Viewing Images in a PPT presentation on a PC created on a Mac

[yayboy]

Hi everyone,

Whenever I create a PPT presentation on a Mac (PPT 2004) I can never
view the images (jpgs, tiffs, giffs, format never matters) and I get a
message in the image box saying that QuickTime Compressor or
LM..something is needed.

Which I thought meant that the PC I'm trying to view it on could be
missing an updated version of QuickTime.

BUT when I import the actual images (same format, no changes) as
seperate files and then re-construct the PowerPoint presentation again
into the same PC I have no problem seeing the same images files in the
presentation. And they are viewable back on a Mac.

This has happened to me every time I've built a PPT on a Mac and tried
to open it on a PC on multiple computers.

Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

Jason

 

[Andrew Chiang [MSFT]]

Hello Jason,

Installing Quicktime on the PC will not help. Please see my post at
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...0f08a/ca039f946c2dbfc5?tvc=2#ca039f946c2dbfc5
and please reply as to whether the advice there helps for you.

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

In addition to Andrew's info, have a look here:
QuickTime and a TIFF (or JPEG) decompressor are needed to see this picture
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00534.htm

Hi everyone,

Whenever I create a PPT presentation on a Mac (PPT 2004) I can never
view the images (jpgs, tiffs, giffs, format never matters) and I get a
message in the image box saying that QuickTime Compressor or
LM..something is needed.

Which I thought meant that the PC I'm trying to view it on could be
missing an updated version of QuickTime.

BUT when I import the actual images (same format, no changes) as
seperate files and then re-construct the PowerPoint presentation again
into the same PC I have no problem seeing the same images files in the
presentation. And they are viewable back on a Mac.

This has happened to me every time I've built a PPT on a Mac and tried
to open it on a PC on multiple computers.

Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

Jason

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