anybody ever seen this before? Did a big gallery presentation with all
kinds of thumbnail images that triggered other images... worked fine
on four different PCs, but images would not load on a Mac Powerbook.
Is this a common issue?
Might want to ask in Public.Mac.Office.PowerPoint .. they're Mac, we're mostly
PC.
I'd also find out first which version of PowerPoint's involved.
Triggers appeared in PPT 2002 on PC but I don't believe they're available in
PPT 2004 or previous on Mac;
thats really all i needed to know..... if any potential Mac clients
have any powerpoint versions older than 2004 (which really isnt very
old) then its pointless to design a photo gallery with triggers.
Quick test here on 2003. Rectangle on left, image on right, image set via trigger
to appear when rectangle is clicked. Works as expected.
Opened in 2004 on Mac ... nada.
I think perhaps trigger will whinny on Mac 2008 but not earlier versions.
Ah well. Better to find out now than later.
Suppose instead you have each thumbnail link to a different slide ... the slide
with the thumbnail's image large. If the thumbnails are on the master, they'll
work on every slide.
i also built the same presentation using cloned slides. thumbnails
couldnt be on the master, different masters for different purposes. It
worked but without using the blank slide trick, when you go back to a
slide, the animations dont work the second time. Rats, now I'll have
to build that, too. A real learning process. Oh well.
Mind-expanding, right?
Wrong? Well .. yeah.
But will this save some time ... create one blank slide with instant advance to the
following slide then dupe and move it to wherever it's needed?