2004 Mac PPT probs- a few::

[RickL]

how can I import an swf into PP 2004 Mac OSX? When I try, via movie
import, PP reports "unsupported file". I made the flash file in MX 2004,
so I know it is OK.

I notice that animation paths are on PP PC 2003. Are they on Mac 2004?

I need to edit a music clip that is in the Slide transitions sound list,
put there by the previous producer. How can I get to it so I can work on it?

Thanks in advance

R

 

[Mickey Stevens]

how can I import an swf into PP 2004 Mac OSX? When I try, via movie
import, PP reports "unsupported file". I made the flash file in MX 2004,
so I know it is OK.

PowerPoint uses QuickTIme to play the movie. If the movie won't play with
QuickTime Player, chances are it won't with PowerPoint either. There's not
much you can do, since support for SWF in QuickTime is limited.

I notice that animation paths are on PP PC 2003. Are they on Mac 2004?

Animation paths cannot be created or edited in PowerPoint 2004. However, if
you have a presentation with animation paths that was created in PowerPoint
2003, PowerPoint 2004 will play the presentation properly with the animation
paths.

I need to edit a music clip that is in the Slide transitions sound list,
put there by the previous producer. How can I get to it so I can work on it?

Use Find (in the Finder, File > Find) to locate the music clip, and then
edit it. I don't believe that PowerPoint moves these clips if they're
brought into the list.

 

[RickL]

PowerPoint uses QuickTIme to play the movie. If the movie won't play with
QuickTime Player, chances are it won't with PowerPoint either. There's not
much you can do, since support for SWF in QuickTime is limited.

Thanks- I tried converting to mov, but the rez was bad

Animation paths cannot be created or edited in PowerPoint 2004. However, if
you have a presentation with animation paths that was created in PowerPoint
2003, PowerPoint 2004 will play the presentation properly with the animation
paths.




Use Find (in the Finder, File > Find) to locate the music clip, and then
edit it. I don't believe that PowerPoint moves these clips if they're
brought into the list.

The Mac finder can't find them, I tried that one, by title and / or file
type where would the PP app keep them? I see they are kept with the
file, not in a general or external library.


I'm going to have to complain- PP Mac 2004 should be on par and 100%
compatible with PP Win XP2003, at least. The bad part is that PP 2004
says very plainly that it will import swf, and this is why I got it. But
it doesn't. As a newb, I've been workign with PP 2004 for just a week,
and found 3 problems. I don't want to get in and find more gotchas, so
it's back to Flash. You should pass this on to the complaint dept, no
offense to you guys- you're doing your best. Thanks for the help and
quick reply.

R

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

In PowerPoint's preferences you can choose how large a sound file (.wav)
can be before PowerPoint will link to the file rather than include the
file within the presenation. So if you think you might need to have the
sound file, linking is a possiblility (but can cause other troubles if
you are sharing presentations with other people or using them on other
machines). Once a sound is included in a presentation PowerPoint is not
really set up to get it out.

A work-around would be to use Audacity (freeware) to capture the output
from PowerPoint as sound file. Check http://www.versiontracker.com/ and
search for Audacity.

Getting one application (in this case Macromedia's Flash) to play within
another application (PowerPoint) is no simple matter. PowerPoint wants
to let you size the window that the Flash will play in, and also wants
to add transitions and animations to the window, and let you set a
poster frame, and give you control over the animation (looping, etc).
QuickTime lets PowerPoint do these things. I don't know whether all
Flash animations would allow themselves to be controlled in this manner.
If not, that would certainly be an obstacle to supporting Flash in
QuickTime, PowerPoint, and any other application.

There may be things PowerPoint could do to support Flash, RealPlayer,
and other formats, but as it is now it's up to Apple and MacroMedia to
figure out how to get Flash to work with QuickTime. Then PowerPoint
would automatically be supported since PowerPoint relies on QuickTime.

-Jim

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I need to edit a music clip that is in the Slide transitions sound list,

put there by the previous producer. How can I get to it so I can work on it?

Try saving the presentation as HTML. With luck, that'll make a sound file for
each sound in the presentation.

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