Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-27 Thread peta
PM, peta wrote: Ronni Thank you so much for this advice. I have the latest version of MS for Mac 2011 and also Parallels; however I decided to open the PowerPoint slide show in Keynote. I only had a half hour or so this afternoon to play around with this. Things did not open quite

Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-27 Thread peta
Good morning Ronni Wow, it is very, very cold this morning. I tried a few more times with the PPS presentation, both from Keynote and from Powerpoint (on my Mac). Same as previously. I am able to take this to the stage where I can play the show on my Apple TV; however I have no option

Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-27 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peta, I’m going to be with a client until later this morning, I’ll try to get back to you later. But quickly: When you open the PowerPoint Slide Presentation in Keynote’09 does it play through correctly? … slides at the correct speed, and with Audio (soundtrack)? Also In Menu bar, View

Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-26 Thread peta
Ronni Thank you so much for this advice. I have the latest version of MS for Mac 2011 and also Parallels; however I decided to open the PowerPoint slide show in Keynote. I only had a half hour or so this afternoon to play around with this. Things did not open quite as expected - 3

Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-25 Thread peta
Hi - this is possibly way off the subject matter, but reading the links today re youtube music catcher jogged my memory. Someone sent to me a PowerPoint slide presentation, which is very topical for me and my family. I would like to convert this (if possible) to a movie so I can play

Re: youtube music catcher : PowerPoint converted to movie for Apple TV

2011-09-25 Thread Ronda Brown
On 25/09/2011, at 6:05 PM, peta wrote: Hi - this is possibly way off the subject matter, but reading the links today re youtube music catcher jogged my memory. Someone sent to me a PowerPoint slide presentation, which is very topical for me and my family. I would like to convert

Images in Word and PowerPoint

2010-12-01 Thread Severin Crisp
When .jpg images go into Word, either by pasting or by Insert/from file or into PowerPoint, I notice a serious distortion of colour. I work in Adobe RGB (1998) and it as if a very different profile has taken over. I have been unable track down just what Word and PowerPoint do

Re: Images in Word and PowerPoint

2010-12-01 Thread Bill Parker
wrote: When .jpg images go into Word, either by pasting or by Insert/from file or into PowerPoint, I notice a serious distortion of colour. I work in Adobe RGB (1998) and it as if a very different profile has taken over. I have been unable track down just what Word and PowerPoint do

Re: Images in Word and PowerPoint

2010-12-01 Thread Ray Forma
Sev, One of MS PowerPoint and Word's 'hidden features' is that these applications strip much information from raster images as you paste or insert them. Because Microsoft's main market is the office environment it does not matter much if images lose some definition or colours change slightly

Re: Images in Word and PowerPoint

2010-12-01 Thread Severin Crisp
I have but rarely use. You comments were most helpful! Severin On 02/12/2010, at 8:26 AM, Ray Forma wrote: Sev, One of MS PowerPoint and Word's 'hidden features' is that these applications strip much information from raster images as you paste or insert them. Because Microsoft's main

Re: Images in Word and PowerPoint

2010-12-01 Thread Rob Davies
are just horrible to put it mildly! I will try Pages, which I have but rarely use. You comments were most helpful! Severin On 02/12/2010, at 8:26 AM, Ray Forma wrote: Sev, One of MS PowerPoint and Word's 'hidden features' is that these applications strip much information from

Re: Keynote and Powerpoint

2010-02-24 Thread Paul Weaver
Thanks for the replies folks. Luckily we have Keynote, so clearly the problem is no problem. Cheers, Paul. Dr Paul R. Weaver http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml

Keynote and Powerpoint

2010-02-23 Thread Paul Weaver
A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa? Thanks, Paul. http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: Keynote and Powerpoint

2010-02-23 Thread Eugene
/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au inline: (null) 4.tiff On 24/02/2010, at 9:34 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa

Re: Keynote and Powerpoint

2010-02-23 Thread John Feltham
G'day Paul, On 24/02/2010, at 9:34 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: A question. Can Keynote 09 files be read by Powerpoint and vice-versa? No and yes. ooroo -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http

