Producer Timing Capture Add-In for PowerPoint

[Frank Bella]

Does anyone know if the Producer Timing Capture Add-In for
PowerPoint 2002/2003, which is normally part of the
Producer 2003 install, is available as a separete plug-in
for PowerPoint 2002/03? I want to use this tool to
capture live slide timing for presenters, so I want to
install it on my presenters laptop, but I do not want to
install all of Producer on their PC.

 

[Echo S]

I don't think it's available separately, but I could be wrong. You might
ask in the Producer newsgroup to be sure.

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=mscom&slcid=US
will get you there via the web.

 

[B]

If it is, would you post back and spread the word?

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I don't think it's available separately, but I could be wrong. You might
ask in the Producer newsgroup to be sure.

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=mscom&slcid=US
will get you there via the web.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Does anyone know if the Producer Timing Capture Add-In for
PowerPoint 2002/2003, which is normally part of the
Producer 2003 install, is available as a separete plug-in
for PowerPoint 2002/03? I want to use this tool to
capture live slide timing for presenters, so I want to
install it on my presenters laptop, but I do not want to
install all of Producer on their PC.

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

Hello Frank,

PowerPoint (all the way back to PowerPoint 97) already has a "Rehearse
Timings" feature built into the Slide Show menu. Does this feature not
work for you?

If you (or anyone else reading this message) would like to see some changes
to the timing rehearsal capabilities of PowerPoint (without having to
resort to VBA or add-ins), don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft
at:

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

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also why it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans

Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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[B]

Hi John,

First, I'd like to commend you for spending time here in the forum. It
helps to know that the people at MS do see what regular users need to do
their work better. Thank you.

But the 'Rehearse Timings' function would be a wonderful if it worked for
syncing to a sound file.

The way PowerPoint timings appear to work (guessing, but haven't been proved
wrong), is that it times the delay between animations/transitions (from the
end of one to the start of the next). Because the operating system, system
speed, system resources, background tasks, and conditions vary; the time
required to do the actual transitions/animations will vary. This creates an
accumulative timing error. Slow systems will run the presentation taking a
minute longer, while a fast one may run a minute faster.

PowerPoint does not sync to sound, or hold absolute timings from
computer-to-computer, day-to-day on the same computer, or even run-to-run on
the same computer. Rehearse timings gets you close, but by the end of a 100
slide presentation it may be off by as more than a minute. A minute in a
sound file is forever (consider that a tempo may be 100 beats per minute or
higher.

I think Frank is asking for a sync to sound option, or an improvement in the
rehearse timings to hold to sound better.

I have put in my request to MS feedback site, hopefully it will be heard and
(fingers crossed) acted on.

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Hello Frank,

PowerPoint (all the way back to PowerPoint 97) already has a "Rehearse
Timings" feature built into the Slide Show menu. Does this feature not
work for you?

If you (or anyone else reading this message) would like to see some change s
to the timing rehearsal capabilities of PowerPoint (without having to
resort to VBA or add-ins), don't forget to send your feedback to Microsoft
at:

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

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also why it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans

Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

I understand that limitation of PowerPoint (we don't due true
synchronization) and appreciate that you have taken the time and effort to
submit a suggestion through the Microsoft mswish web form.

However, the initial post indicated nothing about trying to synchronize the
presentation to a sound file but, simply to capture the timings of how the
presenters delivers the slides (which is something that Rehearse timing can
do, but not without some visible UI during slide show). So, eliminating the
scenario where you are trying to synchronize background sound to animations
and transitions in PowerPoint, it's still useful to understand the other
scenarios where slide/animation timings need be captured live (either for
rehearsal or with actual presentation delivery) and to gather feedback
(mswish) about how important this is to some customers and their
recommendations about how PowerPoint might be improved to support these
scenarios in the future.

Keep those cards and wishes coming in

John Langhans

Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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[B]

Thanks John,

I re-read the original post and realized my assumptions were mistaken. With
timings being able to be set from either the transitions/animations panes or
thru rehearse timings, I had not though of another reason to capture
timings.

My apologies. I still feel strongly about the sync issue, perhaps this was
what clouded my reading.

B