Duplicate slides and inserting

[Lawrence DEMBO]

I know that when I insert a picture I should not copy and paste due (I
assume to absolute link issues??).

My question is what happens when I duplicate a slide....does it duplicate
the links or does it copy and paste the images. Reason I ask is that when I
try to play my mac ppt (2004) presentation on a pc (ppt 2003 with xp)I get a
lot of you need a quicktime compressor etc messages and wonder whether its
a case of some kind of copy paste issue??

Thanks

LD

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I know that when I insert a picture I should not copy and paste due (I
assume to absolute link issues??).

Copy/Paste once the picture's in PPT is actually a plus. PPT then maintains
only one copy of the picture rather than multiples, so your files are smaller.

On the down side, it does seem a bit more fragile. There are instances of PPT
getting confused about what picture's being pointed to from where (read: it
shows the right page, wrong picture)

My question is what happens when I duplicate a slide....does it duplicate
the links or does it copy and paste the images. Reason I ask is that when I
try to play my mac ppt (2004) presentation on a pc (ppt 2003 with xp)I get a
lot of you need a quicktime compressor etc messages and wonder whether its
a case of some kind of copy paste issue??

Good question.

Try inserting the same image file into both versions (PC and Mac) and see if
that works.
Then try opening the Mac version on the PC.
Then try copying the slide a few times on the Mac, resaving, then opening on
the PC.



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