Why does my .PPS show skip the first slide when it plays?

[Guest]

When I save my .PPT Presentation to .PPS and play it, the first slide is
skipped, and some slides are black, or only show half the image.

 

[Echo S]

When I save my .PPT Presentation to .PPS and play it, the first slide is
skipped, and some slides are black, or only show half the image.

Try changing hardware acceleration (probably lower). See How to set graphics
hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm for instrux.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply. I tried reducing the acceleration a notch at a time
as suggested, but the same problems still exist. Any other suggestions.

 

[Jean-Pierre FORESTIER]

What do you have on the 1st slide (film? gif ?)

 

[Guest]

The first slide is a .jpg photograph with Text inserted. If I view the
presentation as a PP Presentation, the first slide plays and the music
starts, and no black or black slides appear in the presentation...everything
works great. It just won't play correctly if it is saved as a .PPS.

 

[Echo S]

Try going to Slide Show|Set up Show and see what you have selected there for
which slides to play.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for all your assistance. The problem turned out to be something
really simple. I took a copy of the presentation to a friend this afternoon,
and the first thing he noticed was that on slide # 1, the "hide slide" icon
was faintly visible next to the first slide. Unclicking that block solved
the problem. Since my sound was activated by the first slide, that was also
the reason I didn't have any music when the first slide was skipped. I must
have spent 18 hours trying to solve the problem, and can't believe the
solution was so simple. Thanks again to each one of you who tried to help.
(I told you I was a PPT Dummy
--
PPT Dummy

Try going to Slide Show|Set up Show and see what you have selected there for
which slides to play.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

The first slide is a .jpg photograph with Text inserted. If I view the
presentation as a PP Presentation, the first slide plays and the music
starts, and no black or black slides appear in the
presentation...everything
works great. It just won't play correctly if it is saved as a .PPS.
--
PPT Dummy

What do you have on the 1st slide (film? gif ?)

--
Jean-Pierre FORESTIER Microsoft MVP PowerPoint
Auteur de PowerPoint 2002 chez Micro Application
"kenden" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message (e-mail address removed)...
Thanks for your reply. I tried reducing the acceleration a notch at a
time
as suggested, but the same problems still exist. Any other
suggestions.
--
PPT Dummy


:

When I save my .PPT Presentation to .PPS and play it, the first
slide
is
skipped, and some slides are black, or only show half the image.

Try changing hardware acceleration (probably lower). See How to set
graphics
hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm for instrux.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

 

[Echo S]

Thanks for letting us know how you resolved it, kenden. I know this will
help someone else in future!

 

[Guest]

Happens to us all!

Thanks for getting back - sharing solutions (even easy ones) really helps
--

_____________________________
John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist

Thanks for all your assistance. The problem turned out to be something
really simple. I took a copy of the presentation to a friend this afternoon,
and the first thing he noticed was that on slide # 1, the "hide slide" icon
was faintly visible next to the first slide. Unclicking that block solved
the problem. Since my sound was activated by the first slide, that was also
the reason I didn't have any music when the first slide was skipped. I must
have spent 18 hours trying to solve the problem, and can't believe the
solution was so simple. Thanks again to each one of you who tried to help.
(I told you I was a PPT Dummy
--
PPT Dummy

Try going to Slide Show|Set up Show and see what you have selected there for
which slides to play.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

The first slide is a .jpg photograph with Text inserted. If I view the
presentation as a PP Presentation, the first slide plays and the music
starts, and no black or black slides appear in the
presentation...everything
works great. It just won't play correctly if it is saved as a .PPS.
--
PPT Dummy


:

What do you have on the 1st slide (film? gif ?)

--
Jean-Pierre FORESTIER Microsoft MVP PowerPoint
Auteur de PowerPoint 2002 chez Micro Application
"kenden" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message (e-mail address removed)...
Thanks for your reply. I tried reducing the acceleration a notch at a
time
as suggested, but the same problems still exist. Any other
suggestions.
--
PPT Dummy


:

When I save my .PPT Presentation to .PPS and play it, the first
slide
is
skipped, and some slides are black, or only show half the image.

Try changing hardware acceleration (probably lower). See How to set
graphics
hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm for instrux.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com