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From: David Marcovitz on 1 Jun 2010 09:38 Sorry, I didn't get back to you sooner. My daughter's Bat Mitzvah was Saturday, and I was out all week preparing for it. Unfortunately, I was afraid that you would be in a situation that didn't allow VBA so I'm running out of ideas for you. Perhaps, the PowerPoint linking tutorial might have further suggestions, but I'm not holding out hope: http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointlinking.htm --David On 5/23/10 12:39 AM, אריק wrote: > The objective is to put the presentation on DVD (~3GB including ppt, linked > files such as pdf, jpg, mpg) and distribute it to hundreds peoples. > Two problems with VBA: > 1) Security levels (depends on client computer) > 2) ppviewer can not run macros, exe files and also VBA. > What can I do? > Thank you for your help. > > "David Marcovitz" wrote: > >> Yes, that is a tough problem, but it is likely the cause of your problem >> if you are indeed linking to 10 sub presentations and then directly back >> to the home page. One solution is not to do that ("Doctor, doctor, it >> hurts when I do that." "Then don't do that."), but that doesn't seem to >> fit your needs. I'm thinking that the only alternative is going to >> involve VBA. Is that an option for you? You mentioned you are publishing >> to CD. Does that mean that you are distributing this to computers over >> which you have limited control? If so, VBA might not be such a good >> idea. However, if you are just publishing it to CD to take it with you, >> and you can adjust the settings to allow macros to run on the computers >> you run the PPT on, VBA might work well in this case. >> --David >> >> On 5/20/10 1:15 AM, אריק wrote: >>> Hello David, >>> Thank you for your reply. >>> The presentation contains ~100 sub presentations and all one of them have a >>> link to the home page. So as you said, I have links to already open >>> presentation and that's might be the problem. >>> What is the solution to prevent the "stuck on black screen" without removing >>> the return to home page link. If I am removing the link to the home page, it >>> means that if I am currently in a tenth level of a sub category from the Home >>> page, I will have to click esc 10 times to return the home page and contine >>> my presentation, this is not friendly way. >>> >>> "David Marcovitz" wrote: >>> >>>> Arik, >>>> >>>> How are you linking the presentations. Are you going from one >>>> presentation to another and another, or are you linking to one >>>> presentation and then using End Show to return to the main presentation? >>>> If you keep hyperlinking without using End Show to return to the main >>>> presentation, PowerPoint is likely to get confused eventually as each >>>> presentation remains open and eating resources. I suspect you are >>>> noticing this in the Viewer because the Viewer is less able to handle >>>> the need for extra resources, but I'm not sure about that. You might >>>> want to check out the PowerPoint Linking Tutorial found here: >>>> >>>> http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointlinking.htm >>>> >>>> --David >>>> >>>> On 5/18/10 5:01 AM, אריק wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> I have built a Presentation using PowerPoint 2003. After finishing the >>>>> presentation, I click on Package CD from the file menu to publish the >>>>> presentation. >>>>> The presentation contains sub presentations (it was built in modular way). >>>>> To navigate between the divers presentations, I am using the hyperlinks. >>>>> >>>>> I saw that the presentation intermittently become Non-Responsive (i.e. >>>>> Getting “Stuck” with “Black Screen”) when double left clicking on a link or >>>>> when using the “Escape” keyboard button repeatedly to close& exit the open >>>>> Presentations. I think that there is a problem in the powerpoint viewer 2003 >>>>> (it also appears in the ppviewer 2007). When I am running the presentation >>>>> from the powerpoint 2003 (not viewer), the problem doesn't appear. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for help >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> David M. Marcovitz >>>> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ >>>> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ >>>> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP >>>> Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland >>>> . >>>> >> >> >> -- >> David M. Marcovitz >> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ >> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ >> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP >> Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland >> . >> -- David M. Marcovitz Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
From: אריק on 2 Jun 2010 02:04
