Limits to image length?

[Guest]

Does PowerPoint 2002 have a limit to the size of an image that it can show
within a slide?

I want to enter a long image (4-5 slide heights) into an image so that I can
use motion paths to scroll down the image during a slide show. Although I
can successfully insert and see the long image in the slide, when the motion
path goes into effect, it only shows a certain length from the top part of
the image and then continues to scroll down into blank space (absent image).
So the scrolling itself works for the correct length of the image I inserted
into that slide, but the image itself only appears for a certain length and
then all that is shown is blank space for the second half of the scroll.

Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way around this limitation or is it
just part of PPT 2002 limits?

Thank you.

Jeff

 

[Troy @ TLC]

Yes there is a limit to the size (measurement size, not file size) that PPT
can use. I do not remember the exact dimension, but it is basically double
the height/width of the slide. What makes this confusing is you can insert
an image of any height/width but it will only animate the maximum size
(again, roughly 2X the slide size), cutting off the image even though there
is more there. The only work around is to duplicate your image, crop each
and then customize your animation so the 2nd picks up where the 1st ends
(tedious but possible - actually just did this same effect with screen
capture of a long scrolling webpage yesterday).

 

[Guest]

Thank you, that confirms what I thought.

I am attempting to do exactly what you describe: scroll down a screen
capture of a long webpage. (I had hoped I was just doing something wrong).

You are also correct that I can see the entire inserted image when I put in
the animation, but only part appears during the actual animation, which as
you say, is confusing.

Thank you.

Jeff

 

[tohlz]

If it is a long webpage, there are two ways you can try.

1 - Insert live webpage into PowerPoint. You can make use of Shyam's LiveWeb
Add-in to do so: http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm

2 - See No. 4, Scrolling long image in slide show here. Look for the portion
where activex control is used to manually scroll the image:
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/experimental.html
--
Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft MVP PowerPoint

(Amazing PowerPoint animations, artworks, games here)
http://pptheaven.mvps.org
PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate

 

[Guest]

Thank you very much.

Jeff

If it is a long webpage, there are two ways you can try.

1 - Insert live webpage into PowerPoint. You can make use of Shyam's
LiveWeb
Add-in to do so: http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm

2 - See No. 4, Scrolling long image in slide show here. Look for the
portion
where activex control is used to manually scroll the image:
http://pptheaven.mvps.org/experimental.html
--
Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft MVP PowerPoint

(Amazing PowerPoint animations, artworks, games here)
http://pptheaven.mvps.org
PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate