Power Point

[Guest]

I made a large 100+M presentation. I saved it on a jump drive and planned to
burn it. I made a folder and in the folder put a folder for images, another
for audio, and another for video. All are linked to the folders saved on the
jump drive. When I move the folder, save it on my systems drive, or plug the
jump drive into another computer some part or parts are missing. Most of the
time I can relocate the links, however it will still only play on that
computer. I checked 2x and had someone else check-all links are to the
folders in the jump drive. I need to burn this??

 

[Bill Foley]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the only way to ensure complete
portability is to put all linked files in the SAME folder as the
presentation, THEN insert them in your presentation.

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

 

[Guest]

I made sure all pics, video and audio were in the same folder as the power
point. I copied it on my dive four times, each time I lost a few links,
always the video, somtimes an audio. I then copied it back to a jump drive
and got all but the video. I remedied that then tried to burn a CD, 4x, it
failed each time. I tried the PP on five computers running off the jump
drive. 3 it worked fine, one gave me a "encod." problem but it proceeded when
I clicked "continue". Feeling as though I had the pp at least working off a
jump drive and my computer's drive I came home and tried it in my home
computer. All worked but the videos were white and produced only sound.

This is a project I worked with involving kids to present to there grade.
The videos (and others parts) were completed on a variety of machines and
brought toether. The videos seem to be the biggest problem. I had to copy
three times on one of the jump drives to get one. They are also the reason
the CD copying quits.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

It sounds like you've run into two and maybe three distinct problems.

1) Jump drives. Never save anything directly to them from PPT. Or to any
other removable media for that matter. Save to the HDD and then copy to the
jump drive. THEN always, always, always use the little removable hardware
gadget at the right of the system tray to stop the drive. Don't just pull it
out - that's likely to corrupt your data.

2) Links. Don't bother linking images. The image linking mechanism in PPT
breaks if you so much as blink at it. You can use our free FixLinks demo
(http://fixlinks.pptools.com) to fix image links so they DO work, but unless
you have a specific reason for linking images, don't. File size isn't a good
reason: you have to ship the files one way or the other, inside PPT or out, so
there's no size advantage to linking.

Video and Sound links as others have explained. Put the files in the same
folder as the PPT and then use Insert, Sounds and Movies, ... From file to
bring them in. NOT Insert Object.

3) Codecs. That's the software that's responsible for compressing and
decompressing media files. If your files use a codec that isn't on the target
computer, it won't be able to play them back.

See Austin Myer's multimedia tutorial and the other related info on
www.soniacoleman.com for the full details.

4) Your free BONUS screwup: PPT gives you white boxes or nada if the path to
the linked file is too long. Anything over 100 characters is suspect. The
FixLinks demo has a report feature that will show you the links. Reminds me, I
should add a link LENGTH warning.

 

[Guest]

I am out of confidence. I Spent last night and all day today preparing
another. I did it all on the HHD and saved. When I tried to burn the CD it
failed the same as the last. Video seems to be where it fails. I used Movie
Maker. I then saved it to a jump drive. HHD and Jump run the program well on
the school's computers but I cannot copy to CD or play it at home-video does
not play. After this I give up!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I am out of confidence. I Spent last night and all day today preparing
another. I did it all on the HHD and saved. When I tried to burn the CD it
failed the same as the last. Video seems to be where it fails. I used Movie
Maker. I then saved it to a jump drive. HHD and Jump run the program well on
the school's computers but I cannot copy to CD or play it at home-video does
not play. After this I give up!

Bill, have you read through the info below and followed up on the links?

I don't understand where Movie Maker comes into the picture, and if you mean that
you saved from PPT (or some other app) to a jump drive directly, again, that's a bad
idea.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the help. Way back I realize I used the wrong word. All the
items were put in through insert, and all were in a folder first made for the
power point. I went back and put everything on the hard drive-individually. I
then deleted the power point and started over, I had two people check to make
sure everything was in the right place. I was able to copy it to a CD but it
does not play on my home computer. It plays every were in school. Once again
thanks--I quit.

Bill

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Bill, Does the "I quit" mean you don't want to mess with it any further? Can't say as I
blame you if that's so. But if you'd like to pursue it, people here will work with you.