embeded sound stops playing on differnt computers

[smd2010]

my presentation has some embeded sounds that play fine on my computer, but
when i play the presentaion on other computers, the sound plays, but stops
before it is done playing, what is wrong?

 

[John Wilson]

I misunderstood you in the othrer post (best to keep to one BTW) - so it
plays OK but stops before it has run its course?

How is it inserted (eg is it insert > movies & sounds OR as a transition
sound) and what are the settings in custom animation timing especially the
stop setting?

 

[smd2010]

ok, yeah its plays ok, but it stops playing before it completly runs through.
the clip is only about 1 sec long. the sound plays when an autoshape
(retangle) appears. i don't see any options for stop. where should i be
looking for that? and if it plays fine on my computer, y wouldn't it on
other computers?

 

[John Wilson]

Is the rectangle appearing followed by another animation (after previous)??

If so is it possible that the "sound" of this one is "stop previous sound"?

 

[smd2010]

the rectangle IS followed by another rectangle that IS set to "after
previous", but the second rectangle is not set to "stop previous sound"
because the second rectangle plays a song. But if the second rectangle is
set to "after previous", does it matter what it's sound setting is?

 

[John Wilson]

That second sond would stop the first sound (depends on you sound card but it
could well) Maybe add a short delay to the second animation so that it plays
say 1/2 second after the first ends. --

 

[smd2010]

alright, i'll try it

 

[smd2010]

alright, i used a different computer in my house and it worked, but i've
noticed another problem... i said something earlier about the embeded
fonts... well they transfer to another computer, but only when i'm editing,
when i play the slideshow on the second computer, the embeded fonts are no
longer the same fonts. i don't get what the problem is with that. i don't
think it was in the article you game me a link to, was it? if its not, do
you know what the problem is?

 

[Austin Myers]

Does the license for the font allow it to be embedded? Many commercial
fonts do not.



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[smd2010]

its a font that was already on the computer, so it should work, i don't know
why the other computer doesn't have the font though, its possible it was
deleted, but that still doesn't explain why it won't work when its embeded on
the slidewhow

 

[Austin Myers]

its a font that was already on the computer, so it should work,

Not really. Lots of applications and OEM setups include fonts.

i don't know
why the other computer doesn't have the font though, its possible it was
deleted, but that still doesn't explain why it won't work when its embeded
on
the slidewhow

Because some fonts can not be embedded. Have a read here:
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00076.htm



Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

 

[smd2010]

the font was already on this computer that i created the presentation on, but
all the fonts on this computer are fonts that have always been on the
computer since i've had it . thats why i thought these fonts would be on
other computers. the font i used was Times New Roman Special G1. I checked
the box for embeded truetype fonts and i didn't see any error message. i
viewed the presentation then on two different computer. on both of those
computers. the Times New Roman Special G1 became either Windings or something
similar while viewing the presentaion only. when i was editing, the font was
fine. But this was not the only font problems i had with this. There were
other fonts that were used a couple times that also didn't stay the same
during presentation. To get around the problem i saved all the changing
fonts as pictures, and reinserted them into the slide that way. However it
bothers me that i would be unable to then re-edit those words and sentances.
I'm not exactly sure what else i can do to get this to work.

 

[smd2010]

I think that I have misinterpreted your first post. On the original computer
that I created the presentation on, there was not an error message when I
tried to save the presentation with the embedded font. I’m sorry, but I just
now realized that you meant the second computer that I am trying to play the
presentation on. When I tried to save the presentation on the second
computer, I did get and error message. It listed the fonts that should have
been embedded and told me that they were not installed. These fonts were:
Abadi MT Condensed Light, Bradly Hand ITC, Times New Roman Special G1,
Blackadder ITC, and Rockwell Extra Bold. Like you said, switching Times New
Roman Special G1 to Times New Roman is fine and will work, but I don’t know
what to do about these other fonts.

On the computer were the presentation is not working, I went to Format,
Replace Fonts, like you said. I got a question mark for Abadi MT condensed
Light and Bradly ITC, but the other three fonts were not even on the list.

You said that the best idea is to stick with fonts that are on all PCs. If
embedding wont’ work, then I agree. But the problem with that is that the
original computer that the PPT was created on obviously has extra fonts, and
the second computer that the PPT doesn’t work well on, I know for sure has
extra fonts. I also can’t just switch all the fonts to Times New Roman or
Arial because I rely on some of the fonts to look a certain way. Neither
Arial nor Times New Roman has the right look to its letters.

If embedding these fonts will not work like I would like it to, than the
next thing I will try is to find a list of original fonts (that are on all
computers), so that I know which fonts I can and can’t use.

 

[Austin Myers]

If embedding these fonts will not work like I would like it to, than the
next thing I will try is to find a list of original fonts (that are on all
computers), so that I know which fonts I can and can't use.

Sounds like a plan...


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com