Delay in Slides

[clintbradford]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

My Keynote presentations work fine. But when I save a client's Powerpoint presentation to my hard drive and run it, there is a delay of almost a second between pressing the remote's NEXT button and the next slide actually appearing. Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

My Keynote presentations work fine. But when I save a client's Powerpoint

presentation to my hard drive and run it, there is a delay of almost a second
between pressing the remote's NEXT button and the next slide actually appearing.
Any ideas what I may be doing wrong?


It could be that the client's doing something wrong. Look at the file size vs. the
content of the file. Does it seem out of line? Too big a file for the number of
pictures and such? It might be that they've used much larger pictures than is
necessary. This can slow down slide changes.

Another trick is to step through the presentation once before presenting it before
giving the real presentation. That forces PPT to create the needed screen images
and cache them; the next time you visit the slide (ie, when you give the
presentation for real) slide changes should be much quicker.

This only holds true if you don't quit PPT between the run-through and actual show.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Clint Bradford]

...It might be that they've used much larger pictures than is necessary.

This can slow down slide changes.




Steve - EXCELLENT advice, and I believe this is the problem!

THANK YOU for the ver quick reply...and thank you for the wonderful resource links of...

PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com



Another trick is to step through the presentation once before presenting
it before giving the real presentation. That forces PPT to create the
needed screen images and cache them; the next time you visit the slide
(ie, when you give the presentation for real) slide changes should be
much quicker.





This only holds true if you don't quit PPT between the run-through and
actual show.








================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT
MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

My pleasure, Clint. When you find out what the problem was, do let us know, ok?

Thanks!

This can slow down slide changes.

Steve - EXCELLENT advice, and I believe this is the problem!

THANK YOU for the ver quick reply...and thank you for the wonderful resource links of...

PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com

Another trick is to step through the presentation once before presenting
it before giving the real presentation. That forces PPT to create the
needed screen images and cache them; the next time you visit the slide
(ie, when you give the presentation for real) slide changes should be
much quicker.

This only holds true if you don't quit PPT between the run-through and
actual show.

================================================ Steve Rindsberg, PPT
MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================

================================================
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================