On 30/05/2011, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Topics (messages 5904 through 5933):
>
> [libreoffice-users] RE: [Libreoffice] Word doesn't see symbols -
> Substituting Fonts
>       5904 - Roland Hughes <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken
>       5905 - Roland Hughes <[email protected]>
>       5906 - NoOp <[email protected]>
>       5907 - NoOp <[email protected]>
>       5921 - plino <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization
>       5908 - planas <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization
>       5909 - "Dennis E. Hamilton" <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] How to /successfully/ unsub? A FAQ?
>       5910 - Cor Nouws <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization
>       5911 - Alex Mavro <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization
>       5912 - Cor Nouws <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken
>       5913 - Cor Nouws <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Impress mobility w/sound & video + links
>       5914 - Cor Nouws <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken
>       5915 - Roland Hughes <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken
>       5916 - Roland Hughes <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] OTT keyboard customization
>       5917 - Alex Mavro <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] İn Writer anchor does not wor
>       5918 - Kemal Gençay <[email protected]>
>       5924 - Kemal Gençay <[email protected]>
>       5926 - Kemal Gençay <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: İn Writer anchor does not wor
>       5919 - Jack <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Keyboard shortcuts that call for ctrl are not
> working on my mac
>       5920 - Alexander Thurgood <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation
>       5922 - Alexander Thurgood <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Sun Weblog Publisher broken
>       5923 - "Joep L. Blom" <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Trivia Question - All Is Revealed
>       5925 - [email protected]
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Base Edition formulaire
>       5927 - Alexander Thurgood <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Please disregard the previous messages, this is the
> correct link
>       5928 - Kemal Gençay <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - The Business Case
>       5929 - [email protected]
>
> [libreoffice-users] Please disregard the previous messages, this is the
> correct link
>       5930 - webmaster for Kracked Press Productions
> <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Impress Audio - Clarification of loss
>       5931 - [email protected]
>
> [libreoffice-users] Re: Trivia Question - Further Observation
>       5932 - "Gianluca Turconi" <[email protected]>
>
> [libreoffice-users] Please disregard the previous messages, this is the
> correct link
>       5933 - Kemal Gençay <[email protected]>
>
>
>
>Hi Cor,
>
> Appologies for repeating this:
>
> I use:
>
> LibreOffice 3.3.0
> OOO330m19 (Build:6)
> tag libreoffice-3.3.0.4
>
> with XP Pro and SP3
>
> Just for the record. I noted you wanted the raw facts about the Impress audio 
> file link loss
> when you were discussing with Tom.
>
> I used Impress to create a 96 page slide presentation. Graphic icons on the 
> page linked the
> icon to an MP3 audio clip. I used the "interaction -play sound" facility to 
> create a pathway to
> the audio files. The files are stored in three separate folders denpending 
> whether they are
> "questions" "statements" or "answers".
>
> There are 409 short audio files linked to icons. approx 4 or 5 icons per page.
>
> When I originally created and saved it in odp format no problem. I had the 
> the PC on during
> the time I developed it. One night I saved the file and then powered off. 
> Next day started up,

Hindsight is always perfect, but perhaps the final test should have
been to switch off computer and switch back during your preceding
evening testing.

> opened presentation (in front of an audience) and no sound.... all links 
> vanished.
>
> If you go to the link and check "interaction" you can see the correct path 
> BUT the link is dead.
> To re-activate you need to "re-browse" the path and click ok and the audio 
> plays fine. At tthe
> time I wondered if XP was giving Impress the finger?
>

Did you have to do this during the presentation or by discovery at a later date.

> However, given the recent statement from "Christian" that he had not 
> completed Impress
> code before he got taken off the project....... there now does not seem much 
> doubt that some
> form of bug/incomplete code exists and is likely to be at the heart of the 
> problem.
>
> At least there seems to be closure on the mystery.
>
> BTW if you try and convert to odp to MS .ppt all the text, pictures and 
> layout convert fine...
> BUT all audio vanishes because the pathways are missing i.e not converted. I 
> think that's
> because there is no equivalent in MS of "interaction-play sound".. their 
> version is associated
> with dedicated mouse clicks and mouse-overs.
>
> Hopefully someone will take ownership of Impress and sort it.... It's a great 
> program and will
> cream MS PP if it's reliable.
>
> In answer to your question about the severity of this problem.... It's like 
> Russian
> Roulette....You leave home having tested and tested your presentation... you 
> set up and test
> again prior to presenting.... you then stand in front of a live audience and 
> look like an idiot
> when suddenly all your audio icons are dead! ... i.e  "no sound"............. 
> I can live with the
> idiot bit.... But the trashing of the professional presentation in the 
> company name hurts bad.
>
> The sniggers from business associates saying 'told you to use MS" are also 
> very un-
> welcome.
>
> Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.. when it does then the links 
> are
> permanently dead.
>
> An ubuntu friend of mine tested my presentation on Linux and it works fine! 
> Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
>

Is it not possible to have a linux netbook dedicated for LO presentations?

As an alternative LaTeX beamer class may be helpful. Not used
personally the audio feature, but with this class a presentation could
be produced in ubiquitous pdf with audio embedded.

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