Package for CD

I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up, but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong?

Lori,

There could be a bucket full of reasons why. I guess the first question is
what operating systems was on the target machines. From memory, the viewer
will only run on Windows 98 Second Edition.

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"Lori" wrote in message
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I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?

Lori, try the 'Copy to Folder' option in the Package for CD feature and then
burn the contents of that folder to the root of a blank CD. Does this solve
your problem or not?


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"Lori" wrote in message
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I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?

The operating system is XP on both computers. The power point version is 2003 (11.5529.5703).

"Glen Millar" wrote:

Lori,

There could be a bucket full of reasons why. I guess the first question is
what operating systems was on the target machines. From memory, the viewer
will only run on Windows 98 Second Edition.

--

Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
Please tell us your ppt version, and get back to us here
Remove spaces from signature
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"Lori" wrote in message
...
I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?

The operating system is windows XP on both computers. One is my desktop and one is a laptop. The version of Power Point that I'm using is 2003 (11.5529.5703).

"Glen Millar" wrote:

Lori,

There could be a bucket full of reasons why. I guess the first question is
what operating systems was on the target machines. From memory, the viewer
will only run on Windows 98 Second Edition.

--

Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
Please tell us your ppt version, and get back to us here
Remove spaces from signature
Posted to news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Lori" wrote in message
...
I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?

It sounds as if you're packaging directly to CD and not getting a clean "burn." I'd use Geetesh's suggestion and use the copy to folder option in the package for CD wizard. Then use your CD burning software or Windows XP's CD burning capability to move the folder contents to CD.

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presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com



"Lori" wrote:

The operating system is XP on both computers. The power point version is 2003 (11.5529.5703).

"Glen Millar" wrote:

Lori,

There could be a bucket full of reasons why. I guess the first question is
what operating systems was on the target machines. From memory, the viewer
will only run on Windows 98 Second Edition.

--

Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/
Please tell us your ppt version, and get back to us here
Remove spaces from signature
Posted to news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Lori" wrote in message
...
I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?

I did this and it worked fine. It doesn't start up automatically, however. I have to go to "my computer", then highlight the folder, then click on "open", and then click on the presentation. This is maybe a dumb question, but can the age or speed of the CD used to burn onto affect how successful creating a CD is? I just bought some new CD-R blanks and they have a writing speed of 2x-4x. I have older ones and they don't have any speed written on them. What happens if you use a music CD instead of a data CD? I appreciate the time you have taken to help me.

"Geetesh Bajaj" wrote:

Lori, try the 'Copy to Folder' option in the Package for CD feature and then
burn the contents of that folder to the root of a blank CD. Does this solve
your problem or not?


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html

Technical Specialist, PowerPoint Live
http://www.powerpointlive.com



"Lori" wrote in message
...
I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?

Sorry--I was looking at the speed for the CD-RW blank discs. The one that I used for the last copy was up to 48x. The CD's I've used for the others that haven't worked were much slower than that. Does that make a difference?

"Lori" wrote:

I did this and it worked fine. It doesn't start up automatically, however. I have to go to "my computer", then highlight the folder, then click on "open", and then click on the presentation. This is maybe a dumb question, but can the age or speed of the CD used to burn onto affect how successful creating a CD is? I just bought some new CD-R blanks and they have a writing speed of 2x-4x. I have older ones and they don't have any speed written on them. What happens if you use a music CD instead of a data CD? I appreciate the time you have taken to help me.

"Geetesh Bajaj" wrote:

Lori, try the 'Copy to Folder' option in the Package for CD feature and then
burn the contents of that folder to the root of a blank CD. Does this solve
your problem or not?


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html

Technical Specialist, PowerPoint Live
http://www.powerpointlive.com



"Lori" wrote in message
...
I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?

I doubt that this would affect your autorun. As long as you copied all the files to the CD that the Package for CD (copy to folder) created -- the BAT file, the INF, etc. -- it should autorun *as long as you have autorun turned on on your system.*

If you've turned off autorun, then you would indeed have to go through the steps you described.

Also, if you don't opt to include the PPT Viewer when you Package for CD (copy to folder), you won't have those files. PPT relies on the PPT Viewer and those support files in order to autorun a CD. So be sure to hit the Options button on the Package for CD dialog box before you click Copy to Folder.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com



"Lori" wrote:

Sorry--I was looking at the speed for the CD-RW blank discs. The one that I used for the last copy was up to 48x. The CD's I've used for the others that haven't worked were much slower than that. Does that make a difference?

"Lori" wrote:

I did this and it worked fine. It doesn't start up automatically, however. I have to go to "my computer", then highlight the folder, then click on "open", and then click on the presentation. This is maybe a dumb question, but can the age or speed of the CD used to burn onto affect how successful creating a CD is? I just bought some new CD-R blanks and they have a writing speed of 2x-4x. I have older ones and they don't have any speed written on them. What happens if you use a music CD instead of a data CD? I appreciate the time you have taken to help me.

"Geetesh Bajaj" wrote:

Lori, try the 'Copy to Folder' option in the Package for CD feature and then
burn the contents of that folder to the root of a blank CD. Does this solve
your problem or not?


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html

Technical Specialist, PowerPoint Live
http://www.powerpointlive.com



"Lori" wrote in message
...
I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?

How do you check to see if autorun is turned on the system? Thank you so much for your help.

"Echo S" wrote:

I doubt that this would affect your autorun. As long as you copied all the files to the CD that the Package for CD (copy to folder) created -- the BAT file, the INF, etc. -- it should autorun *as long as you have autorun turned on on your system.*

If you've turned off autorun, then you would indeed have to go through the steps you described.

Also, if you don't opt to include the PPT Viewer when you Package for CD (copy to folder), you won't have those files. PPT relies on the PPT Viewer and those support files in order to autorun a CD. So be sure to hit the Options button on the Package for CD dialog box before you click Copy to Folder.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com



"Lori" wrote:

Sorry--I was looking at the speed for the CD-RW blank discs. The one that I used for the last copy was up to 48x. The CD's I've used for the others that haven't worked were much slower than that. Does that make a difference?

"Lori" wrote:

I did this and it worked fine. It doesn't start up automatically, however. I have to go to "my computer", then highlight the folder, then click on "open", and then click on the presentation. This is maybe a dumb question, but can the age or speed of the CD used to burn onto affect how successful creating a CD is? I just bought some new CD-R blanks and they have a writing speed of 2x-4x. I have older ones and they don't have any speed written on them. What happens if you use a music CD instead of a data CD? I appreciate the time you have taken to help me.

"Geetesh Bajaj" wrote:

Lori, try the 'Copy to Folder' option in the Package for CD feature and then
burn the contents of that folder to the root of a blank CD. Does this solve
your problem or not?


--
Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes
Free Templates:
http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html

Technical Specialist, PowerPoint Live
http://www.powerpointlive.com



"Lori" wrote in message
...
I have used the Package for CD option on my office 2003 program, but have
not had the best success with it. I have the options checked to include the
viewer and to play automatically every time. I've tried to play the CD's on
two different computers and they seem to hang up. The viewer box comes up,
but the CD doesn't start. It sounds like it tries to, but it can't quite
get going. Finally, it will stall to the point that nothing responds. If I
go to my computer and click on the CD drive and then try to open the file
from the CD drive, I will get the message that trying to open it has caused
a serious error and do I want to continue, or do I want Power Point to start
in safe mode. I have done a few CD's that have worked, but most of the time
it has been unsuccessful. Any suggestions as to what I might be doing
wrong?