Microsoft Office 2007 Training Presentations

[Dick Efnor]

I've accessed several of the Office 2007 training presentations under Office
Online>Templates>Presentations>2007 Microsoft Office System training
presentations. They download into Powerpoint 2007 and everything runs fine,
but when I do a Save As, Other Formats, Powerpoint Macro-Enabled Presentation
(*.pptm), then close Powerpoint and open it back up then open the saved
presentation, all of the Flash macros just have a big X on the screen and no
longer have "Play" as an option. For example, "Training Presentations: Word
2007 - Get Up to Speed" will no longer play the the Flash macros on the "The
Ribbon in Action" slide or the "The Quick Access Toolbars" slide. It's as if
the Flash macros are not being saved when the slides are saved. I have tried
saving to a Trusted Location and Enabling All Macros, but it doesn't change
the results. Is there a way to save the presentations with the Flash macros
included?

 

[Echo S]

Thank you for such a good problem description and clear information and
examples of a template that's not working and what it is actually doing.

I don't know why it's not working if you save as PPTM (I'll try to test that
here later when I have a minute), but for now, try saving as a PPT 97-2003
format file. That works here. The downloaded file is actually a POT format
(which, as you probably know, is a 97-2003 format also), which may be why
saving it as a PPT file works.

--
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What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

 

[Dick Efnor]

You're right! It works just fine if I save it in the PPT 97-2003 format. I
never thought about trying that. It's kind of ironic that an Office 2007 Get
Up to Speed presentation has to be saved in PPT 97-2003 format to get the
full functionality.

Thank you for such a good problem description and clear information and
examples of a template that's not working and what it is actually doing.

I don't know why it's not working if you save as PPTM (I'll try to test that
here later when I have a minute), but for now, try saving as a PPT 97-2003
format file. That works here. The downloaded file is actually a POT format
(which, as you probably know, is a 97-2003 format also), which may be why
saving it as a PPT file works.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I've accessed several of the Office 2007 training presentations under
Office
Online>Templates>Presentations>2007 Microsoft Office System training
presentations. They download into Powerpoint 2007 and everything runs
fine,
but when I do a Save As, Other Formats, Powerpoint Macro-Enabled
Presentation
(*.pptm), then close Powerpoint and open it back up then open the saved
presentation, all of the Flash macros just have a big X on the screen and
no
longer have "Play" as an option. For example, "Training Presentations:
Word
2007 - Get Up to Speed" will no longer play the the Flash macros on the
"The
Ribbon in Action" slide or the "The Quick Access Toolbars" slide. It's as
if
the Flash macros are not being saved when the slides are saved. I have
tried
saving to a Trusted Location and Enabling All Macros, but it doesn't
change
the results. Is there a way to save the presentations with the Flash
macros
included?

 

[Echo S]

For what it's worth, the Flash stuff doesn't play here, either, if I save as
PPTM. In fact, when I open the file (whether it's PPT or PPTM), I'm prompted
to enable the ActiveX content, because of the security settings I've
selected. But even if I specifically enable it, the Flash doesn't run. On
slide 7, "the ribbon in action," I don't even get an image of the Flash --
just the empty ActiveX control.

This has to be an issue with the PPTM stuff, but I've no clue what the
problem really is. I'll see if I can find out -- but I think we have our
reason as to why the Office 2007 Get Up to Speed presentation has to be
saved in PPT 97-2003 format! (So much for security, huh? lol)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

You're right! It works just fine if I save it in the PPT 97-2003 format.
I
never thought about trying that. It's kind of ironic that an Office 2007
Get
Up to Speed presentation has to be saved in PPT 97-2003 format to get the
full functionality.

Thank you for such a good problem description and clear information and
examples of a template that's not working and what it is actually doing.

I don't know why it's not working if you save as PPTM (I'll try to test
that
here later when I have a minute), but for now, try saving as a PPT
97-2003
format file. That works here. The downloaded file is actually a POT
format
(which, as you probably know, is a 97-2003 format also), which may be why
saving it as a PPT file works.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
(New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html
PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com

I've accessed several of the Office 2007 training presentations under
Office
Online>Templates>Presentations>2007 Microsoft Office System training
presentations. They download into Powerpoint 2007 and everything runs
fine,
but when I do a Save As, Other Formats, Powerpoint Macro-Enabled
Presentation
(*.pptm), then close Powerpoint and open it back up then open the saved
presentation, all of the Flash macros just have a big X on the screen
and
no
longer have "Play" as an option. For example, "Training Presentations:
Word
2007 - Get Up to Speed" will no longer play the the Flash macros on the
"The
Ribbon in Action" slide or the "The Quick Access Toolbars" slide. It's
as
if
the Flash macros are not being saved when the slides are saved. I have
tried
saving to a Trusted Location and Enabling All Macros, but it doesn't
change
the results. Is there a way to save the presentations with the Flash
macros
included?