Re: Burning to a CD-R and showing on a Dvd projector

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From: TAJ Simmons (awesome_at_NOMORESPAMpowerpointbackgrounds.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:03:58 +0100

Jana,

>Why? when I put photos on a power point at home I can
> then put that CD into my dvd player and it plays after I open the file

Most modern home dvd players.....can play a sequence of pictures (JPEGs).

I'd be really suprised if there is a DVD player that can play powerpoint files (ppt / pps)

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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> Okay question again. Why? when I put photos on a power point at home I can
> then put that CD into my dvd player and it plays after I open the file. I
> guess I'm confused as to why it's not doing the same thing here. I mean all
> that is on this presentation are photos that we need to play in the
> background.
>
> "Sonia" wrote:
>
> > You have saved it and burned it in a format that requires a computer and
> > PowerPoint in order to play it. To play it on a standalone DVD requires that it
> > be converted to a video format and then burned to a DVD or a VCD if the DVD
> > player is capable of playing VCDs. See the tutorial at
> > http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-dvd.htm
> > --
> >
> > Sonia Coleman
> > Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
> > Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
> >
> > "Jana" <Jana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F92A2B84-33AA-4134-837E-6F08B6BA9E8A@microsoft.com...
> > > Help! We have created a powerpoint presentation. And evidently we are doing
> > > something wrong. When we save the presentation then try to burn it to a cd-r
> > > it looks like its there, but for some reason when we put it in the dvd player
> > > to show on the projection screen, it will not play at all. What are we doing
> > > wrong?
> >
> >
> >

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