Autorun a presentation

[Jim]

I am trying to run a powerpoint presentation automatically from a CD
but the links within the presentation do not work. I link to some pdf
files and also a second presentation contained on the CD. I open the
pp viewer/presentation in the autorun.inf via open=ppview32.exe
AXI_CD_V1.ppt. If I excute ppview32.exe directly, everything works
fine. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Am I missing some switches?

 

[Michael Koerner]

Couple of places where you can get some good information.

How can I create an autorun CD?
http://www.soniacoleman.com/FAQs/FAQ00001.htm

Make an AutoRun CD
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm


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I am trying to run a powerpoint presentation automatically from a CD
but the links within the presentation do not work. I link to some pdf
files and also a second presentation contained on the CD. I open the
pp viewer/presentation in the autorun.inf via open=ppview32.exe
AXI_CD_V1.ppt. If I excute ppview32.exe directly, everything works
fine. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? Am I missing some switches?

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

Hello Jim,

This is a common problem, and one actually resolved in PPT 20003's new 'pack
and go.' The problem stems from the fact that PPT makes a hard link to the
external items (ie. C:/mydocuments/etc.) and running from the CD it is still
looking for that exact location. The easiest solution is to use RNRs Fix
Links Pro (http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00035.htm) which changes all
of your links to "relative links."

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[Sonia]

As will PowerLink and PowerLink Plus.
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/powerlink.htm and
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/acdpc_instructions.htm.
PowerLink Plus will create the CD project at the same time, and uses the new
Viewer.