Power Point Pack and Go

[scott]

When I work on a presentation and pack it to take home and work on at
home...Pack and Go displays it as a slide show. I need to be able to work on
the presentation at home....I thought I had the same version of powerpoint on
both computers. Any ideas????

 

[Sonia]

Do you have PowerPoint installed at home? Just open PowerPoint and then open
the file to edit it.

If you don't have PowerPoint at home, you're out of luck. Pack and Go can
include the PowerPoint Viewer, but it does not allow you to transport the full
application.

 

[scott]

I have Power Point at home...but it says that it cant open the PREZO
file...or the PPZ file. I am lost......

 

[Sonia]

When you run Pack and Go it creates two files - - PRES0.PPZ and PNGSETUP.EXE.
PNGSETUP.EXE is used to unpack the contents of PRES0.PPZ. You need to unpack
the presentation files before you can do anything with them.

 

[scott]

I have unpacked it....but all it unpacks is the preso.ppz and
pngsetup.exe....nothing else. Then powerpoint says it cannot open these
files.

 

[Sonia]

Did you run pngsetup.exe? Double click on it.

I have unpacked it....but all it unpacks is the preso.ppz and
pngsetup.exe....nothing else. Then powerpoint says it cannot open these
files.

 

[scott]

Yes....it asks me which folder directory to open it...
'C:.....' I have even created destination folders....but nothing works.

 

[Sonia]

What happens when you tell it where you want the files unpacked? Any messages?
Have you looked in that location? Is your presentation there? If so, open
PowerPoint and go to File > Open and browse to the unpacked folder and select
your presentation.

 

[scott]

It says that it cannot open the file...PREZ.PPZ or cannot open PNG.....So
when I navigate to the folder from Power Point...it just says cannot open the
file. I am so frustrated...I even paid for support and then got disconnected
and now they arent open.

 

[Sonia]

It sounds like your pack and go at work maybe didn't complete correctly.
PowerPoint can't open the .PPZ file, so that won't work.

If you have WinZip (http://www.winzip.com/) you can try to open it with WinZip.
Open WinZip, go to File > Open Archive and browse to the .PPZ file and select
it. If it isn't corrupt, it will open and then you can go to Actions > Extract.

 

[scott]

It will open it so that I can watch the slide show...but not allow me to
complete the presentation or create additional slides.

 

[scott]

The winzip idea didn't work....winzip doesn't recognize ppz files.

 

[Sonia]

At this point I'm confused, because if it won't unpack using WinZip or
pngsetup.exe, how can you open the presentation in Slide Show mode? Did you
actually succeed in unpacking the presentation file?

Did you just double click on the presentation file, or did you open it from
within PowerPoint as I instructed?

WinZip 8.0 does recognize PPZ files as valid archives, so if you have 8.0 and it
won't open a PPZ file (you did select "All Files" in the open dialog?), then the
file is probably damaged.

 

[scott]

How do you know if it 'unpacks'??? I open powerpoint and find the folder
that I want...and click open.. 'cannot open file PREZO' If I simply double
click, it will extract and I can watch slide show.......
I have WinZip 9.0...and I fiddled with it to extract it...so now I have copy
of PREZO.ZIP that wont open either.

 

[scott]

I am frustrated and give up.....it doesn't make a bit of sense.

 

[Sonia]

You created a ZIP file instead of extracting it. Try this:

1. Open WinZip
2. Go to File > Open Archive. In the dialog box that opens, make sure that
"Files of types" says All files (*.*)
3. Locate your PRES0.PPZ file and select it. Click the Open button.
4. The WinZip window should have a list of 18 or more files. Press and hold
the Ctrl key and press the A key. This will select all of the files.
5. Go to Actions > Extract.
6. In the dialog that appears, specify somewhere for the files to be extracted.
For example, type C:\Test.
7. Click on the Extract button.
8. Close Win Zip.
9. Open PowerPoint and go to File > Open
10 Browse to C:\Test and locate your presentation file (something.ppt or
something.pps) and open it.

 

[scott]

THAT WORKED....!!!!!!
NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS REMEMBER HOW TO RECREATE THE PROCESS....BUT THANK
YOU...!!!!!!!!

 

[Sonia]

You're welcome. But you shouldn't have to use WinZip in the future. If you run
the pngsetup.exe file, it should do the same thing.