Active X animation

[Kenneth Gorelick]

I have one slide that was created in ppt on a windows machine that has an
active X animation. This does not run in PPT for Mac 2004 or 2008. Does
anyone know of a way to convert this animation into something I can use on
the Mac?
Thanks.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have one slide that was created in ppt on a windows machine that has an
active X animation. This does not run in PPT for Mac 2004 or 2008. Does
anyone know of a way to convert this animation into something I can use on
the Mac?

ActiveX is a general term that doesn't tell us much about the type of animation
or other object this is.

Is it a flash or windows media player object or something along those lines?

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[Kenneth Gorelick]

Actually, when I opened it in PPT 2004, it said something about active x. To
answer your question I just tried to open it in 2008, and got a different
message:

This file contains visual basic macros.
Visual basic macros do not work in office 2008.

I can remove the macros by clicking on the remove macros button, but then
the thing won't work at all!

In 2004 it says,

Some controls on this presentation cannot be activated because powerpoint
does not support activex controls.

The thing runs fine in Windows, but I need it to run on my ppt 2008!

Thanks,

Ken

 

[BWC]

I get the same message with my PowerPoint 2004 when I try to run a slide show with audio. Is there a way to get Mac PP to support ActiveX controls (even if one does not know how the slideshow was created)?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Actually, when I opened it in PPT 2004, it said something about active x. To
answer your question I just tried to open it in 2008, and got a different
message:

This file contains visual basic macros.
Visual basic macros do not work in office 2008.

I can remove the macros by clicking on the remove macros button, but then
the thing won't work at all!

In 2004 it says,

Some controls on this presentation cannot be activated because powerpoint
does not support activex controls.

The thing runs fine in Windows, but I need it to run on my ppt 2008!

The error messages are interesting but not very helpful, unfortunately.
What kind of thing IS this ... there's the question.

The error messages suggest that it might be a VBA-type control (textbox,
listbox, form, something like that). Those simply won't work in 2008, end of
story.

When you look at it in Windows, what is it that works there but not on Mac?

Thanks,

Ken

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[Kenneth Gorelick]

The slide is an animation. At several points you need to click to advance to
the next step. I will be happy to forward a copy to you.

Ken

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

The slide is an animation. At several points you need to click to advance to
the next step. I will be happy to forward a copy to you.

That may not be necessary, but again, what specifically is it that works in
Windows that doesn't work on the Mac. You haven't said.

Ken

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[Kenneth Gorelick]

Basically, when I open in the Mac I get the original image, that includes
"click to play". On the Mac, nothing happens. On the PC, I get the
animation, which requires serial clicks after each step in the animation.
Ken

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Basically, when I open in the Mac I get the original image, that includes
"click to play". On the Mac, nothing happens. On the PC, I get the
animation, which requires serial clicks after each step in the animation.

OK ... I was hoping we could work out what this thing was in few exchanges, but
it's not cooperating, is it? ;-)

So I'll take you up on your offer ... Copy all of the text below into an eamil to
steve at-sign pptools dot com and attach a smallish version of the problem PPT.

Thanks ..