Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel
I am working on a MAC but teach in a Window environment. I create my PPT
on my local Mac HD and tend to embed hyperlinks video and mp3s. I then
copy everything to a flash-drive which I then plug into the school
Windows computer. Basic PPT works just fine. but movies, links to other
PPT's don't work - can't find the file. I suspect it because of the
embedded filenames. How do you create "relative" filenames so that when
I copy to the flash-drive and connect at school things work?.
Hi,
Use File > Save As. In the Save As dialog box change the format to
PowerPoint Package. This option creates a new folder that contains a
copy of your presentation along with copies of all linked content. Then
you put the package folder onto your CD, flash drive, shared drive, or
whatever and the content will play on Macs or PCs (except PCs running
anything earlier than PowerPoint 2010 won't play QuickTime content).
Links to other PowerPoint files will work if you manually copy the
presentations you want to link to into an existing Package folder (at
the same level - there should be no subfolders in a Package folder).
Then delete and re-link to the copies in the Package folder. Same advice
- you then transport the entire Package folder.
-Jim
