Hello Nick,
PowerPoint does not include the ability to embed (not link) multimedia
formats other than *.WAV audio files.
There are a variety of workarounds to make your presentations with linked
content more portable including:
* Pack and Go (PPT 2002 and earlier, or
* Package for CD in PowerPoint 2003
* Saving presentation in MHTML format (single file web page)
* Converting you audio files in to compressed *.WAV files and embedding
them (check the General tab of the Options dialog to adjust linking
threshold for sound files if necessary).
Of course, If you (or anyone else reading this message) feel strongly that
the option to embed other kinds of multimedia should be a built-in feature
in PowerPoint, don't forget to send your suggestion, and the reasons why it
is important to you, to Microsoft at:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also why it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.
IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).
John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto
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