Linking Media

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I am running PP2003 and am linking media to a presentation. However, when I burn the presentation to a CD none of the links work. How do I get all the links to work?
 
Were all of the media files in the same folder as your PowerPoint file
BEFORE you linked them? If not, you will need to redo the links. When you
move a presentation from location "A" to location "B", the links must be
relative to each other. Easiest way to ensure that is to have them in the
same folder as your presentation. This way as long as they stay in the same
folder (like when you burn it to a CD), it will still link just fine.

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buck said:
I am running PP2003 and am linking media to a presentation. However, when
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I burn the presentation to a CD none of the links work. How do I get all
the links to work?
 
Links must be "pathless" or "relative" and all linked files must be on the
CD. See the following for the details:

Links break when I move presentation (and at other times)
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00155.htm
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Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
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buck said:
I am running PP2003 and am linking media to a presentation. However, when
Click to expand...
I burn the presentation to a CD none of the links work. How do I get all
the links to work?
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

Since you are using PowerPoint 2003, this capability is built into the
product (Package for CD command). This feature bundles the presentation
and, by default, all of it's supporting (linked) files as well as the new
PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to a CD so that when the CD is loaded on to a
supported system the presentation will be opened up automatically in
PowerPoint Viewer 2003. Of course you don't have to include the Viewer or
make it an autorun CD but, instead, simply use the feature to package a
presentation and all of its supporting files to a CD for archiving or
transporting from one computer to another.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide additional options for saving presentations to removable drives,
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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