PP Viewer 2003 - Not playing linked sounds which PP Viewer 97 plays fine

[PG]

I just tried the new PP Viewer (2003). In my presentation, linked sounds
(.mid files) don't play, but they do when I use the '97 viewer. The links
are all set to be pathless - ie, to the current directory. I have read the
FAQs on linking (eg, "Links break when I move presentation") - and these
don't adress the issue. The MS download page contains the statement

"The following Microsoft PowerPoint features are not supported by this
viewer:
a.. Information Rights Management (IRM) presentations.
b.. Running macros, programs, or opening linked or embedded objects. "
Linked objects can't mean sounds, can it?

 

[Sonia]

No, it's a bug in the Viewer. I have just today posted new information on
the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer at
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/powerpoint_2003_viewer.htm.
It is recommended that until this problem is fixed you should continue to
use the PowerPoint 97 Viewer. Actually, the new Viewer doesn't really offer
you much for presentations created in PowerPoint 97.