How can I detach an embedded picture, audio or video file ?

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aSchwarzie

Hi,
In some circumstances, I would need to detach (save outside the ppt file) a
picture or an audio file or a video file that are included in a powerpoint
presentation. However when right-clicking on the object to browse its
properties, ther's nothing like a "Save As..." menu option.
Any hint on how I can save such a media file ?
Thanks !
 
Why can't you use the files you inserted into the presentation?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team
 
Ooops sorry that I forgot to mention : I do receive the presentation from
someone else.
I am not the one who built the presentation.
 
Well, if it's a video file, it would be linked, not embedded. So you'd
have to have an additional video file somewhere, I'd think.

Oh, unless it's a Flash file. Then it could have been embedded with a
control.

As for the audio, same thing goes there. Unless it's a WAV file. In that
case, it could be embedded. You can get the music out by saving the
presentation as HTML. You'll get a folder with the PPT file as HTML plus
all the other stuff like sound files. Maybe that would extract the
video, too, I don't know.

Finally, it may be that the creator of the presentation might not want
you to have those files for use, so please make sure to check with them
before extracting these files.
 
I tried to "save as a web page" and it worked indeed as a miracle !
The very light inconvenience is that it applies to the whole presentation
and that ALL objects included (i.e. also all bullets, arrows, etc also) are
detached and that it requires a little manual search but that's very much
okay ! Thanks a lot for the tip.
PS: No there was no "property protection" involved : it is a presentation
with cow pictures and an embedded sound file of a laughing mad cow...


Echo S said:
Well, if it's a video file, it would be linked, not embedded. So you'd
have to have an additional video file somewhere, I'd think.

Oh, unless it's a Flash file. Then it could have been embedded with a
control.

As for the audio, same thing goes there. Unless it's a WAV file. In that
case, it could be embedded. You can get the music out by saving the
presentation as HTML. You'll get a folder with the PPT file as HTML plus
all the other stuff like sound files. Maybe that would extract the
video, too, I don't know.

Finally, it may be that the creator of the presentation might not want
you to have those files for use, so please make sure to check with them
before extracting these files.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Ooops sorry that I forgot to mention : I do receive the presentation from
someone else.
I am not the one who built the presentation.
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aSchwarzie said:
PS: No there was no "property protection" involved : it is a presentation
with cow pictures and an embedded sound file of a laughing mad cow...
Click to expand...

Gotcha! Glad you were able to get what you needed out of that, then. :-)
 
Sometimes it's easier just to google.

"mad cow laugh" and here we are:

http://www.virtualassistant1.com/index_files/Remember the Mad Cow.htm

;-)


--

Steve Rindsberg PPT MVP
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PPTools: http://www.pptools.com
PPT FAQ: http://www.pptfaq.com


aSchwarzie said:
I tried to "save as a web page" and it worked indeed as a miracle !
The very light inconvenience is that it applies to the whole presentation
and that ALL objects included (i.e. also all bullets, arrows, etc also) are
detached and that it requires a little manual search but that's very much
okay ! Thanks a lot for the tip.
PS: No there was no "property protection" involved : it is a presentation
with cow pictures and an embedded sound file of a laughing mad cow...


Echo S said:
Well, if it's a video file, it would be linked, not embedded. So you'd
have to have an additional video file somewhere, I'd think.

Oh, unless it's a Flash file. Then it could have been embedded with a
control.

As for the audio, same thing goes there. Unless it's a WAV file. In that
case, it could be embedded. You can get the music out by saving the
presentation as HTML. You'll get a folder with the PPT file as HTML plus
all the other stuff like sound files. Maybe that would extract the
video, too, I don't know.

Finally, it may be that the creator of the presentation might not want
you to have those files for use, so please make sure to check with them
before extracting these files.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Ooops sorry that I forgot to mention : I do receive the presentation from
someone else.
I am not the one who built the presentation.

Why can't you use the files you inserted into the presentation?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team


Hi,
In some circumstances, I would need to detach (save outside the ppt
file)
a
picture or an audio file or a video file that are included in a
powerpoint
presentation. However when right-clicking on the object to browse its
properties, ther's nothing like a "Save As..." menu option.
Any hint on how I can save such a media file ?
Thanks !
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Some tricks:
If you are HTML'ing to get the content of just a background:
Create a copy of the presentation. Delete all but one slide. Empty that
slide of everything you don't want to see in the JPEG. Then HTML. (Same
principle applies if you want a graphic from a specific slide.)

If you are HTML'ing to get an inserted multimedia object:
Create a copy of the presentation. Delete all slides except the ones which
call the content you want to extract. Make sure those slides are as empty as
possible. Then HTML.

