's a very large
powerpoint file (about 70 slides), but I also have 500
meg of RAM... hmmmm

Here's what it's doing... often, I can play the whole
presentation without this happening, but on many
ocassions only part of the master slide will show up. The
master slide is used in every slide in my show. More
specifically... sometimes the master slide background
won't show but the graphics will. Other times the
background is fine, but the only some of the graphics
won't show up. It never seems to be consistent. The only
pattern I notice is that when it does happen, it seems to
happen to the same 3-4 slides. Any ideas?

Thanx for your help!

.

 

[ejf]

To answer your questions...

The ppt file is 127,098KB

The Master slide serves as the consistent navigation bar
throughout the presentation and comprises just a white
background (ppt generated) with six jpg buttons that
weigh in at about 10 - 12 kb each.... not much baggage.

Question... you said, "If you've used a lot of images,
I'd bet that they're probably >overscanned and so
PPT's/the computers' displays are having a hard time

keeping up." What do you mean, "overscanned?"

Thanks again for your ideas and knowledge.

-----Original Message-----
Ahhh. Well, in that case, take a look at the master slide background
itself. Is it an especially large image?

70 slides usually isn't that big, but it depends on what's on them. And
since you seem to see problems especially with the same 3 or 4 slides
(even though you're also seeing random problems), you might see what you
can do to keep those 3 or 4 from being so mmmm, hefty. (Technical term,
that. <g>)

If you've used a lot of images, I'd bet that they're probably
overscanned and so PPT's/the computers' displays are having a hard time
keeping up.

So, more questions -- what type of image is that background (file type
-- PNG, JPG, TIF, etc.), is it a large image file (file size), how big
(file size) is the PPT presentation itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks for your thoughts....

I forgot to mention that this happens on multiple
machines... both off of CD and off HDD

-----Original Message-----
Sounds like a video driver or hardware acceleration issue to me. First
try changing hardware acceleration --
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm If that doesn't do the
trick, try updating your video drivers.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

ejf wrote:

Anybody know the cause of, and hopefully a trick to
prevent the master slide from freaking out sometimes.
I'm guessing it's a memory issue. It's a very large
powerpoint file (about 70 slides), but I also have 500
meg of RAM... hmmmm

Here's what it's doing... often, I can play the whole
presentation without this happening, but on many
ocassions only part of the master slide will show

up.
The

master slide is used in every slide in my show. More
specifically... sometimes the master slide background
won't show but the graphics will. Other times the
background is fine, but the only some of the graphics
won't show up. It never seems to be consistent. The only
pattern I notice is that when it does happen, it

seems
to

happen to the same 3-4 slides. Any ideas?

Thanx for your help!
.

.

 

[Guest]

Just trying again to pick up Echo again on this thread.
Please see my response to your previous post. You ideas
are appreciated. Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
To answer your questions...

The ppt file is 127,098KB

The Master slide serves as the consistent navigation bar
throughout the presentation and comprises just a white
background (ppt generated) with six jpg buttons that
weigh in at about 10 - 12 kb each.... not much baggage.

Question... you said, "If you've used a lot of images,
I'd bet that they're probably >overscanned and so
PPT's/the computers' displays are having a hard time

keeping up." What do you mean, "overscanned?"

Thanks again for your ideas and knowledge.

-----Original Message-----
Ahhh. Well, in that case, take a look at the master slide background
itself. Is it an especially large image?

70 slides usually isn't that big, but it depends on what's on them. And
since you seem to see problems especially with the same 3 or 4 slides
(even though you're also seeing random problems), you might see what you
can do to keep those 3 or 4 from being so mmmm, hefty. (Technical term,
that. <g>)

If you've used a lot of images, I'd bet that they're probably
overscanned and so PPT's/the computers' displays are having a hard time
keeping up.

So, more questions -- what type of image is that background (file type
-- PNG, JPG, TIF, etc.), is it a large image file (file size), how big
(file size) is the PPT presentation itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Thanks for your thoughts....

I forgot to mention that this happens on multiple
machines... both off of CD and off HDD

-----Original Message-----
Sounds like a video driver or hardware acceleration
issue to me. First
try changing hardware acceleration --
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm If that
doesn't do the
trick, try updating your video drivers.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

ejf wrote:

Anybody know the cause of, and hopefully a trick to
prevent the master slide from freaking out sometimes.
I'm guessing it's a memory issue. It's a very large
powerpoint file (about 70 slides), but I also have 500
meg of RAM... hmmmm

Here's what it's doing... often, I can play the whole
presentation without this happening, but on many
ocassions only part of the master slide will show up.
The
master slide is used in every slide in my show. More
specifically... sometimes the master slide background
won't show but the graphics will. Other times the
background is fine, but the only some of the graphics
won't show up. It never seems to be consistent. The
only
pattern I notice is that when it does happen, it seems
to
happen to the same 3-4 slides. Any ideas?

Thanx for your help!
.

.

.

 

[Bill Foley]

I'll jump in since it appears as Echo isn't around right now...

How did you insert your images into your presentation? Did you copy and
paste? If so, we've got a couple of fixes you can try to minimize your file
size. Also, click the "Tools" menu, select "Options", click the "Save" TAB
and uncheck "Allow fast saves". Click "OK". Then click the "File" menu,
select "Properties". On the "Summary" TAB at the bottom left, if "Save
preview picture" is checked, uncheck it. Click "OK" again. Resave your
presentation and check the new file size. This in itself might help
immensely. If not, holler back on how you got your graphics on your slides
and we might have more assistance. Like Echo said before, there is
absolutely no way that 70 slides should be 130 Meg.

As far as overscanning, what she means is that it does absolutely no good to
scan an image in at 1024 x 768 if it is going to be viewed on a computer (or
projector) at only 800 x 600. The only reason you would scan something at a
higher resolution than needed is if the image was small and you needed to
enlarge it for your presentation.

Please holler back with some of the answers and we'll point you to the right
PowerPoint FAQ page with solutions.

--
Bill Foley, Microsoft MVP (PowerPoint)
www.pttinc.com
Check out PPT FAQs at: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
"Success, something you measure when you are through succeeding."

Just trying again to pick up Echo again on this thread.
Please see my response to your previous post. You ideas
are appreciated. Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
To answer your questions...

The ppt file is 127,098KB

The Master slide serves as the consistent navigation bar
throughout the presentation and comprises just a white
background (ppt generated) with six jpg buttons that
weigh in at about 10 - 12 kb each.... not much baggage.

Question... you said, "If you've used a lot of images,
I'd bet that they're probably >overscanned and so
PPT's/the computers' displays are having a hard time

keeping up." What do you mean, "overscanned?"

Thanks again for your ideas and knowledge.

-----Original Message-----
Ahhh. Well, in that case, take a look at the master slide background
itself. Is it an especially large image?

70 slides usually isn't that big, but it depends on what's on them. And
since you seem to see problems especially with the same 3 or 4 slides
(even though you're also seeing random problems), you might see what you
can do to keep those 3 or 4 from being so mmmm, hefty. (Technical term,
that. <g>)

If you've used a lot of images, I'd bet that they're probably
overscanned and so PPT's/the computers' displays are having a hard time
keeping up.

So, more questions -- what type of image is that background (file type
-- PNG, JPG, TIF, etc.), is it a large image file (file size), how big
(file size) is the PPT presentation itself?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

(e-mail address removed) wrote:

Thanks for your thoughts....

I forgot to mention that this happens on multiple
machines... both off of CD and off HDD

-----Original Message-----
Sounds like a video driver or hardware acceleration
issue to me. First
try changing hardware acceleration --
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm If that
doesn't do the
trick, try updating your video drivers.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

ejf wrote:

Anybody know the cause of, and hopefully a trick to
prevent the master slide from freaking out sometimes.
I'm guessing it's a memory issue. It's a very large
powerpoint file (about 70 slides), but I also have 500
meg of RAM... hmmmm

Here's what it's doing... often, I can play the whole
presentation without this happening, but on many
ocassions only part of the master slide will show up.
The
master slide is used in every slide in my show. More
specifically... sometimes the master slide background
won't show but the graphics will. Other times the
background is fine, but the only some of the graphics
won't show up. It never seems to be consistent. The
only
pattern I notice is that when it does happen, it seems
to
happen to the same 3-4 slides. Any ideas?

Thanx for your help!
.

.

.