Image file opening problems

[baun-godby]

All of a sudden the PPT program hangs when I try to insert an image from a
FILE (not from the clipart) on ANY prestentation. Rebooting is the only
solution. (I'm using the 95/98 version of ppt)...

Any suggestions appreciated. It almost seems as if the program goes into a
loop when asked to search for images from files...is there some place where
a directory must be specified? Perhaps that is where the corruption
occured.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

All of a sudden the PPT program hangs when I try to insert an image from a
FILE (not from the clipart) on ANY prestentation. Rebooting is the only
solution. (I'm using the 95/98 version of ppt)...

Any suggestions appreciated. It almost seems as if the program goes into a
loop when asked to search for images from files...is there some place where
a directory must be specified? Perhaps that is where the corruption
occured.

The usual reason for this is an extremely large image that comes up first on
the list in whatever file your copy of PPT turns to when you insert an image
from file.

PowerPoint can bog down when it tries to generate a preview image for you.
Find a little tiny GIF image of some kind, put it in the folder PowerPoint's
looking to and rename it @ADinkyImage.GIF

That'll force it to the top of the list and should let PPT open the list box of
files.

By the way, if you're really still using PPT95, consider treating yourself to
an upgrade, if only to a used copy of PPT97. MUCH better product.

If you're using PowerPoint 98, you're on a Mac. ;-)

 

[baun-godby]

This didn't fix it. Problem is, this is on a laptop and I'm not really sure
exactly where the pictures from files directory is pointing. But I am using
PPT 97.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

This didn't fix it. Problem is, this is on a laptop and I'm not really sure
exactly where the pictures from files directory is pointing. But I am using
PPT 97.

PPT 97 tends to remember the last location you added pictures from, even from
one session to the next. Do you recall what project you were working on when
this problem first occurred? That might help.

If you're comfortable poking around in the registry, look in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Recent Folder
List\PictureDir

That will show you where you last imported a photo from.