Package for CD is doesnt do what it is suppose to do

[Guest]

I made a slide show using OS Windows XP & PPT 2003. The way I understood the
"Package for CD" feature, I should be able to save my .pps file to a folder,
zip it up, upload it to my server via an FTP thus making it available for
online distribution. I also understood that the "package" feature includes
the PPT Viewer (which i double checked my folder and it is infact in there)
which would enable those without PowerPoint and/or older OS systems to
download and watch the slide show as intended. Well it doesnt work. One
person went to microsoft and independantly downloaded the viewer, re-opened
the file and the slide show did NOT play as intended. Those that have
Windows XP w/powerpoint have no problems viewing the show as intended.
Please help.

 

[Guest]

Try converting your PPT to an exe file to load to your FTP. You can find
instructions for PPT 2002 and 2003 at www.indezine.com. If your FTP won't
host exe files you can ZIP it and host it that way...

 

[Echo S]

Are your users unzipping the contents of the folder before they try to view
the file? Have them extract the contents and then double-click the PPS file
to open in the Viewer.

If your users have PPT installed, this method will open the PPS file in PPT,
which may not be what you want if they have PPT 2000 or 97 installed. In
that case, extracting the files, double-clicking the Viewer EXE file, and
then navigating to the PPPS file is a better way to go. Might be easiest to
just instruct everyone to use that method.

The upshot is, those compressed folders look very similar to "regular"
folders, but they still work like zip files in that you need to extract the
contents in order to run EXEs. You can open non-executable files (PPT, PPS,
DOC, XLS, etc.) from these folders, though.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for helping. Yes i have converted to EXE file following the
instructions posted on "rdpslides.com" but when i test it on windows 2000 (no
pp installed) or windows xp (no pp installed) i get an error message "a
required resource could not be found" i went back and trippled check my exe
file to be sure all of the folder contents were there and everthing was in
fact there. any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
--
karen

Are your users unzipping the contents of the folder before they try to view
the file? Have them extract the contents and then double-click the PPS file
to open in the Viewer.

If your users have PPT installed, this method will open the PPS file in PPT,
which may not be what you want if they have PPT 2000 or 97 installed. In
that case, extracting the files, double-clicking the Viewer EXE file, and
then navigating to the PPPS file is a better way to go. Might be easiest to
just instruct everyone to use that method.

The upshot is, those compressed folders look very similar to "regular"
folders, but they still work like zip files in that you need to extract the
contents in order to run EXEs. You can open non-executable files (PPT, PPS,
DOC, XLS, etc.) from these folders, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

I made a slide show using OS Windows XP & PPT 2003. The way I understood
the
"Package for CD" feature, I should be able to save my .pps file to a
folder,
zip it up, upload it to my server via an FTP thus making it available for
online distribution. I also understood that the "package" feature
includes
the PPT Viewer (which i double checked my folder and it is infact in
there)
which would enable those without PowerPoint and/or older OS systems to
download and watch the slide show as intended. Well it doesnt work. One
person went to microsoft and independantly downloaded the viewer,
re-opened
the file and the slide show did NOT play as intended. Those that have
Windows XP w/powerpoint have no problems viewing the show as intended.
Please help.

 

[Echo S]

A zipped file is a lot different than converting to an EXE file. Can you
post a link to the exact instructions you used?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Thanks for helping. Yes i have converted to EXE file following the
instructions posted on "rdpslides.com" but when i test it on windows 2000
(no
pp installed) or windows xp (no pp installed) i get an error message "a
required resource could not be found" i went back and trippled check my
exe
file to be sure all of the folder contents were there and everthing was in
fact there. any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
--
karen

Are your users unzipping the contents of the folder before they try to
view
the file? Have them extract the contents and then double-click the PPS
file
to open in the Viewer.

If your users have PPT installed, this method will open the PPS file in
PPT,
which may not be what you want if they have PPT 2000 or 97 installed. In
that case, extracting the files, double-clicking the Viewer EXE file, and
then navigating to the PPPS file is a better way to go. Might be easiest
to
just instruct everyone to use that method.

The upshot is, those compressed folders look very similar to "regular"
folders, but they still work like zip files in that you need to extract
the
contents in order to run EXEs. You can open non-executable files (PPT,
PPS,
DOC, XLS, etc.) from these folders, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

I made a slide show using OS Windows XP & PPT 2003. The way I
understood
the
"Package for CD" feature, I should be able to save my .pps file to a
folder,
zip it up, upload it to my server via an FTP thus making it available
for
online distribution. I also understood that the "package" feature
includes
the PPT Viewer (which i double checked my folder and it is infact in
there)
which would enable those without PowerPoint and/or older OS systems to
download and watch the slide show as intended. Well it doesnt work.
One
person went to microsoft and independantly downloaded the viewer,
re-opened
the file and the slide show did NOT play as intended. Those that have
Windows XP w/powerpoint have no problems viewing the show as intended.
Please help.

 

[Guest]

this is the link i used:
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/pp2003/ppt2exe.html
--
karen

A zipped file is a lot different than converting to an EXE file. Can you
post a link to the exact instructions you used?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Thanks for helping. Yes i have converted to EXE file following the
instructions posted on "rdpslides.com" but when i test it on windows 2000
(no
pp installed) or windows xp (no pp installed) i get an error message "a
required resource could not be found" i went back and trippled check my
exe
file to be sure all of the folder contents were there and everthing was in
fact there. any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
--
karen

Are your users unzipping the contents of the folder before they try to
view
the file? Have them extract the contents and then double-click the PPS
file
to open in the Viewer.

If your users have PPT installed, this method will open the PPS file in
PPT,
which may not be what you want if they have PPT 2000 or 97 installed. In
that case, extracting the files, double-clicking the Viewer EXE file, and
then navigating to the PPPS file is a better way to go. Might be easiest
to
just instruct everyone to use that method.

The upshot is, those compressed folders look very similar to "regular"
folders, but they still work like zip files in that you need to extract
the
contents in order to run EXEs. You can open non-executable files (PPT,
PPS,
DOC, XLS, etc.) from these folders, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

I made a slide show using OS Windows XP & PPT 2003. The way I
understood
the
"Package for CD" feature, I should be able to save my .pps file to a
folder,
zip it up, upload it to my server via an FTP thus making it available
for
online distribution. I also understood that the "package" feature
includes
the PPT Viewer (which i double checked my folder and it is infact in
there)
which would enable those without PowerPoint and/or older OS systems to
download and watch the slide show as intended. Well it doesnt work.
One
person went to microsoft and independantly downloaded the viewer,
re-opened
the file and the slide show did NOT play as intended. Those that have
Windows XP w/powerpoint have no problems viewing the show as intended.
Please help.