PowerPoint is 25

2009-08-21 Thread Severin Crisp
This was sent to me and may b of general interest. Some lessons for many of us buried in there. Severin Crisp Hey, an interesting article on 25 years of PowerPoint. Worth a read, some useful info in there http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8207849.stm

PowerPoint problem

2009-01-14 Thread John Daniels
Hi all We are having trouble opening PowerPoint email attachments (pps) on the Intel Mac. Every attempt to open the attachment results in Photoshop opening not PowerPoint. Finder's Get Info shows the file as a Photoshop file which it is not and I cannot access PowerPoint when attempting to make

Re: PowerPoint problem

2009-01-14 Thread James / Hans Kunz
are having trouble opening PowerPoint email attachments (pps) on the Intel Mac. Every attempt to open the attachment results in Photoshop opening not PowerPoint. Finder's Get Info shows the file as a Photoshop file which it is not and I cannot access PowerPoint when attempting to make the file

Re: PowerPoint problem

2009-01-14 Thread John Daniels
Thanks James, however, having done as you suggest, PowerPoint is greyed out and cannot be selected. Also in Get Info the file is shown as a Photoshop 7 document which it is not, but extension is pps. On my table lamp Mac the same file is correctly shown as a PowerPoint file and opens normally

Re: PowerPoint problem

2009-01-14 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi John, have you changed the extension to .ppt. That is the file extension for powerpoint files made on my Intel Mac. cheers, Susan. On 15/01/2009, at 12:51 PM, John Daniels wrote: Thanks James, however, having done as you suggest, PowerPoint is greyed out and cannot be selected. Also

Re: PowerPoint problem

2009-01-14 Thread John Daniels
Thanks Susan, that works. Do I just change the extension in the Get Info screen? John On 15/1/09 12:53 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi John, have you changed the extension to .ppt. That is the file extension for powerpoint files made on my Intel Mac. cheers, Susan. On 15/01

Re: PowerPoint problem

2009-01-14 Thread Susan Hastings
/1/09 12:53 PM, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@me.com wrote: Hi John, have you changed the extension to .ppt. That is the file extension for powerpoint files made on my Intel Mac. cheers, Susan. On 15/01/2009, at 12:51 PM, John Daniels wrote: Thanks James, however, having done as you suggest

Re: PowerPoint-photo resolution

2008-07-17 Thread Mervyn Giuliana Bond
information as you can on the display and we'll see what is the optimum resolution for your photos. Paul On 17/07/2008, at 3:15 PM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Hi Everyone I have been asked to scan some photos for a PowerPoint presentation at a funeral. The added complication is that I

Re: PowerPoint-photo resolution

2008-07-17 Thread James / Hans Kunz
for a PowerPoint presentation at a funeral. The added complication is that I must deliver them to a country funeral parlour by email. 1 What would be the preferred resolution? 2 What is the lowest acceptable resolution. Your replies greatly appreciated. If high resolutions required then I

Powerpoint not recognising fonts

2008-06-12 Thread Chris Watt
and italicises fine, etc.) but Powerpoint is not recognising it at all. It shows up in the list, but when I try to select it, it substitutes Arial (obviously a bad thing!). Does anyone know what could be causing this? I have tried deleting the font cache so that it gets recreated, but that hasn't made

Re: PowerPoint and iWork

2007-12-26 Thread John Daniels
Thanks Eugene I got info OK and did as you suggested but still PowerPoint refuses to open. I will re-instal it and try that. The iMac suggests that the .pps file is corrupted but when I emailed it to the other iMac I could open it no problem. The new iMac has been plagued with quite a few minor

FW: PowerPoint and iWork

2007-12-25 Thread John Daniels
the attachment by just dragging it to the PowerPoint icon whereas the new Intel iMac does not open it any way I try. The two Macs have identical software installed. So I'm puzzled at the moment. Cheers John On 24/12/07 6:01 PM, Stephen Chape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Daniel, Go to Get Info

