Pack & Go for Sound: HELP!!!

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Okay...I thought I was a pretty good PowerPoint Pro until I encountered this
problem. I have a PP Show that needs to get sent via email for viewing by
our organization. It's a very simple presentation with only 4 multimedia
components: 3 wavs, 1 midi. I tried the pack & go instructions to get the
midi file to play when the show is opened but after 2 days of fiddling with
this darn thing I STILL can't get it. Someone please tell me what I'm doing
wrong... Maybe I'm expecting too much. Does the recipient STILL have to save
the midi file to their hard drive or should it play automatically when sent
using the Pack & Go?

By the way..I have Powerpoint 2000 for Windows NT
 
yes as a separate file...theres also a file called "playlist" that keeps
showing up

Echo S said:
When you unpack the packed file, is the MIDI file there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


simplygawjus said:
Okay...I thought I was a pretty good PowerPoint Pro until I encountered this
problem. I have a PP Show that needs to get sent via email for viewing by
our organization. It's a very simple presentation with only 4 multimedia
components: 3 wavs, 1 midi. I tried the pack & go instructions to get the
midi file to play when the show is opened but after 2 days of fiddling with
this darn thing I STILL can't get it. Someone please tell me what I'm doing
wrong... Maybe I'm expecting too much. Does the recipient STILL have to save
the midi file to their hard drive or should it play automatically when sent
using the Pack & Go?

By the way..I have Powerpoint 2000 for Windows NT
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Hm. Pack and Go must not be resolving the link to the MIDI correctly, then.
I've seen that happen especially when the MIDI is buried somewhere in a
complex heirarchy of folders. (For instance, if you use the clip
organizer/clip gallery to insert the sound, it's hard telling where the
actual file is.)

I'd right-click the sound in your PPT file, select Edit Sound Object, and
note the path to it. (You may not be able to see the whole path, but if you
have the name, you can at least do a Search for it on your harddrive. Edit
Sound Object should at least show the name....)

Then I'd find the file, copy it, and paste it in the same folder with your
PPT file.

Then delete the existing sound file from the PPT file and reinsert the one
that you just copied to the folder. Use Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sound From
File.

Then do the Pack and Go again.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


simplygawjus said:
yes as a separate file...theres also a file called "playlist" that keeps
showing up

Echo S said:
When you unpack the packed file, is the MIDI file there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


simplygawjus said:
Okay...I thought I was a pretty good PowerPoint Pro until I
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encountered
this
problem. I have a PP Show that needs to get sent via email for viewing by
our organization. It's a very simple presentation with only 4 multimedia
components: 3 wavs, 1 midi. I tried the pack & go instructions to get the
midi file to play when the show is opened but after 2 days of fiddling with
this darn thing I STILL can't get it. Someone please tell me what I'm doing
wrong... Maybe I'm expecting too much. Does the recipient STILL have
Click to expand...
to
save
the midi file to their hard drive or should it play automatically when sent
using the Pack & Go?

By the way..I have Powerpoint 2000 for Windows NT
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Tried it and it still unpacked the midi as a separate file and will not play
it in the presentation. Just to confirm: Before reinsertion into the
presentation, I'm supposed to store the midi in the folder with the original
presentation NOT the folder where the unpacked show is, right? I guess it
doesn't matte because it's still ending up there anyway....ugh!!!

Echo S said:
Hm. Pack and Go must not be resolving the link to the MIDI correctly, then.
I've seen that happen especially when the MIDI is buried somewhere in a
complex heirarchy of folders. (For instance, if you use the clip
organizer/clip gallery to insert the sound, it's hard telling where the
actual file is.)

I'd right-click the sound in your PPT file, select Edit Sound Object, and
note the path to it. (You may not be able to see the whole path, but if you
have the name, you can at least do a Search for it on your harddrive. Edit
Sound Object should at least show the name....)

Then I'd find the file, copy it, and paste it in the same folder with your
PPT file.

Then delete the existing sound file from the PPT file and reinsert the one
that you just copied to the folder. Use Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sound From
File.

Then do the Pack and Go again.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


simplygawjus said:
yes as a separate file...theres also a file called "playlist" that keeps
showing up

Echo S said:
When you unpack the packed file, is the MIDI file there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


Okay...I thought I was a pretty good PowerPoint Pro until I encountered
this
problem. I have a PP Show that needs to get sent via email for viewing by
our organization. It's a very simple presentation with only 4 multimedia
components: 3 wavs, 1 midi. I tried the pack & go instructions to get the
midi file to play when the show is opened but after 2 days of fiddling
with
this darn thing I STILL can't get it. Someone please tell me what I'm
doing
wrong... Maybe I'm expecting too much. Does the recipient STILL have to
save
the midi file to their hard drive or should it play automatically when
sent
using the Pack & Go?

