Re: Video format for maximum compatability between versions




> When I have tried to embed clips the link seems to be real not relative and
> no obvious may to control this. If I keep the PPT file and the video clip
> in the same directory will the link betwen them remain true?

In answer to the first, you can't embed video, only link, and you've worked out
the kicker; that the link is a full path. UNLESS ...

If you put the video in the same folder as the PPT file and only then insert
it, PPT will remember only the name of the video file, not the full path to it.

If you keep the two together on other PCs, PPT will (almost always) look in the
same folder as the PPT file for the video.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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