AVI Location question

[Bob G]

I have a PP that I created on my lap top. I have an avi in a corners of the
title master and slide master, which runs continuously (looped).
The problem I'm having, is that when I sent the PP and avi file to someone
else, the slides do not run the avi (title master runs OK). I realize the
avi file must be on the viewing PC, which it is. When I look at the edit
movie objects, the information section say that the location is the location
in which I created on my lap top and is not the same as other users PC. How
do I...or can I...change the location so it runs on everyone's PC?
Or is there another way I'm missing?

Thanks in advance....again,

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[Bill Foley]

The movie file should ALWAYS be in the same folder as the PowerPoint
presentation BEFORE you link it. That way as long as the end user has their
AVI file in the same folder as their PPT file you sent them, it too will run
fine.

 

[Bg]

I knew that........
Thanks very much. I knew it had to be in the same folder...but thought I
could edit the location. So, I just deleted the avi and *re*-inserted it
using the correct folder.
Thanks again.

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[Troy @ TLC Creative]

Also, whenever I have a multimedia object in a presentation I run FIX LINKS
PRO (http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00035.htm) to eliminate any issues,
as well as delete the path information.

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[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

As you have discovered, when you send your presentation via e-mail only the
presentation file is sent (not any supporting linked content). Lots of
different presentation content is linked (instead of embedded) including:

* Movies - Always
* Sounds - Always if not *.WAV format
* Sounds - *.WAV files exceeding threshold specified in Tools -> Options
dialog.
* Pictures - If option to "Link" was chosen when inserting
* OLE Object - If option to "Link" was chosen when inserting

There are a variety of workarounds to make your presentations with linked
content more portable including:

* Whenever possible, don't use content that will be linked (only used
content that will be embedded such as *WAV files smaller than currently set
threshold)
* Prepare presentation for distribution using:
* Pack and Go (PPT 2002 and earlier), or
* Package for CD in PowerPoint 2003
* Distributing presentation in MHTML format (single file web page which
includes supporting linked content)

Of course, If you (or anyone else reading this message) feel strongly that
the options to embed other kinds of multimedia, or tools for managing
linked content should be a built-in feature in PowerPoint, don't forget to
send your suggestion (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) 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
Microsoft Corporation
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