Powerpoint 2007 is converting PPT 2003 videos into pictures

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I opened a PPT 2003 presentation containing a number wmv videos in Powerpoint
2007 to make some minor revisions. When I tried to save the presentation, the
program converted all of the videos into pictures. I tried saving in both the
current and an older format(2003), neither seemed to work.
 
PB said:
I opened a PPT 2003 presentation containing a number wmv videos in Powerpoint
2007 to make some minor revisions. When I tried to save the presentation, the
program converted all of the videos into pictures. I tried saving in both the
current and an older format(2003), neither seemed to work.
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PB said:
I opened a PPT 2003 presentation containing a number wmv videos in Powerpoint
2010 to make some minor revisions. When I tried to save the presentation, the
program converted all of the videos into pictures. I tried saving in both the
current and an older format(2003), neither seemed to work.
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PB said:
I opened a PPT 2003 presentation containing a number wmv videos in
Powerpoint
2007 to make some minor revisions. When I tried to save the presentation,
the
program converted all of the videos into pictures. I tried saving in both
the
current and an older format(2003), neither seemed to work.
Click to expand...

Videos are linked in PPT 2003, so the video isn't actually there. Can PPT
locate the video?

I think 2010 is providing a "poster frame" picture to represent the video,
but I suspect you'll have to reinsert the video into the 2010 presentation.
When you do that, the video will be embedded by default. You'll need to save
it as PPT 2010 format (PPTX or PPSX) in order to maintain that embeddedness,
otherwise it will just make another picture if you save as PPT/PPS (97-2003
format) because PPT 97-2003 doesn't understand embedded video.

Or you can opt to link the video when you reinsert it.
 
I was just trying to figure out where in the world I got 2010 into my brain
on this thread! For a minute there I thought I'd really lost it. :-)
 
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