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4045 angela24k Send Email Feb 1, 2007
5:05 pm
I saved 2 PowerPoint Presentations as a pps file and they both play fine on my PC. I tried to play them on another PC of mine and got a message..something...
4046 TAJ Simmons - awesome...
pptbackgrounds Send Email
Feb 1, 2007
5:58 pm
Angela I don't think it's necessarily the fact that the files are .pps files. More likely something wrong with the presentations themselves. Can you find the...
4047 Danny C.
campodj Send Email
Feb 1, 2007
7:06 pm
My first thought is that they may have been saved as protected where only the creator can open them. ... ============= I saved 2 PowerPoint Presentations as a...
4048 angela24k Send Email Feb 1, 2007
7:41 pm
Danny, Actually, I just password protected them. This is the first time I have done that. I went to TOOLS, OPTIONS, SECURITY TAB, and put a password where it ...
4049 Echo Swinford
ejs21_2000 Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
2:37 am
... Mac PPT can't open passworded PPT files, and neither can PC versions 95, 97 or 2000. (Password protection was introduced in PPT 2002, aka PPT XP, and it's...
4050 angela24k Send Email Feb 2, 2007
3:32 am
Echo, After reading your post I tested my files AGAIN on my second PC, the one that all of a sudden can't play my PP files. Yes, that PC runs PP 2000. That got...
4051 angela24k Send Email Feb 2, 2007
3:37 am
I've made presentations that I have taken with me on a CD to some company to show them my work only to find that it doesn't play correctly because they have an...
4052 Echo Swinford
ejs21_2000 Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
3:54 am
... Create an autorun CD and send that to them. Or you can create an EXE, but be aware that some people might not be able to download them -- it often depends...
4053 Echo Swinford
ejs21_2000 Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
3:57 am
... Glad to hear you're getting it working again. -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com...
4054 life4paws@...
life4paws Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
4:03 am
Hi got a portable DVD player and want to play a presentation on it made in powerpoint 2003, is there a way I can save it and play it on the DVD? Lisa Life 4...
4055 TAJ Simmons - awesome...
pptbackgrounds Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
9:45 am
Lisa, see Convert presentations to VHS or DVD video http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00156.htm Cheers TAJ Simmons microsoft powerpoint mvp awesome - powerpoint...
4056 Larry Berman
bermanart Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
11:27 am
Someone may know if this works: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=428D5727-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en Larry ... ...
4057 giecl@...
chasgier Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
2:09 pm
I suggest bringing your own laptop. That's the only way I know to be absolutely certain the program will run. Chuck ... This message was sent using IMP, the...
4058 angela24k Send Email Feb 2, 2007
2:16 pm
Chuck, Thanks...if only I had a laptop :) But actually, I think if I were to use the package For CD feature, it would pack the viewer with it and I believe, ...
4059 life4paws@...
life4paws Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
2:35 pm
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4060 Echo Swinford
ejs21_2000 Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
2:56 pm
... look like Just realize that Package for CD isn't really a good option for email because you end up with a folder full of files, not just one file. You can ...
4061 angela24k Send Email Feb 2, 2007
3:24 pm
Echo, You're so funny. That's exactly what people would do....tell me it didn't look right, Ha! And many of the people I deal with are computer illiterate and...
4062 angela24k Send Email Feb 2, 2007
3:40 pm
I're reading a job description for an admin with advanced PowerPoint skills and it says you need Experience with elaborate PowerPoint decks. Anyone know what...
4063 William Duncan
wrduncan3 Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
4:33 pm
"Deck" is just another term for "presentation."...
4064 TAJ Simmons - awesome...
pptbackgrounds Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
8:52 pm
"Deck"...... I sometimes read it as 'Slides&#39; - but I'm getting 'on a bit' ! TAJ ... From: William Duncan To: powerpoint@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February...
4065 giecl@...
chasgier Send Email
Feb 2, 2007
10:07 pm
This may not be a popular solution on a PowerPoint list, but you might consider using Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat appears as a menu item within PowerPoint. You...
4066 angela24k Send Email Feb 2, 2007
10:32 pm
Chuck, Yes, you can do that, however, it would kill the animations and sounds. Angela- _____ From: powerpoint@yahoogroups.com...
4067 William Duncan
wrduncan3 Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
7:54 pm
Folks -- I use the latest version of PowerPoint on a Macintosh running the latest version of OS X. I have about 15-20 presentations that I use mostly for...
4068 angela24k Send Email Feb 4, 2007
8:05 pm
William, I would try Control A to select allm and then click the B icon to bold all, and then click th B icon again to clear the bold from ALL. I've had this ...
4069 Echo Swinford
ejs21_2000 Send Email
Feb 4, 2007
10:32 pm
... it plain text I don't know about the Mac, but on a PC, there's a similar issue with the slide master formatting from the wrong master being applied to...
4070 William Duncan
wrduncan3 Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
12:56 am
Echo -- Thanks. I'll give this a shot. Duncan...
4071 William Duncan
wrduncan3 Send Email
Feb 5, 2007
12:56 am
Angela -- Thanks. But I don't have a problem removing the unwanted bold. My problem is that it keeps recurring. Duncan...
4072 Dan Kennedy
dk56 Send Email
Feb 6, 2007
5:32 pm
About a year ago, I was helping my wife, who's a professional photographer, put together a PowerPoint portfolio. We had to give up because PowerPoint was...
4073 TAJ Simmons - awesome...
pptbackgrounds Send Email
Feb 6, 2007
5:39 pm
Fuzzy Images.... Hmmm... I know exactly what you mean. I guess because powerpoint does not show presentations at a fixed resolution (e.g. 800x600), and can...
4074 Larry Berman
bermanart Send Email
Feb 6, 2007
5:52 pm
Without access to the original images, it's difficult to speculate on why they are not clear. I originally joined this forum because I do visual presentations...
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