Viewers and converters

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dafaddah

Is there ANY viewer or converter available that will allow me to 'play' a
slideshow with ALL the animations and transitions available to me in
PowerPoint 2002?
 
D

dafaddah

Sonia,

Many thanks for your input. I wasn't adequately precise in my question. I
had intended to imply a viewer that would reproduce all facets of a
presentation developed in PP2002.

Unfortunately, this viewer does not support opening linked or imbedded
objects so that it does not permit playing a CD track during a presentation
via INSERT>MOVIES AND SOUNDS>PLAY CD TRACK.

Maybe I can work around the problem somehow but for now.....???

Again, many thanks,

Charlie DiGiovanna
 
D

dafaddah

There's another annoyance with this viewer: it doesn't recognize .txt files
so one cannot string presentations together via a text file and have them
play in sequence as one could with previous versions of the PowerPoint
viewers.
 
E

Echo S

dafaddah said:
There's another annoyance with this viewer: it doesn't recognize .txt files
so one cannot string presentations together via a text file and have them
play in sequence as one could with previous versions of the PowerPoint
viewers.
Click to expand...

?? Sure it does. In fact, if you use Package for CD in PPT 2003 and add more
than one PPT file, the Package for CD creates an autorun.inf file that looks
like this:

[autorun]
open=pptview.exe /L "playlist.txt"

Then the playlist.text file looks like this:
Presentation1.ppt
Presentation2.ppt
 
S

Sonia

Let's back up. You may think it can't open a playlist, but it can - - from the
command line or from a bat file or from an autorun.inf file on a CD, for
example. The Viewer comes with a Readme file that describes the command line
switches, etc.

However, if you just want to string presentations together, I recommend that you
use the method described in detail at
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpointlinking.htm.

Regarding the music, using music from a CD is probably going to be a problem.
The Viewer is intended for viewing presentations that someone else sends you.
It's hard to also send the CD. <G> You're always better off ripping the music
from the CD to files on your hard drive and inserting them from there. That way
you can send the music files with the presentation.

This should help:

Sounds/Movies don't play, images disappear or links break when I move or email a
presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm
 
A

Adam Crowley

Sonia said:
You're always better off ripping the music
from the CD to files on your hard drive and inserting them from there. That way
you can send the music files with the presentation.
Click to expand...

Bearing in mind, of course, any copyright laws that may prohibit this...
 
D

dafaddah

I haven't had a moment today to work on any of the input I've recieved on
this question but I don't think I can do continuous background music by
putting music files on each slide, can I? It would seem to me that the piece
would start over as each slide became active.
 
D

dafaddah

Sonia,
I hate to bother you again because you've been so terribly patient and
helpful but I cannot find the viewer Readme file. I downloaded the viewer
from the URL you sent and all I got was a .MSI file that installed the
application (which runs fine). Can you point me at the Readme file so I don't
have to search my entire hard drive?
Thanks
Charlie D.
 

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