Re: Presentation on thumb drive

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In article <O2Ovf7B#IHA.4816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
I do not have sound or video in the ppt. But I know from previous
experience that if the fonts I chose do not happen to be installed on the
conference computer then the host PowerPoint will substitute for them which
can result in reformating and changes in the projected image. I believe I
can avoid that problem by embedding the fonts when I save to be safe.

So long as the fonts are embeddable, yes.

I also worry about ppt presentations prepared on a later version of PPT not
working in older versions (?),

That's mostly a concern if you produce presentations in 2007 then have to go
backwards. Earlier versions, from 97 to 2003, share the same format, though
each new version introduces new features. Animations from 2002 on won't work
the same in 2000 and previous. Multiple masters tend to work well when played
back in 2000 but don't plan on editing them there.

or what would happen if one used addins like
"Liveweb" which are not installed in the projecting PC, etc.

LiveWeb would need to be installed in order for it to do its stuff.
If you can't install it on the playback machine, it'd be best not to depend o
it.


I was therefore wondering what the "pros" do.

Jeff

Lucy Thomson wrote:
Hi

Just in addition to Michael's reply, do you have any sound or video
in the ppt? If so be aware it probably needs to travel with the
presentation (post back for more details if you do). And I would
always save the presentation to the local computer rather than
running it directly from the flash drive. But maybe that's just me :-)

Lucy


<Jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uMblAm69IHA.3344@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi

One of the places where I will give a PPT presentation requires you
to not use your own laptop.

I recall hearing that if you transport your presentation on a thumb
flash drive it is important to embed the fonts used because if they
happen to not be available on the site's computer the slides may
look weird. Are there any other precautions when using a PPT
presentation on portable media instead directly on your laptop?

Is there a problem if the PowerPoint version on the site's PC is a
different one than mine which is PowerPoint 2002 (XP)?

Thanks.

Jeff


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