Make sense?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
If this helped you, please take the time to rate the value of this post:
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Kathy is a trainer, writer, Girl Scout, and whatever else there is time for
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

aSchwarzie said:
I tried to "save as a web page" and it worked indeed as a miracle !
The very light inconvenience is that it applies to the whole presentation
and that ALL objects included (i.e. also all bullets, arrows, etc also) are
detached and that it requires a little manual search but that's very much
okay ! Thanks a lot for the tip.
PS: No there was no "property protection" involved : it is a presentation
with cow pictures and an embedded sound file of a laughing mad cow...


Echo S said:
Well, if it's a video file, it would be linked, not embedded. So you'd
have to have an additional video file somewhere, I'd think.

Oh, unless it's a Flash file. Then it could have been embedded with a
control.

As for the audio, same thing goes there. Unless it's a WAV file. In that
case, it could be embedded. You can get the music out by saving the
presentation as HTML. You'll get a folder with the PPT file as HTML plus
all the other stuff like sound files. Maybe that would extract the
video, too, I don't know.

Finally, it may be that the creator of the presentation might not want
you to have those files for use, so please make sure to check with them
before extracting these files.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Ooops sorry that I forgot to mention : I do receive the presentation from
someone else.
I am not the one who built the presentation.

Why can't you use the files you inserted into the presentation?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team


Hi,
In some circumstances, I would need to detach (save outside the ppt
file)
a
picture or an audio file or a video file that are included in a
powerpoint
presentation. However when right-clicking on the object to browse its
properties, ther's nothing like a "Save As..." menu option.
Any hint on how I can save such a media file ?
Thanks !
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Not only does it make sense, but ... it also works !
....and makes the search effort much easier indeed.
Thanks, Kathryn !

Kathryn Jacobs said:
Some tricks:
If you are HTML'ing to get the content of just a background:
Create a copy of the presentation. Delete all but one slide. Empty that
slide of everything you don't want to see in the JPEG. Then HTML. (Same
principle applies if you want a graphic from a specific slide.)

If you are HTML'ing to get an inserted multimedia object:
Create a copy of the presentation. Delete all slides except the ones which
call the content you want to extract. Make sure those slides are as empty as
possible. Then HTML.

Make sense?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
If this helped you, please take the time to rate the value of this post:
http://rate.affero.net/jacobskl/
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com
Kathy is a trainer, writer, Girl Scout, and whatever else there is time for
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

aSchwarzie said:
I tried to "save as a web page" and it worked indeed as a miracle !
The very light inconvenience is that it applies to the whole presentation
and that ALL objects included (i.e. also all bullets, arrows, etc also) are
detached and that it requires a little manual search but that's very much
okay ! Thanks a lot for the tip.
PS: No there was no "property protection" involved : it is a presentation
with cow pictures and an embedded sound file of a laughing mad cow...


Echo S said:
Well, if it's a video file, it would be linked, not embedded. So you'd
have to have an additional video file somewhere, I'd think.

Oh, unless it's a Flash file. Then it could have been embedded with a
control.

As for the audio, same thing goes there. Unless it's a WAV file. In that
case, it could be embedded. You can get the music out by saving the
presentation as HTML. You'll get a folder with the PPT file as HTML plus
all the other stuff like sound files. Maybe that would extract the
video, too, I don't know.

Finally, it may be that the creator of the presentation might not want
you to have those files for use, so please make sure to check with them
before extracting these files.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

aSchwarzie wrote:

Ooops sorry that I forgot to mention : I do receive the presentation from
someone else.
I am not the one who built the presentation.

Why can't you use the files you inserted into the presentation?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team


Hi,
In some circumstances, I would need to detach (save outside the ppt
file)
a
picture or an audio file or a video file that are included in a
powerpoint
presentation. However when right-clicking on the object to
Click to expand...
browse
its
properties, ther's nothing like a "Save As..." menu option.
Any hint on how I can save such a media file ?
Thanks !
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Of course! Now, why didn't *I* think of that.

We used to do that to find short circuits in wiring. Cut the whole thing in
half and test both sides. Divide and conquer. Good idea, Kathy.

Now, how do I get my wiring back together? <g>.

--
Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
Please tell us your ppt version, and get back to us here
Remove spaces from signature


Kathryn Jacobs said:
Some tricks:
If you are HTML'ing to get the content of just a background:
Create a copy of the presentation. Delete all but one slide. Empty that
slide of everything you don't want to see in the JPEG. Then HTML. (Same
principle applies if you want a graphic from a specific slide.)

