Slow ppt vs fast pps open

[Joaquim Lopes]

Hi,

I’m having problems opening some .ppt presentations, they appear to hang the
slide thumbnail on the left open slowly one by one and then finally open,
when I rename the files to .pps they execute quickly. This only happens in
some machines in other the same file opens without problems, how can I debug
this?

I have windows xp sp2 with office 2003 and all the latest patches for both
w2k3 and office. I already update the video and printer drivers.

Thanks
Joaquim

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Joaquim,

I'm guessing, that these presentations contain images / links to files
either on a network or on the internet.

When you open the file they are attempting to re-load the images/links from
the network or internet. Eventually they 'time-out' after giving up trying.

I can't imagine the ppt / pps making any difference

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Joaquim Lopes]

Hi Simmons,

I don't now if there is any difference but I tested and got this slow/fast
behaviour when changing from ppt to pps every time.

Probably something’s don’t get loaded when in pps mode.

The file doesn't time out it just takes a long long long time to open and
appears to hang, and is a small file, in some other computer this doesn't
happen, I already tried to repair and reinstall office.

Is there any form of load debug of a ppt?

Regards,
Joaquim

 

[Kathy J]

Joaquim,
This is just a guess, but do you have Fast Saves turned on? If so, go turn
it off. (Tools--> Options, Save Tab) It shouldn't be making a difference,
but if you created your pps files by doing a "Save As" from the PPT, then it
would. (Save As tends to clean up the messes left by Fast Save.)

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[Joaquim Lopes]

Hi kathy,

i read about problems with fast saves and turn it off.