Thanks Harold. Valuable tip. I tried it, it definitely works the way I wanted, and as you mentioned, the file becomes bigger.
The problem with that is that editing becomes tricky because it uses up greater resources and slows down the computer, More then that, the auto save that occurs now and then takes minutes rather then seconds now. So my idea is to maybe have two versions: a work version that will be linked to photos and lighter to use, and a presentation version that will have photos embedded (Edit>Links>Break Links) and will be foolproof meaning no missing photos surprises when I screen it live with audience. Unfortunately, I thought about it only after I broke the links and there's no 'undo' option for that (undo is greyed out). What would you suggest. And one more question, if you don't mind, do you know how I can screen the presentation on a big screen (meaning from laptop through the VGA connection to a projector) AND have it on the running on the 'notes' mode on my laptop screen. That way I can have my summary reminder of points to talk about for every slide. You are welcome to visit the My India website at www.myindiaexperience.comand if you are around LA (which I can see you are not at the moment :), you are most welcome to attend. Thanks much for your time and valuable info, Etan. Etan Doronne Creator of lecture series My India - Where every village is home 818-614-7128 4570 Van Nuys Blvd. Suite 364 Sherman Oaks, CA. 91403 www.myindiaexperience.com On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Harold Fuchs < [email protected]> wrote: > On 21/07/09 21:24, Etan Doronne wrote: > >> Dear Open Office, >> >> Thank you for your free and useful application. It helps me greatly with >> My >> India project. >> >> Please advise me: How do I 'Pack and Go' a presentation (as this function >> is >> named in the Microsoft Powerpoint application). >> >> It seems that whenever I move a source folder around within my computer, >> of >> say photos that are embedded in a presentation, the photos go blank >> (missing) on the presentation. How can I permanently embed them in a >> presentation to become one unified file, or how can I cause the >> application >> to track a relocated source folder and update the inner links in the >> presentation? >> >> Thank you so much, and you are all invited to the free talks of My India >> (currently around Los Angeles). >> >> Etan. >> >> > When you insert a picture I assume you are doing Insert>Picture>From > File... and then browsing to the file you want. If you look at the bottom > left corner of the "From File..." pane you'll see a check box labelled > "Link". make sure this is *not* checked (does *not* have a tick in it). If > it does, click in the box to remove it. Now your pictures will be embedded > in the presentation and will therefore travel with it as you move it around. > The disadvantage is that the presentation will be much bigger. > > > -- > Harold Fuchs > London, England > Please reply *only* to [email protected] > >