Re: PowerPoint and iWork

2007-12-25 Thread Eugene
. choose get info from the file menu when in the finder Now that the get info dialogue box is highlighted go down to Open with: From the list select PowerPoint. Regards, Eugene On 25/12/2007, at 7:39 PM, John Daniels wrote: Eugene I don't understand where

Re: PowerPoint and iWork

2007-12-24 Thread Stephen Chape
on email attachments by dragging them into the PowerPoint icon in the dock. Now, when I do this, the trial version of iWork opens. I trashed iWork and now the file cannot be read appears. My table lamp iMac with Leopard opens the same attachment as it always did. Should I re-install Leopard or any

PowerPoint and iWork

2007-12-23 Thread John Daniels
Hi Wamuggers I have a new Intel iMac with Leopard. I used to be able to open pps files on email attachments by dragging them into the PowerPoint icon in the dock. Now, when I do this, the trial version of iWork opens. I trashed iWork and now the file cannot be read appears. My table lamp iMac

Re: PowerPoint and iWork

2007-12-23 Thread Eugene
. Click on it and type apple + i can you tell it to open it with PowerPoint? Regards, Eugene On 24/12/2007, at 12:49 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi Wamuggers I have a new Intel iMac with Leopard. I used to be able to open pps files on email attachments

Re: Powerpoint alternatives?

2006-08-17 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 16/08/2006, at 3:55 PM, David Noel wrote: -- I am working on some talks for presentation. Are there currently any real alternatives to Powerpoint for this? Is there anything to watch out for with different versions of Powerpoint? Any hints appreciated. David Noel / 2006 Aug 16

Re: Powerpoint alternatives?

2006-08-17 Thread Reg Whitely
Don't forget that Keynote will export to a Powerpoint format. Reg On 17 Aug 2006, at 8:07am, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: It's been mentioned so many times in this thread I'm surprised you missed it. It's Keynote, of course. It's part of Apple's productivity package called iWork, which also

Re: Powerpoint alternatives?

2006-08-17 Thread samantha whitely
how do you do this? We can't work it out. It keeps saying Powerpoint does not recognise the format or something like that. Sam On 17/08/2006, at 5:37 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Don't forget that Keynote will export to a Powerpoint format. Reg On 17 Aug 2006, at 8:07am, Peter Hinchliffe wrote

Re: Powerpoint alternatives?

2006-08-17 Thread Nicholas Pyers
On 16/08/2006, at 5:55 PM, David Noel wrote: -- I am working on some talks for presentation. Are there currently any real alternatives to Powerpoint for this? Is there anything to watch out for with different versions of Powerpoint? Any hints appreciated. Apple's own Keynote... part

Powerpoint alternatives?

2006-08-16 Thread David Noel
-- I am working on some talks for presentation. Are there currently any real alternatives to Powerpoint for this? Is there anything to watch out for with different versions of Powerpoint? Any hints appreciated. David Noel / 2006 Aug 16 = At 3:40 PM +1000 16/8/06, Nicholas

Re: Powerpoint woes

2006-08-16 Thread choy
these helpful pages and the one below by searching google (i did a search for powerpoint office 98 metafile crash): Updates http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/patching/office/#msomac powerpoint help: http://www.pptfaq.com/ hopefully this will fix your problems. On 16/08/2006, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG

Re: Powerpoint woes

2006-08-16 Thread Mervyn Giuliana Bond
for powerpoint office 98 metafile crash): Updates http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/patching/office/#msomac powerpoint help: http://www.pptfaq.com/ hopefully this will fix your problems. On 16/08/2006, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: From: Mervyn Giuliana Bond Subject: Re: Power Point woes

Re: USB Stick corrupting Powerpoint files

2005-07-22 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi all, I have a USB stick I use to transfer files from my work pc to my mac at home. This works fine with all files bar Powerpoint. If I take a powerpoint file from my pc, put it on the usb stick, put it in the mac, then double click a powerpoint file - whether still on the USB stick

