Saving large presentations

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What's the best way to save a large presentation (large
because it contains sound tracks) to take away. I can use
Pack and Go, but it exceeds a floppy, and am having
trouble packing to a CD. Should I just save as a regular
file to CD? Anyone got any suggestions to try?
 
Pack and Go allows you to save across multiple floppies. There are lots
of other storage options, but they depend on your system, and where you
want to take it. Flash drives (little keychains things that plug into a
USB port) are nice. CD is nice if you have CD buring capability.
Posting to a web site might work if you have web space. If your email
can handle large files, you can email it to yourself.
--David

David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
 
Which version of Office are you using?

PPT 2003 has the Package for CD option, while other versions have Pack and Go. Since you mention both, I can't tell what version you're using. Knowing that makes it easier to give specific instructions.
 
I'm using PPT 2002.
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Which version of Office are you using?

PPT 2003 has the Package for CD option, while other
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versions have Pack and Go. Since you mention both, I can't
tell what version you're using. Knowing that makes it
easier to give specific instructions.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com



Mac said:
What's the best way to save a large presentation (large
because it contains sound tracks) to take away. I can use
Pack and Go, but it exceeds a floppy, and am having
trouble packing to a CD. Should I just save as a regular
file to CD? Anyone got any suggestions to try?
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In that case, I would use Pack and Go to pack the file to your harddrive. Don't include the PPT Viewer in the Pack and Go choices -- assuming that you'll have PPT on the other machine. Then unpack the file you packed to your harddrive. The Pack and Go step should resolve any links to your sound files, and when you unpack the Pack and Go file to your harddrive, you should end up with your presentation and sound files.

So after you've resolved the links and unpacked the files, use your CD burning software to burn all those files to CD -- or copy to a jump drive as David suggested.

If you won't have PPT or the PPT Viewer on the other machine, you might want to create an autorun CD. For do it yourself instrux, see the steps at http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm#PPT 2002 Or grab Sonia's software, as it makes this even easier. http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00037.htm

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



Mac said:
I'm using PPT 2002.
-----Original Message-----
Which version of Office are you using?

PPT 2003 has the Package for CD option, while other
Click to expand...
versions have Pack and Go. Since you mention both, I can't
tell what version you're using. Knowing that makes it
easier to give specific instructions.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com



Mac said:
What's the best way to save a large presentation (large
because it contains sound tracks) to take away. I can use
Pack and Go, but it exceeds a floppy, and am having
trouble packing to a CD. Should I just save as a regular
file to CD? Anyone got any suggestions to try?
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