Images placed in presentation on Mac are nottransferring to Windows PowerPoint

[danceplor]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I have been having this problem on both my computers (iBook G4 and iMac G5) since upgrading to Office 2008. When I create PowerPoint presentations using images on my local hard drive, I *always* click the checkboxes next to "Link to file" and "Save with document" but when I transfer the presentation from my computer(s) to our office PC which runs Office 2002 the image files are missing. Instead we have the text linking to the image file on my hard drive and it shows as a broken image link, even though I have ostensibly saved it with the document.

This happens sometimes but not always, which is very confusing when I am following the exact same practice for inserting image files! In order to be compatible with our PC, I always save the Mac-created presentation as a *.ppt file as we cannot open a *.pptx file on the PC.

I have tried saving as a PowerPoint package as well but this results in a *.pptx file AND the images I have linked do not appear in the package folder for some reason! We use many image files every week in our presentations and this is getting very frustrating. What are my options? Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: intel

I have been having this problem on both my computers (iBook G4 and iMac

G5) since upgrading to Office 2008. When I create PowerPoint presentations
using images on my local hard drive, I *always* click the checkboxes next
to "Link to file" and "Save with document" but when I transfer the
presentation from my computer(s) to our office PC which runs Office 2002
the image files are missing. Instead we have the text linking to the image
file on my hard drive and it shows as a broken image link, even though I
have ostensibly saved it with the document.

You're correct ... it SHOULD work.

The ability to both link and save with document was in earlier versions of
PowerPoint/Windows but disappeared in PPT 2000, as I recall.

However, the images linked+embedded this way DO show up in later Windows
PPT versions (and just re-tested by creating a linked+embedded file in 2007
where the feature's reappeared; it also works when opening in 2003).

This happens sometimes but not always, which is very confusing when I am

following the exact same practice for inserting image files! In order to be
compatible with our PC, I always save the Mac-created presentation as a
*.ppt file as we cannot open a *.pptx file on the PC.

You might try installing the compatibiiity pack for 2002 which'll allow you
to open PPTX files.

I have tried saving as a PowerPoint package as well but this results in a

*.pptx file AND the images I have linked do not appear in the package
folder for some reason! We use many image files every week in our
presentations and this is getting very frustrating. What are my options? Is
this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
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