USB Stick corrupting Powerpoint files

2005-07-21 Thread Justin Davies
Hi all, I have a USB stick I use to transfer files from my work pc to my mac at home. This works fine with all files bar Powerpoint. If I take a powerpoint file from my pc, put it on the usb stick, put it in the mac, then double click a powerpoint file - whether still on the USB stick

Re: USB Stick corrupting Powerpoint files

2005-07-21 Thread Kathy Quinlan
Justin Davies wrote: Hi all, I have a USB stick I use to transfer files from my work pc to my mac at home. This works fine with all files bar Powerpoint. If I take a powerpoint file from my pc, put it on the usb stick, put it in the mac, then double click a powerpoint file - whether still

Importing graphics into PowerPoint 2004 for Mac

2005-07-16 Thread James Devenish
Hi, I've decided to give Microsoft PowerPoint a go, even though I would normally avoid it like the plague. Having done all the text for my presentation, I am now inserting the graphics. And there is a problem. All my standard images are (and have for years been) in PDF. However, Microsoft

Re: Importing graphics into PowerPoint 2004 for Mac

2005-07-16 Thread Robert Howells
On 16/07/2005, at 1:02 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi, I've decided to give Microsoft PowerPoint a go, even though I would normally avoid it like the plague. Having done all the text for my presentation, I am now inserting the graphics. And there is a problem. All my standard images

Re: Importing graphics into PowerPoint 2004 for Mac

2005-07-16 Thread Ronda Brown
On 16/07/2005, at 1:02 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi, I've decided to give Microsoft PowerPoint a go, even though I would normally avoid it like the plague. Having done all the text for my presentation, I am now inserting the graphics. And there is a problem. All my standard images

Re: Importing graphics into PowerPoint 2004 for Mac

2005-07-16 Thread James Devenish
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 01:35:46PM +0800, Ronda Brown wrote: I'm just wondering why don't you use Keynote2 ? It accepts PDF. Because I don't already have Keynote.

Re: Importing graphics into PowerPoint 2004 for Mac

2005-07-16 Thread Ronda Brown
On 16/07/2005, at 1:02 PM, James Devenish wrote: Hi, I've decided to give Microsoft PowerPoint a go, even though I would normally avoid it like the plague. Having done all the text for my presentation, I am now inserting the graphics. And there is a problem. All my standard images

Re: PowerPoint

2005-06-14 Thread Ken Woods
PowerPoint images from a display? I get these 1 Mg displays sent to me and would only like to keep the occasional image. Lloyd - -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist

Re: PowerPoint pix

2005-06-14 Thread Jon Davison
Hi Lloyd As Ken indicated, simply click on the image in PowerPoint that you want. Copy it (Co-C), then open Photoshop and create a new window (Co-N). It will automatically create a new blank image to the size in the Clipboard, ie to the pic you copied in PP, then paste it (Co-V). That's

powerpoint crashing

2004-10-21 Thread Chris Burton
Hi everyone Im presently having a real problem with powerpoint crashing after I open a previous presentation I have done, and selecting to show all slides as thumbnails on the screen. Has anyone had this occur? I need to fix it as I have a presentation to do early tomorrow and they want

Re: Exporting images from Powerpoint ?

2004-07-24 Thread John Winters
save location Voila HTH John -- John Winters Phone +61 8 9367 9277 Fax +61 8 9367 9244 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Craig Ringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:53:12 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Exporting images from Powerpoint ? On Fri, 2004-07-23

Re: Exporting images from Powerpoint ?

2004-07-24 Thread Craig Ringer
On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 10:57, John Winters wrote: An easy way? Don't be silly, this is an MS product! g The worst thing about OpenOffice (which I referenced in my proposed solution) is how much it tries to be like MS Office, right down to the IMHO awful UI. Try this in Office X Open

Exporting images from Powerpoint ?