By the way..I have Powerpoint 2000 for Windows NT
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It may not play because of different problems. Is this when testing on another
system, or on the system where the presentation was created?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

simplygawjus said:
Tried it and it still unpacked the midi as a separate file and will not play
it in the presentation. Just to confirm: Before reinsertion into the
presentation, I'm supposed to store the midi in the folder with the original
presentation NOT the folder where the unpacked show is, right? I guess it
doesn't matte because it's still ending up there anyway....ugh!!!

Echo S said:
Hm. Pack and Go must not be resolving the link to the MIDI correctly, then.
I've seen that happen especially when the MIDI is buried somewhere in a
complex heirarchy of folders. (For instance, if you use the clip
organizer/clip gallery to insert the sound, it's hard telling where the
actual file is.)

I'd right-click the sound in your PPT file, select Edit Sound Object, and
note the path to it. (You may not be able to see the whole path, but if you
have the name, you can at least do a Search for it on your harddrive. Edit
Sound Object should at least show the name....)

Then I'd find the file, copy it, and paste it in the same folder with your
PPT file.

Then delete the existing sound file from the PPT file and reinsert the one
that you just copied to the folder. Use Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sound From
File.

Then do the Pack and Go again.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


simplygawjus said:
yes as a separate file...theres also a file called "playlist" that keeps
showing up

:

When you unpack the packed file, is the MIDI file there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


Okay...I thought I was a pretty good PowerPoint Pro until I encountered
this
problem. I have a PP Show that needs to get sent via email for viewing by
our organization. It's a very simple presentation with only 4 multimedia
components: 3 wavs, 1 midi. I tried the pack & go instructions to get the
midi file to play when the show is opened but after 2 days of fiddling
with
this darn thing I STILL can't get it. Someone please tell me what I'm
doing
wrong... Maybe I'm expecting too much. Does the recipient STILL have to
save
the midi file to their hard drive or should it play automatically when
sent
using the Pack & Go?

By the way..I have Powerpoint 2000 for Windows NT
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It's when it's being tested on another computer. I've sent it to 3 different
people to see if it plays (2 within my company, 1 outside) and no one can
hear the last sound file which is the midi. I've had them access the midi
file via MS Online, which is where I got it from, just to see if their
systems were configured to play midi files. Each person could hear the
sound when it was accessed that way but not when it's part of the PPT file.
I thought about just using another sound for the presentation but most of the
music files available are midis not wavs so I would be encountering the same
demons again...

Sonia said:
It may not play because of different problems. Is this when testing on another
system, or on the system where the presentation was created?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

simplygawjus said:
Tried it and it still unpacked the midi as a separate file and will not play
it in the presentation. Just to confirm: Before reinsertion into the
presentation, I'm supposed to store the midi in the folder with the original
presentation NOT the folder where the unpacked show is, right? I guess it
doesn't matte because it's still ending up there anyway....ugh!!!

Echo S said:
Hm. Pack and Go must not be resolving the link to the MIDI correctly, then.
I've seen that happen especially when the MIDI is buried somewhere in a
complex heirarchy of folders. (For instance, if you use the clip
organizer/clip gallery to insert the sound, it's hard telling where the
actual file is.)

I'd right-click the sound in your PPT file, select Edit Sound Object, and
note the path to it. (You may not be able to see the whole path, but if you
have the name, you can at least do a Search for it on your harddrive. Edit
Sound Object should at least show the name....)

Then I'd find the file, copy it, and paste it in the same folder with your
PPT file.

Then delete the existing sound file from the PPT file and reinsert the one
that you just copied to the folder. Use Insert/Movies and Sounds/Sound From
File.

Then do the Pack and Go again.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


yes as a separate file...theres also a file called "playlist" that keeps
showing up

:

When you unpack the packed file, is the MIDI file there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com


Okay...I thought I was a pretty good PowerPoint Pro until I
encountered
this
problem. I have a PP Show that needs to get sent via email for
viewing by
our organization. It's a very simple presentation with only 4
multimedia
components: 3 wavs, 1 midi. I tried the pack & go instructions to get
the
midi file to play when the show is opened but after 2 days of fiddling
with
this darn thing I STILL can't get it. Someone please tell me what I'm
doing
wrong... Maybe I'm expecting too much. Does the recipient STILL have
to
save
the midi file to their hard drive or should it play automatically when
sent
using the Pack & Go?

By the way..I have Powerpoint 2000 for Windows NT
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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