Hyper Links Hang Up

[John]

For POWER USERS of MS Power Point for MAC 2004 Version 11.1

Older Power Point presentation (that worked well before 2004 MAC PPT)
is very slow in new 2004 PPT for MAC.

I have main PPT briefing with numerous hyper links to other
presentations (primarily pictures) and then back to main presentations.
The outgoing link works, but the return link hangs up ans the main
presentation will not advance slides after then return. This happens
on the very first link and only the main presentation and the linked
presentation are open. NO other programs are running.

If I show presenter tools, the presenter slides advance properly, but
the projected slides are frozen. Turning off presenter tools by
turning on mirroring doesn't help as both screns are then frozen.

I have tried various set up settings to no avail.

I have compressed all jpeg pictures to the smallest possible while
still getting decent full screen images on a 480 x 640 projector (about
600-800K per image).

I note that the presenter tools slow the system down on my 1 Ghz Powr
Book with 768 MB memory. Even turning off the presenter tools is still
slow and although they do not show, the timing leads me to believe that
they are still there.

Any fixes other than putting all slides in one single briefing? Help

John Wiles Please e-mail if you have an idea (e-mail address removed)

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Are your links back to the main presentation actually links? They should
be set to End Show. If you link

A -> B -> A

You have trouble. You should link:

A -> B -> End Show (which returns to A)

That will mean that you will never have more than two presentations open.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have compressed all jpeg pictures to the smallest possible while

still getting decent full screen images on a 480 x 640 projector (about
600-800K per image).

I'd look at that again. A totally uncompressed 24-bit image that size is only
about 900k. The size of your JPGs will depend on compression settings and on
the specific content of the images, but at a guess, they should be in the sub
100k range easily.

Sounds like your images are way over 640x480.

John Wiles Please e-mail if you have an idea (e-mail address removed)

No, sorry. That's not how newsgroups work. Private email deprives others of
the chance to learn from the exchange of ideas here. Or to ridicule my idiotic
babbling.


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