Re: Thumbnails not showing up during presentation

>I am working with large file sizes (haven't compressed the pics) but there
>is plenty of memory and virtual memory to run the program. Surely this isn't
>the problem. I am running Powerpoint 2002 on XP Pro.

Any suggestions?

In my limited experience it seems to be a combination of VM, large
pics, file size and rendering thumbnails while running a show. It
almost seems as though there has to be a list of priorities of actions
to be done. 1. render the current slide in the Slideshow window, 2.
render the current slide in the operator's window, 3. render the
thumbnails of other slides. The last priority sometimes just doesn't
get done,
even though there is time.

Perhaps it might have something to do with video drivers.

My suggestion to confirm or disprove my theory is to perform an
experiment.
Use "Save as" to Make a copy of your show that exhibits the problem and
make sure the problem still exists. Reduce the slide count by 10% "save
as" to a new file and make sure the problem still exists. Repeat the
"reduce", "save as" and "test", until the problem is gone. Retrieve the
last file that had the problem. Replace the
pictures with compressed pictures and retest. If these steps succeed,
you will have now shown that reduced file size does matter, and enlarge
picture size can contribute to the observed failure.

> > > When I click
> > > on the main pp window, it loads a few more pictures but won't advance the
> > > pictures on the projector.

You have effectively done 2 things: 1) given the PPT editor window
permission to render more slides, 2) taken focus off of the PPT Slide
Show window, which causes all mouse and keystrokes to be directed to
the application whose window 'has focus'
If you were to click on the slide show window again, you should be able
to advance the pictures on the projector.

Might I ask for my information, how big is is your presentation on
terms of KB,
nunber of slides, and typical image size (before compression)?

HTH,
Leef_me




Mr. X wrote:
> The projector is hooked up via VGA and USB. When in presenters view, the
> projector's remote does not advance the slides but it toggles the notes on
> and off. For this reason I can't use presenter's view with the projector's
> remote.
>
>
> --
> Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.
>
>
> "Sonia" wrote:
>
> > Have you tried Presenter's View? Go to Slide Show > Set Up Show and check
> > "Presenter's View" and run the slide show. Does that do the trick for you?
> > --
> >
> > Sonia Coleman
> > Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
> > Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
> > http://www.soniacoleman.com
> >
> > "Mr. X" <MrX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1EC5EA47-20EE-484E-ABC3-917326E50071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > My slideshow works great except for one problem. During a presentation, the
> > > left pane only shows the first 8 - 10 thumbnails, then it only shows the
> > > white placeholder with the jpeg icon for the rest. The presentation on the
> > > projector is fine and the large picture above the notes is fine. When I click
> > > on the main pp window, it loads a few more pictures but won't advance the
> > > pictures on the projector.
> > >
> > > I am working with large file sizes (haven't compressed the pics) but there
> > > is plenty of memory and virtual memory to run the program. Surely this isn't
> > > the problem.
> > >
> > > I am running Powerpoint 2002 on XP Pro.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.
> >
> >
> >

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