Finding a linked picture or music file

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Running Bob

After I've created a presentation and I want to edit a picture or
music file, how do I locate the file? I have many versions of these
and want to locate the specific one that I am currently using.I know
the folder it is in but there are various versions of the files in the
folder.

Bob
 
Pictures are embedded unless you explicitly linked them. Are you sure that
yours are linked? If they are you can download the PPTOOLS Starter Set
from http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/ and use the "piggie" icon to get the
linked file name.

For linked sound files you can right click on the sound icon on your slide
and select "Edit Sound Object". The dialog will give you the file name.
 
Running Bob said:
After I've created a presentation and I want to edit a picture or
music file, how do I locate the file? I have many versions of these
and want to locate the specific one that I am currently using.I know
the folder it is in but there are various versions of the files in the
folder.
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What Sonia said. As to the pictures, unless they're linked, PPT doesn't retain
the name/path of the original file they came from. It doesn't need that info
since the pictures are embedded in the PPT file itself.

Sonia mentioned the PPTools Starter Set. There's an inexpensive upgrade to it
that includes an Insert Picture tool. When you use this, it records the
original filename of the picture so you can later retrieve it with the (also
upgraded) piggie tool (which becomes a kind of properties inspector)
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the specific capability that you are looking for
when it comes to inserted (not linked content).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide better content management tools for finding, exporting, changing,
replacing, optimizing, deleting, etc. linked, embedded, inserted and native
content (without having to resort to workarounds VBA or 3rd party add-ins),
don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft
at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that 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 so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

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

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