files corrupted in PP2000 CD?

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I don't think you answered Charlie's question of 10/22 6:00 regarding the
erratic behavior of certain pages when burned onto an autorun CD. I'm
having the same problem. Forget PP2003 (why is anyone using that anyway?).
When I burn a CD using the old tried-and-true autorun file setup, when I
burn a CD it plays back with glitches here and there... "X" boxes replacing
some text boxes and graphics, empty pages except for pieces of the
customer's logo, and locking up altogether occasionally. I have used two
different CD burners, played back on three different CD players, and used
three different quality CDRs. Apparently something is corrupting the files
when they are burned as the shows play back perfectly from the hard drive.
 
Hello,

How are you playing them back from the CD (PowerPoint or PowerPoint
Viewer?)?
If using the PowerPoint Viewer, what version of the PowerPoint Viewer are
you using for your autorun CD?

If you are using PowerPoint Viewer 2003 you might be running into a known
problem that occurs when trying to view presentation that were saved/edited
in PowerPoint 97 and PowerPoint 2000. There is currently no fix for
PowerPoint Viewer 2003 however the problem does not occur with
presentations which were last saved/edited in PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint
2003 so the workaround (when possible) is to, before burning the contents
of your folder to CD, open the presentation from it's staging folder (where
you are burning from) in PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint 2003 and do a Save
As.... (not a Save) and save the file back to the staging folder
(overwriting the original file)... Of course, you will want to make a
backup of the folder just in case something goes wrong.

Of course, if you are not using the PowerPoint Viewer 2003 for your autorun
CD you can ignore the previous paragraph entirely.

John Langhans

Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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Another work around is to use the PowerPoint 97 Viewer. :>))

Since the major benefit of the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer is that is supports
all of the new features of PowerPoint 2002 and 2003, users of PowerPoint 97
and 2000 should still find the PowerPoint 97 Viewer acceptable for
distributing presentations via CD.
 
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