embedded wav files stop when moved to laptop

[David Kirk]

Good morning! I have a 90+ page PPT in PPT 2007 in which I have embedded 30
- 40 .wav files and have done some fairly sophisticated animation with the
related text for each file. When I moved the presentation to my laptop
(including all of the original .wav files, in the the same directory),
virtually all of them have stoped playing, in slide show or normal views. Is
there an easier way to assure that the .wav files make the trip from desktop
to laptop without having to re-embedd and animate the whole mess all over
again? For example, will saving to the 2007 eqivalent of a .pps do the trick?

 

[Echo S]

If the WAVs are truly embedded, it shouldn't be a problem. Did you change
the "link sounds with file size greater than" setting to 50,000 before or
after you inserted the WAVs?

Does the laptop have PPT 2007 on it also, or a different version of PPT?

When you moved the folder -- with presentation and WAV files -- to the
laptop, where did you save it? If you put it directly on the C: drive, does
that make a difference? (So you'd have, like, C:\myfolder and then the PPT
and WAVs inside that.)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
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[David Kirk]

Who knew?! I had no clue that files of a certain size are linked and others
are embedded unless one (that would be me) changes the allowable file size.
Good old Microsoft and its knack for totally intuitive interfaces! I'll
start my trouble shooting by fixing the most obvious problem, that is, that
all of my audio files are quite larger than 100 KB (up to 15,000 KB). If
that doesn't work, I'll be back to the well for more advice. Thanks much!
David Kirk

If the WAVs are truly embedded, it shouldn't be a problem. Did you change
the "link sounds with file size greater than" setting to 50,000 before or
after you inserted the WAVs?

Does the laptop have PPT 2007 on it also, or a different version of PPT?

When you moved the folder -- with presentation and WAV files -- to the
laptop, where did you save it? If you put it directly on the C: drive, does
that make a difference? (So you'd have, like, C:\myfolder and then the PPT
and WAVs inside that.)

--
Echo S [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

Good morning! I have a 90+ page PPT in PPT 2007 in which I have embedded
30
- 40 .wav files and have done some fairly sophisticated animation with the
related text for each file. When I moved the presentation to my laptop
(including all of the original .wav files, in the the same directory),
virtually all of them have stoped playing, in slide show or normal views.
Is
there an easier way to assure that the .wav files make the trip from
desktop
to laptop without having to re-embedd and animate the whole mess all over
again? For example, will saving to the 2007 eqivalent of a .pps do the
trick?