Re: Package to CD Woes

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I had her do the Package to Folder option, and then burn the files with
Nero. She reports the same problem. However, she did mention that the
files are encrypted with a password, and according to Chris's reply, that
could be the problem.

--Tom

"Echo S" <msnewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'd have her start by naming the files (before doing the package process)
to something short, with no spaces and no characters. Tell her to use just
letters and numbers. I know three of us MVPs just ran into something
bizarre when trying to index an Acrobat file because of long names with
odd characters (commas and the like) in them.

If that doesn't do the trick, see if Package to Folder and then burning
the files in the folder to CD (not the folder itself, though) works.

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"Thomas M." <NoEmailReplies@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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PowerPoint 2003

I have a user who is reporting a problem with using the Package to CD
feature of PowerPoint 2003. She goes into Package for CD, adds her files
(10 or so), goes into Options and selects the PowerPoint Viewer and
Linked Files options, sets it to allow the user to select the file to
view, and enters a password for modifying the file, and then clicks the
OK button and finally the Copy to CD button.

The files burn to the CD. When the CD is inserted into a CD-ROM drive,
the PowerPoint Viewer opens and she sees her presentation files. The
problem is that a couple of the files have been given odd names. I've
not seen it myself, but she reports that on some of the files the file
names contain the first 2 or 3 letters of the original file name,
followed by a string of 5 or 6 apparently random numbers.

I'm wondering if the files in question might be corrupt. Would that
cause the problem that the user is reporting? If so, are they any good
utilities out there for recovering corrupt .PPT files? If not, what else
might be the problem?

Thanks for any help that you can offer.

--Tom





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