Record Narration - can't cange file location for recording on VIST

On my Vista system I get an error message when I try to change the location
of the audio files. Works fine on my XP system.
Error message is:
An error occurred while opening the file dialog. Please save your
presentation, exit, and then restart PowerPoint. -- No other information is
provided.
Have saved, exited and restarted numerous times without success.

On the Record Narration window it shows under the “Link narration in�
C:\...\Content.MSO\ I can find no such location on my “C� drive.

It records okay and plays back just fine.

Problem is on VISTA - I can’t find where it is saving the WAV files nor can
I change where it is putting them. I want to be able to edit the WAV file for
each slide.

On the XP PRO system I can define the file location and it creates a WAV
file for each slide which I can edit just fine.

--
Kermit, long time windows Office user

I should add one other piece of information. The recording that I made on the
XP PRO system work fine on XP but they do not play on the VISTA system.

The rehearsed timings work okay but no audio is heard.
--
Kermit, long time windows Office user


"Kermitp" wrote:

On my Vista system I get an error message when I try to change the location
of the audio files. Works fine on my XP system.
Error message is:
An error occurred while opening the file dialog. Please save your
presentation, exit, and then restart PowerPoint. -- No other information is
provided.
Have saved, exited and restarted numerous times without success.

On the Record Narration window it shows under the “Link narration in�
C:\...\Content.MSO\ I can find no such location on my “C� drive.

It records okay and plays back just fine.

Problem is on VISTA - I can’t find where it is saving the WAV files nor can
I change where it is putting them. I want to be able to edit the WAV file for
each slide.

On the XP PRO system I can define the file location and it creates a WAV
file for each slide which I can edit just fine.

--
Kermit, long time windows Office user

I have been trying different things and have a little more information.
Sorry, should have done a little more before posting.

I can create a new PP in Vista and it lets me direct the audio anywhere I
want. however, once I have edited the PP in XP PRo it no longer let's me
select a location for the audio files. If I create a narration for any slide
it get saved in the PPTX file.

From reading another post I was able to save the PP as a webpage and it
placed all the files, including the WAV files, in a subdirectory.

My problem is I have 18 presentations all created on an XP PRO system that
are part of a Seminar at Sea leaving this weekend. I only will have a VISTA
laptop on the cruise and need to be able to capture the narration as it will
be used later to create a course on DVD.

I don't have time to recreate all 18 presentations. Any suggestions would be
most appreciated.
--
Kermit, long time windows Office user


"Kermitp" wrote:

I should add one other piece of information. The recording that I made on the
XP PRO system work fine on XP but they do not play on the VISTA system.

The rehearsed timings work okay but no audio is heard.
--
Kermit, long time windows Office user


"Kermitp" wrote:

On my Vista system I get an error message when I try to change the location
of the audio files. Works fine on my XP system.
Error message is:
An error occurred while opening the file dialog. Please save your
presentation, exit, and then restart PowerPoint. -- No other information is
provided.
Have saved, exited and restarted numerous times without success.

On the Record Narration window it shows under the “Link narration in�
C:\...\Content.MSO\ I can find no such location on my “C� drive.

It records okay and plays back just fine.

Problem is on VISTA - I can’t find where it is saving the WAV files nor can
I change where it is putting them. I want to be able to edit the WAV file for
each slide.

On the XP PRO system I can define the file location and it creates a WAV
file for each slide which I can edit just fine.

--
Kermit, long time windows Office user

In article , Kermitp wrote:
I have been trying different things and have a little more information.
Sorry, should have done a little more before posting.

I can create a new PP in Vista and it lets me direct the audio anywhere I
want. however, once I have edited the PP in XP PRo it no longer let's me
select a location for the audio files. If I create a narration for any slide
it get saved in the PPTX file.

From reading another post I was able to save the PP as a webpage and it
placed all the files, including the WAV files, in a subdirectory.

My problem is I have 18 presentations all created on an XP PRO system that
are part of a Seminar at Sea leaving this weekend. I only will have a VISTA
laptop on the cruise and need to be able to capture the narration as it will
be used later to create a course on DVD.

I don't have time to recreate all 18 presentations. Any suggestions would be
most appreciated.

I don't have a Vista system handy to test on, but here's something to check:
what directory does PPT propose to save the narration to? Is it a directory
that you don't have read/write access to under VISTA? That'd be my first
guess.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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