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Tried to reset Graphic acceleration back on both the creating machine( Win
2000 desktop) and the laptop (Win XP Pro) to play CDROM.
On the Slide Show menu -Set up Show- Performance there is a tips button next
to the check box for graphic acceration check box. Reading through these
tips I think I have too much animation going on some slides. Pack for CD is
great time saver but we have to know whether clients after distribution will
be able to view.
Odd thing is the PPT file plays slide show fine on both machines any
animations that is regardless of Acceleration setting. The problem arises
using the viewer( CDROM) on different machines. Gets into driver issues etc.
thanks again.
Roger McMahon
http://www.mcmahonfin.com
 
You know, I am probably the one who suggested hardware/graphics
acceleration (can't find the original thread), but I don't think the
Viewer uses it at all -- or at least not when run from a CD. That could
be part of the problem.

The other issue could be simply the read speed of the CD. Or maybe just
the fact that you have a lot of animation, so a lot must be read. You
might see if increasing the time between animations helps at all.
 
Hello
Good i finaly found somebody that appears to have same
problem. Iam using pp2002 windows xp, i have purchase the
program powerlink plus which makes my presentation
autorun, it has the new viewer included. All sounds great
and is actually an excellent program, includes all sound
files(anyway). Problem is that once it is burned to cd
the transition timing is terrible, really out of time, but
the problem appears to be the viewer, because if i go to
my computer, d drive and double click on the presentation
icon the whole presentation works exactly the way it
should it just appears the when the presentation has any
thing to do with using the viewer is slows it down. My
computer is all up to date. That is why i believe that it
is a new viewer issue the old viewer didn't have any of
these problems. Any suggestion, somebody else in forum
said that it was a driver issue, but like i said if i
manually click on icon the presentation is excellent.
would appreciate any assistance.
thanks nola
-----Original Message-----
You know, I am probably the one who suggested hardware/graphics
acceleration (can't find the original thread), but I don't think the
Viewer uses it at all -- or at least not when run from a CD. That could
be part of the problem.

The other issue could be simply the read speed of the CD. Or maybe just
the fact that you have a lot of animation, so a lot must be read. You
might see if increasing the time between animations helps at all.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Roger said:
Tried to reset Graphic acceleration back on both the creating machine( Win
2000 desktop) and the laptop (Win XP Pro) to play CDROM.
On the Slide Show menu -Set up Show- Performance there is a tips button next
to the check box for graphic acceration check box. Reading through these
tips I think I have too much animation going on some slides. Pack for CD is
great time saver but we have to know whether clients after distribution will
be able to view.
Odd thing is the PPT file plays slide show fine on both machines any
animations that is regardless of Acceleration setting. The problem arises
using the viewer( CDROM) on different machines. Gets into driver issues etc.
thanks again.
Roger McMahon
http://www.mcmahonfin.com
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Yeah, when you double-click the presentation icon on the CD, it's
opening with PPT on your harddrive as opposed to the Viewer playing from
the CD.

I suspect that overall it's an issue of the Viewer playing from the CD,
but I don't know what to suggest to fix it.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Hello
Good i finaly found somebody that appears to have same
problem. Iam using pp2002 windows xp, i have purchase the
program powerlink plus which makes my presentation
autorun, it has the new viewer included. All sounds great
and is actually an excellent program, includes all sound
files(anyway). Problem is that once it is burned to cd
the transition timing is terrible, really out of time, but
the problem appears to be the viewer, because if i go to
my computer, d drive and double click on the presentation
icon the whole presentation works exactly the way it
should it just appears the when the presentation has any
thing to do with using the viewer is slows it down. My
computer is all up to date. That is why i believe that it
is a new viewer issue the old viewer didn't have any of
these problems. Any suggestion, somebody else in forum
said that it was a driver issue, but like i said if i
manually click on icon the presentation is excellent.
would appreciate any assistance.
thanks nola
-----Original Message-----
You know, I am probably the one who suggested hardware/graphics
acceleration (can't find the original thread), but I don't think the
Viewer uses it at all -- or at least not when run from a CD. That could
be part of the problem.

The other issue could be simply the read speed of the CD. Or maybe just
the fact that you have a lot of animation, so a lot must be read. You
might see if increasing the time between animations helps at all.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Roger said:
Tried to reset Graphic acceleration back on both the creating machine( Win
2000 desktop) and the laptop (Win XP Pro) to play CDROM.
On the Slide Show menu -Set up Show- Performance there is a tips button next
to the check box for graphic acceration check box. Reading through these
tips I think I have too much animation going on some slides. Pack for CD is
great time saver but we have to know whether clients after distribution will
be able to view.
Odd thing is the PPT file plays slide show fine on both machines any
animations that is regardless of Acceleration setting. The problem arises
using the viewer( CDROM) on different machines. Gets into driver issues etc.
thanks again.
Roger McMahon
http://www.mcmahonfin.com
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I've written a bit about the issues with timing and synchronization at
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/synchronizing.htm. The
basic issue is hardware speed, and if you have too many things trying to run
too close together, the CD drive probably won't be able to read things in
fast enough. Hard drives are a lot faster. The solution is to design the
presentation for distribution, recognizing that you have no control over the
target system resources.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

nola said:
Hello
Good i finaly found somebody that appears to have same
problem. Iam using pp2002 windows xp, i have purchase the
program powerlink plus which makes my presentation
autorun, it has the new viewer included. All sounds great
and is actually an excellent program, includes all sound
files(anyway). Problem is that once it is burned to cd
the transition timing is terrible, really out of time, but
the problem appears to be the viewer, because if i go to
my computer, d drive and double click on the presentation
icon the whole presentation works exactly the way it
should it just appears the when the presentation has any
thing to do with using the viewer is slows it down. My
computer is all up to date. That is why i believe that it
is a new viewer issue the old viewer didn't have any of
these problems. Any suggestion, somebody else in forum
said that it was a driver issue, but like i said if i
manually click on icon the presentation is excellent.
would appreciate any assistance.
thanks nola
-----Original Message-----
You know, I am probably the one who suggested hardware/graphics
acceleration (can't find the original thread), but I don't think the
Viewer uses it at all -- or at least not when run from a CD. That could
be part of the problem.

The other issue could be simply the read speed of the CD. Or maybe just
the fact that you have a lot of animation, so a lot must be read. You
might see if increasing the time between animations helps at all.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Roger said:
Tried to reset Graphic acceleration back on both the creating machine( Win
2000 desktop) and the laptop (Win XP Pro) to play CDROM.
On the Slide Show menu -Set up Show- Performance there is a tips button next
to the check box for graphic acceration check box. Reading through these
tips I think I have too much animation going on some slides. Pack for CD is
great time saver but we have to know whether clients after distribution will
be able to view.
Odd thing is the PPT file plays slide show fine on both machines any
animations that is regardless of Acceleration setting. The problem arises
using the viewer( CDROM) on different machines. Gets into driver issues etc.
thanks again.
Roger McMahon
http://www.mcmahonfin.com
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[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hi Echo,

If you can provide sample presentation which when viewed from the same
source on the same system in both PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2003
Viewer demonstrate easily reproducable performance problems with the
PowerPoint 2003 Viewer (when compared to viewing in PowerPoint 2003),
please send them my way.

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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Well, I do have a presentation that plays some animations differently on the
Viewer than it does in PPT 2002. I'll have to test it next week with 2003 to
ensure that it acts the same there as it does in 2002.

But that seems different than Nola's problem. Nola, if you want to mail me a
CD, I'm happy to see that it gets to John. Contact me by email to make
arrangements.
 
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