compiling presentations (in 2000)

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I have a customer who needs to compile 30-40 student-
designed preseentations into one show. I know she can
use Cascade to view two (or more) presentations and use
copy and paste to transfer slides from one to the other.
But I have two concerns:

1) Is there a more efficient way to do this?

2) This method does not transfer backgrounds. Is there a
way to get the background to copy also?

She is using PPT 2000, and there are 30-40 student
presentations to compile. Each student presentation has
only two slides, but this still a time-consuming project,
and she is under a time constraint (so an add-in is out
of the question). Any suggestions/advice?

Thanks for any help you can offer!
 
Not in the version of PowerPoint she is using at the present. But, here is an
alternative, which works quite well.

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I have a customer who needs to compile 30-40 student-
designed preseentations into one show. I know she can
use Cascade to view two (or more) presentations and use
copy and paste to transfer slides from one to the other.
But I have two concerns:

1) Is there a more efficient way to do this?

2) This method does not transfer backgrounds. Is there a
way to get the background to copy also?

She is using PPT 2000, and there are 30-40 student
presentations to compile. Each student presentation has
only two slides, but this still a time-consuming project,
and she is under a time constraint (so an add-in is out
of the question). Any suggestions/advice?

Thanks for any help you can offer!
 
Sorry, I just scrolled down and saw the post about
merging slides, which answered my question number 1. Now
I have a different question.

I have Windows XP, but I use PPT 2000. When I used the
Insert Slides from File... method, the backgrounds
transferred too. When my customer tried the same method,
the backgrounds did NOT transfer. Could the OS have
anything to do with that? We are using the same version
of PPT (2000) but different OSs (mine=XP, hers=2000, I
believe).
 
Um, thanks, but I don't see anything. Is there an
attachment or something that I'm not getting?

Also, please see my follow-up post.

Sari
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Not in the version of PowerPoint she is using at the present. But, here is an
alternative, which works quite well.
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newsgroup said:
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opened said:
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Using said:
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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I have a customer who needs to compile 30-40 student-
designed preseentations into one show. I know she can
use Cascade to view two (or more) presentations and use
copy and paste to transfer slides from one to the other.
But I have two concerns:

1) Is there a more efficient way to do this?

2) This method does not transfer backgrounds. Is there a
way to get the background to copy also?

She is using PPT 2000, and there are 30-40 student
presentations to compile. Each student presentation has
only two slides, but this still a time-consuming project,
and she is under a time constraint (so an add-in is out
of the question). Any suggestions/advice?

Thanks for any help you can offer!


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One quick way would be to make a playlist in NotePad and then use the
PowerPoint Viewer to run the playlist. That will play each presentation,
one after the other, and each will retain it's unique background.

Assemble all of the presentations into a single folder. Open NotePad and
make a simple text file. Each line contains just the file name on one
presentation, so there would be 30-40 lines of text. No need to enter the
full path to the file, just the filename.

Save the text file as playlist.lst (that is el ess tee) to the same folder.
Download and install the PowerPoint 97 Viewer (it will work fine, since the
presentations are created in PowerPoint 2000). Now when she clicks on
playlist.lst the Viewer will open in Slide Show mode and will play all of
the presentations in sequence.
 
Could have swore I put this in my last message

Linking in PowerPoint
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00193.htm



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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


Um, thanks, but I don't see anything. Is there an
attachment or something that I'm not getting?

Also, please see my follow-up post.

Sari
-----Original Message-----
Not in the version of PowerPoint she is using at the present. But, here is an
alternative, which works quite well.
Click to expand...
newsgroup said:
<><>Email unless specifically requested will not be
Click to expand...
opened said:
<><><>Do Provide The Version Of PowerPoint You Are
Click to expand...
Using said:
<><><>Do Not Post Attachments In This Newsgroup<><><>
Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I have a customer who needs to compile 30-40 student-
designed preseentations into one show. I know she can
use Cascade to view two (or more) presentations and use
copy and paste to transfer slides from one to the other.
But I have two concerns:

1) Is there a more efficient way to do this?

2) This method does not transfer backgrounds. Is there a
way to get the background to copy also?

She is using PPT 2000, and there are 30-40 student
presentations to compile. Each student presentation has
only two slides, but this still a time-consuming project,
and she is under a time constraint (so an add-in is out
of the question). Any suggestions/advice?

Thanks for any help you can offer!


.
Click to expand...
 
Clever.
<G>

Sonia said:
One quick way would be to make a playlist in NotePad and then use the
PowerPoint Viewer to run the playlist. That will play each presentation,
one after the other, and each will retain it's unique background.

Assemble all of the presentations into a single folder. Open NotePad and
make a simple text file. Each line contains just the file name on one
presentation, so there would be 30-40 lines of text. No need to enter the
full path to the file, just the filename.

Save the text file as playlist.lst (that is el ess tee) to the same folder.
Download and install the PowerPoint 97 Viewer (it will work fine, since the
presentations are created in PowerPoint 2000). Now when she clicks on
playlist.lst the Viewer will open in Slide Show mode and will play all of
the presentations in sequence.
Click to expand...
 
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