[mso] Re: "Real" Outlook fixed, I think, PowerPoint Inquiry (XP)
- From: "Neil Atwood" <natwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:16:58 +1000
AS I pointed out before Robert - this is NOT strictly an Outlook issue, it's an
underlying Windows issue...
It's actually not bad practice to have multiple applications sharing common
code and functions. The downside is that when one part malfunctions, they all
suffer.
I cannot for the life of me fathom what you are actually trying to achieve in
PowerPoint...
Do you want a real countdown timer? If so, there are heaps of free ones around
on the net.
Why does it have to be done in PPT?
I'm not surprised that you are running up against the limits, but I have no
idea if there's a workaround.
Be aware too, that the timing in PowerPoint is not that precise, so your one
second timings could easily end up being badly out of time over the duration...
Regards
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Neil Atwood - Sydney, Australia
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Robert Carneal
> Sent: Monday, 19 July 2004 10:08 AM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] "Real" Outlook fixed, I think, PowerPoint Inquiry (XP)
>
> Whew! I hope I do not have to work with this Outlook problem again, it
> really is flustering. I end up:
> 1. Replacing Outlook Express
> 2. Reinstalling Office XP
> 3. Reinstalling Internet Explorer
> 4. Run repair Internet Explorer (though I doubt if I really needed to.)
>
> Microsoft -says- that will fix it. It still beats me why I need OE for
> the news reader when I not using a news reader.
>
> But anyway, I have a PowerPoint inquiry for you folks. I built a file
> starting with the number 23:59:59, I made a file of numbers like this:
> 23:59:59
> 23:59:58
> 23:59:57
> 23:59:56
> and so on until
> 00:00:00
>
> That is 86,400 lines, second by second. PowerPoint seems to have a limit
> on how many frames per presentation you may have. Is there a way around
> this limit? If each line is shown for one second, it would appear to be
> a count-down timer. Then I could "advance" to my starting point, say:
> 01:12:59 and run from that point for example.
>
> I have done it for 48 seconds, and on my machine at least, it seems to
> work. But what about 24 hours? Even if I use only HH:MM instead of
> HH:MM:SS, that results in 1440 frames, which seems to be beyond
> PowerPoint's ability.
>
> Any workable suggestions? (Remember, I am a rookie at PowerPoint, so be
> kind please.)
>
> Thank you.
>
> Robert
>
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