Package for CD

[Guest]

I have two CD burner. I hope that Microsoft Powerpoint will let me choose the
CD burner drive to package the presentation for CD. Does anyone know how to
choose the Cd burner drive to package the presentation?

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[Sonia]

You have to change the internal cabling of the drives because Windows writes to
the primary drive.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You are probably better off using the option in Package for CD to package
to a folder. Then you can use your regular CD burning software to burn
the contents of the folder to whatever CD burner you have. It would be
nice if PowerPoint were smarter about burning CDs, but on the other hand,
I would rather have "smart" CD burning capabilities with CD burning
software than "not-so-smart" CD burning capabilities built in.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Guest]

I have an Internal DVD/CD-RW Combo which is already broken down and a new USB
External DVD-RW Drive. Can I change my external DVD-RW drive to be a primary
drive? How?

 

[Guest]

May I know what do you means for ""smart" CD burning capabilities"?

 

[Sonia]

No, you probably cannot. Follow David's advice and use "Package to Folder" and
then use your CD burning software (Nero, Roxio, etc.) to burn the contents of
the folder to a blank CD. Your CD burning software allows you to select the
drive you want to use for recording.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I mean that "real" CD burning software has many features that help you in
the process of burning CDs (on the simple end, recognizing multiple CD
burners and being able to choose). I am afraid that if Microsoft tried to
put these features into PowerPoint, they would end up with CD burning
capabilities that simply aren't as good as they should be. I would rather
see them concentrate on making PowerPoint do what it does really well and
leave the CD burning to the CD burning software.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your advice. I know what to do now.

No, you probably cannot. Follow David's advice and use "Package to Folder" and
then use your CD burning software (Nero, Roxio, etc.) to burn the contents of
the folder to a blank CD. Your CD burning software allows you to select the
drive you want to use for recording.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your advice. I know what to do now.

I mean that "real" CD burning software has many features that help you in
the process of burning CDs (on the simple end, recognizing multiple CD
burners and being able to choose). I am afraid that if Microsoft tried to
put these features into PowerPoint, they would end up with CD burning
capabilities that simply aren't as good as they should be. I would rather
see them concentrate on making PowerPoint do what it does really well and
leave the CD burning to the CD burning software.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/