RE: Pack and Go Wizard for PP2002
From: Echo S (echos_at_indyUGHSPAM.net)
Date: 07/11/04
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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:15:04 -0700
"Bowdrie" wrote:
> Have Powerpoint 2002 running on Windows XP and I am
> having problems with the Pack and Go Feature and the
> Viewer.
> 1. First, when I select the Pack and Go Wizard and
> get to the "Choose a Destination" option I have available
> the choice of a "G" and an "H" drive and a "Choose
> Destination". I have no Floppy Drive and my two CD
> Burners are Drive "E" and Drive "F". One is a DVD but
> will also burn CD-R's. When I go to "Choose Destination"
> and select either "E" or "F" drive I get an error message
> stating "The Parameter is Incorrect" and it will not let
> me access either Drive. Pack and Go I think was
> originally intended to copy to a Floppy. Is it possible
> that it will not write to a CD-R? Any assistance here
> would be appreciated.
You need to choose to Pack and Go to your harddrive, then use your CD burning software to burn to CD.
The Pack and Go wizard does not have inherent CD burning capability.
> 2. Second I downloaded the Viewer which is a 1997
> version that is suppose to work with 1997, 2000, and 2002
> PowerPoint versions, running on Windows 95, 98, 2000, and
> ME but I noted it did not list Windows XP.
Just an oversight. It works on Windows XP as well. However, since you created your presentation in PPT 2002, you should use the newer Viewer which supports the animations and transitions introduced in PPT 2002 and 2003.
But you need to be aware that this Viewer will not be recognized by the Pack and Go wizard, as this Viewer was released with PPT 2003 and designed for use with its Package to CD feature.
Instructions for how to use the new Viewer with PPT 2002 presentations are at http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd2.htm
> In any case I
> attempted to run a presentation on the desk top computer
> and monitor just to see how it worked. It ran but none
> of the slide entrance animations and some of the
> paragraph and word animations do not work. Some of the
> sound clips do not play, and some of the words and titles
> on the slides are out of line. Does Windows XP not
> support this viewer? Any assistance here would also be
> appreciated.
You need to use the newer Viewer in order for these things to work. It's not a Windows XP issue, it's an issue with the features that the two Viewers are designed to support.
> 3. I can write the presentation file to a CD-R
> using my writing software but some of the links on sound
> and videos used on the slides do not play on my Laptop
> because the slide only carries a link to that media which
> is on the desktop. I could copy all the media to the CD-
> R and on to the laptop but then I have to delete the
> links and reinsert them from the laptop into each slide
> again - a bit of a pain. Is there any way to copy the
> presentation to the CD-R and have it include the media
> within each slide as is "suppose" to be accomplished with
> the Pack and Go Wizard that does not seem to work?
Pack and Go resolves the links, but you have to unpack the files on your harddrive and then move them all to your CD using your CD burning software. See the link to my site (the one I gave above) for instrux.
-- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com presenter, PPT Live '04 Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
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