[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]
[TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PowerPoint
that you just created (you can save, but not open)? -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820]
Hello,
The halting playback might be due to the movie not being scaled for best
playback during slide show. If you know at what resolution your
presentation will be shown, you can adjust the size of any movie object (or
image) for best viewing by doing the following for eadh image/movie in a
presentation:
1) Select image/movie
2) Format -> Picture
3) Switch to the "Size" tab or the dialog
4) Select the option to scale "Best scale for slide show" andthen
5) Choose the target resolution from the drop-down list that becomes
available, and
6) Click OK
7) If the image/movie changed size, you might have to readjust it's
position (not size) relative to everything else on the slide to accomodate
the change.
As you also noted, PowerPoint 2003 does not have the same capability that
earlier versions did which allowed you to browse to locate media files when
links had been inadvertently broken.
If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide features for link management (fix, change, break, etc.) for more
than just OLE linked objects (without have to resort to VBA or 3rd party
add-ins), or have suggestions for how to make optimizing playback of video
easier to do in PowerPoint, 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
For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
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