2004-07-23 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks, Does anyone know how to get the images off a Powerpoint presentation as individual JPG's ? I must be dumb or blind because I cannot see it in the help menus. Or perhaps it is not in the help menus phew !! Regards, Stephen Chape

Re: Exporting images from Powerpoint ?

2004-07-23 Thread Craig Ringer
On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 20:32, Stephen Chape wrote: Does anyone know how to get the images off a Powerpoint presentation as individual JPG's ? I must be dumb or blind because I cannot see it in the help menus. I don't know if there's an official way, but I've had some success with copying

Re: Exporting images from Powerpoint ?

2004-07-23 Thread Steve Woods
Hi folks, Does anyone know how to get the images off a Powerpoint presentation as individual JPG's ? I must be dumb or blind because I cannot see it in the help menus. Or perhaps it is not in the help menus phew !! You don't mention the version of PowerPoint, but in vX and 2004

PowerPoint.

2004-03-17 Thread Malcolm J McCallum
Thanks everyone for your suggestions I have been successful with free viewer Mac

PowerPoint Presentation

2004-03-09 Thread Malcolm J McCallum
Hi wamuggers . I have been sent some slides as a PowerPoint Presentation. Is there any way I can open them using some other software please TIA Mac

Re: PowerPoint Presentation

2004-03-09 Thread Gordon Campbell
I'm pretty sure that OpenOffice can access Powerpoint presentations. Not sure how good at it it is though. http://www.openoffice.org Gordo Need to get in touch? [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about its friends -Make

Re: PC unable to present full mac office powerpoint!?

2003-10-04 Thread David Choy
Warren, You might want to check that you saved the powerpoint presentation as a package, otherwise the sounds etc would not automatically be included in the file and this would explain why your bro can't get all the sounds to play. From the powerpoint help file: (in the Help menu

PC unable to present full mac office powerpoint!?

2003-10-03 Thread warren iannello
Hi anyone and everyone!I just recently sent my brother a powerpoint training package that I created in mac office and he is unable to present fully all sounds via there allocated buttons..he says that he is lacking the midi files after I have emailed the doc.(which he is able to open ).What could

Re: PowerPoint

2003-09-08 Thread Stephen Atherton
). If not, then you've just read four lines of irrelevant banter. Cheers On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 10:27 PM, maureen wrote: Hi Have worked on a Powerpoint presentation ­ OSX Saved every slide as I¹ve gone along ­ some are text only, some with text and digital camera pictures. All 35 slides

PowerPoint

2003-09-07 Thread maureen
Hi Have worked on a Powerpoint presentation ­ OSX Saved every slide as I¹ve gone along ­ some are text only, some with text and digital camera pictures. All 35 slides show in the slide sorter but when I go to view the show or rehearse the timing only 27 slides appear. Anybody know what I¹ve done

Re: PowerPoint

2003-09-07 Thread Martin Hill
on a Powerpoint presentation - OSX Saved every slide as I've gone along - some are text only, some with text and digital camera pictures. All 35 slides show in the slide sorter but when I go to view the show or rehearse the timing only 27 slides appear. Anybody know what I've done wrong or how to fix

powerpoint will not save 4/page pdf

2002-04-03 Thread John Bussell
Hi there A question for powerpoint users: I've got ppt X running on a powerbook 600, OS X. I wish to save presentations 4 slides per page for distribution as pdf handouts. On face value, the print options for v. X suggest this should be a straightforward operation. However, I can only save 1

Powerpoint: Format Notes Style

2002-03-19 Thread John Bussell
Hello A question for powerpoint users out there... In preparation of powerpoint presentations, I would like to apply a style change (font and size) to notes panels across all slides (notes being entries in the notes pane of normal view). I'm using ppt X, but imagine that the procedure would

Re: Powerpoint: Format Notes Style

2002-03-19 Thread Onno Benschop
On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 17:03, John Bussell wrote: Hello A question for powerpoint users out there... In preparation of powerpoint presentations, I would like to apply a style change (font and size) to notes panels across all slides (notes being entries in the notes pane of normal view