I wish you a lot of Mazal Tov on your daughter's Bat-Mitzvah, this is a happy and important ceremony. Concerning the presentation, I will take a look on the link you supplied below. Thank you, "David Marcovitz" wrote: > Sorry, I didn't get back to you sooner. My daughter's Bat Mitzvah was > Saturday, and I was out all week preparing for it. Unfortunately, I was > afraid that you would be in a situation that didn't allow VBA so I'm > running out of ideas for you. Perhaps, the PowerPoint linking tutorial > might have further suggestions, but I'm not holding out hope: > > http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointlinking.htm > > --David > > On 5/23/10 12:39 AM, אריק wrote: > > The objective is to put the presentation on DVD (~3GB including ppt, linked > > files such as pdf, jpg, mpg) and distribute it to hundreds peoples. > > Two problems with VBA: > > 1) Security levels (depends on client computer) > > 2) ppviewer can not run macros, exe files and also VBA. > > What can I do? > > Thank you for your help. > > > > "David Marcovitz" wrote: > > > >> Yes, that is a tough problem, but it is likely the cause of your problem > >> if you are indeed linking to 10 sub presentations and then directly back > >> to the home page. One solution is not to do that ("Doctor, doctor, it > >> hurts when I do that." "Then don't do that."), but that doesn't seem to > >> fit your needs. I'm thinking that the only alternative is going to > >> involve VBA. Is that an option for you? You mentioned you are publishing > >> to CD. Does that mean that you are distributing this to computers over > >> which you have limited control? If so, VBA might not be such a good > >> idea. However, if you are just publishing it to CD to take it with you, > >> and you can adjust the settings to allow macros to run on the computers > >> you run the PPT on, VBA might work well in this case. > >> --David > >> > >> On 5/20/10 1:15 AM, אריק wrote: > >>> Hello David, > >>> Thank you for your reply. > >>> The presentation contains ~100 sub presentations and all one of them have a > >>> link to the home page. So as you said, I have links to already open > >>> presentation and that's might be the problem. > >>> What is the solution to prevent the "stuck on black screen" without removing > >>> the return to home page link. If I am removing the link to the home page, it > >>> means that if I am currently in a tenth level of a sub category from the Home > >>> page, I will have to click esc 10 times to return the home page and contine > >>> my presentation, this is not friendly way. > >>> > >>> "David Marcovitz" wrote: > >>> > >>>> Arik, > >>>> > >>>> How are you linking the presentations. Are you going from one > >>>> presentation to another and another, or are you linking to one > >>>> presentation and then using End Show to return to the main presentation? > >>>> If you keep hyperlinking without using End Show to return to the main > >>>> presentation, PowerPoint is likely to get confused eventually as each > >>>> presentation remains open and eating resources. I suspect you are > >>>> noticing this in the Viewer because the Viewer is less able to handle > >>>> the need for extra resources, but I'm not sure about that. You might > >>>> want to check out the PowerPoint Linking Tutorial found here: > >>>> > >>>> http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointlinking.htm > >>>> > >>>> --David > >>>> > >>>> On 5/18/10 5:01 AM, אריק wrote: > >>>>> Hello, > >>>>> I have built a Presentation using PowerPoint 2003. After finishing the > >>>>> presentation, I click on Package CD from the file menu to publish the > >>>>> presentation. > >>>>> The presentation contains sub presentations (it was built in modular way). > >>>>> To navigate between the divers presentations, I am using the hyperlinks. > >>>>> > >>>>> I saw that the presentation intermittently become Non-Responsive (i.e. > >>>>> Getting “Stuck” with “Black Screen”) when double left clicking on a link or > >>>>> when using the “Escape” keyboard button repeatedly to close& exit the open > >>>>> Presentations. I think that there is a problem in the powerpoint viewer 2003 > >>>>> (it also appears in the ppviewer 2007). When I am running the presentation > >>>>> from the powerpoint 2003 (not viewer), the problem doesn't appear. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for help > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> David M. Marcovitz > >>>> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ > >>>> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ > >>>> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP > >>>> Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland > >>>> . > >>>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> David M. Marcovitz > >> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ > >> http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ > >> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP > >> Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland > >> . > >> > > > -- > David M. Marcovitz > Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland > . > |