PP plug in to batch load photos into a presentation

[Melissa]

I've spent some time Googling this, and haven't had any luck so far, so I
decided to post.

I'm using PP 2000 under WinXP professional. I'll be making a presentation
with about 200-220 slides with 1 photo each, along with music. This is for
my son's wedding.

4 years ago, I did a presentation using PP 97 under Win98se. I have this
recollection of downloading a piece of freeware/shareware that allowed me to
bring all of the photos (already scanned and numbered in a folder) into the
presentation. After all this time, and a reformat, I have no idea what that
software was.

I remember I had to have all the photos scanned and numbered in the correct
order in a folder. (I had a friend at the time who was a semi-professional
at this who told me about the freeware)

If anyone could offer tips or advice on a plug in or shareware, or even how
to do this in PP 2000, I would appreciate it. I know there has to be a
better way than inserting 200 photos, one by one.

And, any problems to watch out for? Someone recommended using Windows Movie
Maker to do this, but I have my doubts.

Melissa

 

[Sonia]

I highly recommend Image Importer Wizard from
http://www.mvps.org/skp/iiw.htm.

 

[Melissa]

Thanks! I'll check it out.

Melissa

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

PowerPoint 2000, 2002 and 2003 have a Photo Album feature that does exactly
this. For PowerPoint 2000 it's an add-in that needs to be downloaded, but
for PowerPoint 2002/2003 the feature is built in and available from "Insert
-> Pictures -> New Photo Album"

The PowerPoint 2000 add-in can be downloaded from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55D24B47-C828-4141-
A8DE-9A459C63DB1A&displaylang=en

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
include additional features and options for bulk inserting of images
(without having to resort to VBA or add-ins), don't forget to send your
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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[Melissa]

Thank you John, that sounds even better.

Melissa