If you are HTML'ing to get an inserted multimedia object:
Create a copy of the presentation. Delete all slides except the ones which
call the content you want to extract. Make sure those slides are as empty as
possible. Then HTML.

Make sense?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
If this helped you, please take the time to rate the value of this post:
http://rate.affero.net/jacobskl/
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com
Kathy is a trainer, writer, Girl Scout, and whatever else there is time for
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

aSchwarzie said:
I tried to "save as a web page" and it worked indeed as a miracle !
The very light inconvenience is that it applies to the whole presentation
and that ALL objects included (i.e. also all bullets, arrows, etc also) are
detached and that it requires a little manual search but that's very much
okay ! Thanks a lot for the tip.
PS: No there was no "property protection" involved : it is a presentation
with cow pictures and an embedded sound file of a laughing mad cow...


Echo S said:
Well, if it's a video file, it would be linked, not embedded. So you'd
have to have an additional video file somewhere, I'd think.

Oh, unless it's a Flash file. Then it could have been embedded with a
control.

As for the audio, same thing goes there. Unless it's a WAV file. In that
case, it could be embedded. You can get the music out by saving the
presentation as HTML. You'll get a folder with the PPT file as HTML plus
all the other stuff like sound files. Maybe that would extract the
video, too, I don't know.

Finally, it may be that the creator of the presentation might not want
you to have those files for use, so please make sure to check with them
before extracting these files.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

aSchwarzie wrote:

Ooops sorry that I forgot to mention : I do receive the presentation from
someone else.
I am not the one who built the presentation.

Why can't you use the files you inserted into the presentation?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team


Hi,
In some circumstances, I would need to detach (save outside the ppt
file)
a
picture or an audio file or a video file that are included in a
powerpoint
presentation. However when right-clicking on the object to
Click to expand...
browse
its
properties, ther's nothing like a "Save As..." menu option.
Any hint on how I can save such a media file ?
Thanks !
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Bruce wants to know if you meant "Divide and copper?" {g}

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
If this helped you, please take the time to rate the value of this post:
http://rate.affero.net/jacobskl/
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com
Kathy is a trainer, writer, Girl Scout, and whatever else there is time for
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

Glen Millar said:
Of course! Now, why didn't *I* think of that.

We used to do that to find short circuits in wiring. Cut the whole thing in
half and test both sides. Divide and conquer. Good idea, Kathy.

Now, how do I get my wiring back together? <g>.

--
Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
Please tell us your ppt version, and get back to us here
Remove spaces from signature


Kathryn Jacobs said:
Some tricks:
If you are HTML'ing to get the content of just a background:
Create a copy of the presentation. Delete all but one slide. Empty that
slide of everything you don't want to see in the JPEG. Then HTML. (Same
principle applies if you want a graphic from a specific slide.)

If you are HTML'ing to get an inserted multimedia object:
Create a copy of the presentation. Delete all slides except the ones which
call the content you want to extract. Make sure those slides are as
Click to expand...
empty
as
possible. Then HTML.

Make sense?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
If this helped you, please take the time to rate the value of this post:
http://rate.affero.net/jacobskl/
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com
Kathy is a trainer, writer, Girl Scout, and whatever else there is time for
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

aSchwarzie said:
I tried to "save as a web page" and it worked indeed as a miracle !
The very light inconvenience is that it applies to the whole presentation
and that ALL objects included (i.e. also all bullets, arrows, etc
Click to expand...
also)
are
detached and that it requires a little manual search but that's very much
okay ! Thanks a lot for the tip.
PS: No there was no "property protection" involved : it is a presentation
with cow pictures and an embedded sound file of a laughing mad cow...


Well, if it's a video file, it would be linked, not embedded. So you'd
have to have an additional video file somewhere, I'd think.

Oh, unless it's a Flash file. Then it could have been embedded with a
control.

As for the audio, same thing goes there. Unless it's a WAV file. In that
case, it could be embedded. You can get the music out by saving the
presentation as HTML. You'll get a folder with the PPT file as HTML plus
all the other stuff like sound files. Maybe that would extract the
video, too, I don't know.

Finally, it may be that the creator of the presentation might not want
you to have those files for use, so please make sure to check with them
before extracting these files.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

aSchwarzie wrote:

Ooops sorry that I forgot to mention : I do receive the presentation
from
someone else.
I am not the one who built the presentation.

Why can't you use the files you inserted into the presentation?

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team


Hi,
In some circumstances, I would need to detach (save outside
Click to expand...
the
ppt
file)
a
picture or an audio file or a video file that are included in a
powerpoint
presentation. However when right-clicking on the object to browse
its
properties, ther's nothing like a "Save As..." menu option.
Any hint on how I can save such a media file ?
Thanks !
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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