jpg Doesn't Show In Powerpoint

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Dave Melvin

A strange one:
jpg's from a Nikon D50 imported as jpg's onto a XP Pro Sony laptop - show
fine in Explorer, will open up when double clicked - work fine in PowerPoint
2000 on the this Sony - transferred to a USB drive - when imported into
PowerPoint 2000 on a W2K box, only some of the jpg's show up in the
presentation, for the others, only the placeholder appears. I thought it was
a conflict on this particular W2K PC (having it re-imaged), but then the
same thing popped up on a user's personal XP laptop. They imported the same
set of pictures from the USB drive and they have same issue with displaying
them in PowerPoint 2000. This has happened with two completely different
sets of imported pictures now.

TIA for any suggestions...

Dave
 
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HeartMan

Steve,
Thanks for your response. My answers are:

Steve Rindsberg said:
Sounds like the jpgs have had quite a few stops along the way.
We'd need to sort out where they too the wrong turn.


Imported how? Copied directly from the D50 or its CF card to the laptop
(essentially treating the card or camera as a hard drive), or using some kind
of intermediate software? If the latter, try eliminating the software.

Files exported directy from the D50 over a USB cable as jpgs via the Nikon
software onto a Sony XP Pro laptop. Once they are on the Sony laptop, they
behave as you would expect. They can viewed, added to a PowerPoint slide
through the "Insert -> Picture -> From File" method. They behave normally on
4 other W2K PC's that I've tried.
Added to the presentation how? Via Insert, Picture, From File or some other
method?

They are added to the presentation through the "Insert -> Picture -> From
File" method. This works as expected on the Sony and the 4 other W2K PC's.
And again, imported how, using what exact steps?

Once the files are exported from the camera, the files are copied from the
Sony laptop onto a USB stick. That stick is plugged into the other user's
laptop (Dell XP Pro). They use the same "Insert -> Picture -> From File"
method, in fact, the same person is doing it on both machines. On the Dell
laptop, the jpg's thumbnails don't display either.

I'm going to try and get a hold of the camera and examine the settings...
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Thanks again,

Dave
 
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david

Steve,

I have the exact same issue. Nikkon D50. Trying to make a slideshow in
Powerpoint, and the jpgs brought into powerpoint from my hard drive will not
show.

I've inserted other photos from a CD Rom drive (photos by others) and have
no problem.

Any suggestions??
 
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