Lost images!

[Noel S Pamfree]

I have prepared a PowerPoint presentation (2002 XP version) on my pc.

I copied the ppt file onto my data-pen and then to my laptop.

When I try to use the presentation on my laptop many of the jpg images are
missing and all I get is a white rectangle with a red cross in it.

However, if I run the presentation on my laptop directly from the data-pen
it works fine.

Can any one tell me why this is so?

I assumed that PowerPoint saved the images within the presentation.

Thanks for any help,

Noel

 

[Luc]

Noel,
Have a look here:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00064.htm
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00035.htm
Luc

 

[Sonia]

Did you really copy the file to your data-pen, or did you use File > Save in
PowerPoint? If you used Save, the file may have become corrupted on the
data-pen. You should open Windows Explorer and then drag the presentation file
to the data-pen or do a copy and paste.

When you inserted the images, did you specifically link them? If not, then they
should be embedded.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Noel S Pamfree]

Thanks for this helpful info.

One of the solutions is to "see whether the image is linked to a file, and
if so, whether the file is where it's supposed to be."

I didn't do anything clever - I just inserted pictures (mainly jpegs). How
can I check whether the images are linked?

Noel

 

[Noel S Pamfree]

I must have copied the file into my data-pen as I can run the presentation
quite successfully if I load it into the laptop from the data-pen.

I think I 'dragged and dropped' it using Explorer.

I didn't do anything clever when I inserted the images I just went to
'insert picture', chose the image and clicked 'insert'.

Thanks for your help.

Noel

 

[Echo S]

I'm lost. I can't tell if the file runs properly from the data pen or from
the hard drive or from neither or from both.

Not that it really matters, I suppose. Sonia's already steered you toward
what we know about Red X in PPT. The only other suggestion I'd have is to
make sure you have all service packs installed for your version of
Office/PPT.

 

[Sonia]

I'm totally confused. You first said:

1. However, if I run the presentation on my laptop directly from the data-pen
it works fine.

And now you say:

2. I can run the presentation quite successfully if I load it into the laptop
from the data-pen.

Can you please clarify??? What doesn't work?

 

[Sonia]

Have you tried re-copying it to the hard drive on the laptop? It sounds like it
may not have copied correctly or totally.

 

[Noel S Pamfree]

Allow me to explain again:

If I plug the data-pen into my laptop and 'open' the presentation from drive
E: (my data-pen drive) it runs perfectly well, all pictures are present but
it is a bit slow in loading.

However if I use the same file from the same data-pen and copy it onto the
hard drive of the laptop, then load it in from there, I get big red crosses
instead of pictures in some (but not all) of the slides.

Noel

 

[Sonia]

Thanks for letting us know. This can happen if you pull the data pen
prematurely. When using data on a thumb drive or pen drive, always leave the
drive plugged in until you've closed the file.

 

[Noel S Pamfree]

Success.

When I deleted the copy I had made from the pen-drive to the hard drive on
the laptop and copied it again with explorer the images appeared!

I guess it was corrupted.

Many thanks for all the help.

Noel