-=PCTechTalk=- Re: help with annoying pop up window Gman
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 21:48:17 -0400
Cristy,
I believe I have finally solved this riddle once and for all (or at
least until the next one comes up). :O)
Copy your presentation into an empty folder and run it (not the slide
show). Go to your Kitty page, right click on the movie and select "Play
Movie". On my system, ClipIt jumps up and tells me that "The linked
multimedia file C:\multimedia/Izzy.wmv is unavailable. Do you want to
locate it yourself?". This alone is enough evidence to support my
accusation that you did not have at least some of these sound, movie and
image files in the same folder as the presentation when you were creating
it. (did that sound official? I tried to make that sound official.)
lol
Actually, it makes me wonder if there isn't another way to add
multimedia files to a presentation that will actually Copy the multimedia
file into the presentation or its folder, let you edit it and then embed the
result into the PPT file so no external files are needed. If we can figure
out how to do this, all of these issues will simply vanish in an instant.
I also discovered that the Applause sound is a part of PowerPoint, so
there isn't any need for an external sound file.
As for the last part that confused you, I'm only talking about the
background image. When you sent me the PPT file all by itself, the
background was already a part of the project (fully embedded). When you
sent me the folder full of files, the background was one of them. I'm
saying that specific file is not needed in the folder since the background
shows up fine without it.
Peace,
G
"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"
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From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:53 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help with annoying pop up window Gman
>
> Christine
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:10 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help with annoying pop up window Gman
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>>I almost forgot. My sound isn't working (long story), so I cannot confirm
>> that the applause control actually works. However, I did not see an
>> external file that would contain that type of sound. If it's not
>> embedded
>> within the presentation, it most likely won't work for your instructor.
>>
>
> I think I embedded the sound files the same way as I did the movie ones so
> they should work. I was not sure if I needed to include the background
> picture file in the folder but did since I included the movie and sound
> files also, I put everything in the folder to be zipped as I thought I
> would
> have to.
>
> What I probably "should" have done though is to use my Irfanview program
> and
> make the background picture file smaller so my overall file would be
> smaller
> and could have if it would not have lost too much quality. Since my
> backgroud picture was copied by me onto every slide, I wondered if that
> increased the file size each time I copied it?
>
>
>> Also, you have an external file for your background, but that was already
>> present in the original file you sent (the one without any helper files).
>> This leads me to believe that you already have that image somehow
>> embedded
>> within the presentation itself.
>
>
> If that's true (and all indications point
>> to that truth), it means that these other files can (and probably should)
>> also be made embedded in a similar fashion so that NO external files are
>> needed to make the whole thing work.
>
> Not sure what you mean here, sorry???? Are you saying I did not need to
> add the files to the .ppt file in a folder since all should have been
> embedded? In that case why zip?
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