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Powerpoint is updating laptop
I have a large graphics and animation intensive
presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re-open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney |
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Powerpoint is updating laptop
What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this
happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re-open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney |
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Powerpoint is updating laptop
Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you
open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide thumbnails running down the left side of the screen. Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not advance. Only the projector advances and it runs smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses the projector for an instant and it jerks the presentation. I do not have to close and open the program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide, and then show it again and sometimes the problem is there. Other times it works great. -----Original Message----- What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re-open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney . |
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Now I understand. It sounds like PowerPoint is demanding all of the
resources on your system just to project the image and refresh the projector. By resources I mean processor speed, memory, the capabilities of the video card, available disk space, and whether your hard disk is fragmented. If your presentation has animation and transitions or music and video, there will be heavy demand on resources. What transition effects are you using? Try cleaning out your Temp folder, defragging your hard drive, and updating your video driver. Also try running the presentation without Presenter View set to ON. That means that you should always keep the focus on the projected image and not click on the laptop screen. "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide thumbnails running down the left side of the screen. Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not advance. Only the projector advances and it runs smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses the projector for an instant and it jerks the presentation. I do not have to close and open the program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide, and then show it again and sometimes the problem is there. Other times it works great. -----Original Message----- What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re-open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney . |
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Powerpoint is updating laptop
The answer is Yes, yes and yes. It is highly animated,
and graphics intensive. It is using all the resources on my video card. I am running audio. This is indeed a very complex presentation. I am NOT running presenter mode for that very reason. I have updated my video driver, and defraged my hard drive recently. I am using an NVidia graphics card suite which allows me to place the whole application on the projector and run it from there. That way I can use a left mouse click to advance the presentation, which I am doing wireless. When I do that, Powerpoint is not visible at all on the notebook, the presentation is running full screen on the projector. I can tell if the program is updating the laptop picture because sometimes it runs smoothly, and sometimes each slide will jerk once as it updates the slide in the program running under the presentation. Which temp file am I to empty? I have several folders and stuff in the temp file under Windows. I deleted all the files, but left all the folders such as cookies etc. Can I safely remove all these folders too, because I would like to. I would like to set the program so that it does NOT advance the slide on the laptop i.e. remains on the first slide. IS THIS POSSIBLE? I am running XP pro, NVidia GeForce2Go video card on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. This is a presentation that is for a celtic concert that I will be presenting in many churches over the next few years. It is over an hour long, and includes much animation to hold attention. I am struggling with audio-slide timing, (see previous post) and am attempting to address that with Producer which I just downloaded. This has got to look slick as there will be (hopefully) thousands of people who will be viewing it live over the next years. Anything you can do to help is GREATLY appreciated. I have invested months of time in it's preparation. Chuck -----Original Message----- Now I understand. It sounds like PowerPoint is demanding all of the resources on your system just to project the image and refresh the projector. By resources I mean processor speed, memory, the capabilities of the video card, available disk space, and whether your hard disk is fragmented. If your presentation has animation and transitions or music and video, there will be heavy demand on resources. What transition effects are you using? Try cleaning out your Temp folder, defragging your hard drive, and updating your video driver. Also try running the presentation without Presenter View set to ON. That means that you should always keep the focus on the projected image and not click on the laptop screen. "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide thumbnails running down the left side of the screen. Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not advance. Only the projector advances and it runs smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses the projector for an instant and it jerks the presentation. I do not have to close and open the program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide, and then show it again and sometimes the problem is there. Other times it works great. -----Original Message----- What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re-open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney . . |
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Powerpoint is updating laptop
Then you should have the nVidia GeForce2 GO, v.44.82, A18 driver installed,
right? If not, you can find it on the Dell website. It's always good to ensure that you have the latest available driver installed especially when experiencing problems like those you described. Are you using random transitions on your slides, or are you using the Fade thru Black transition? It's a real resource hog. wrote in message ... The answer is Yes, yes and yes. It is highly animated, and graphics intensive. It is using all the resources on my video card. I am running audio. This is indeed a very complex presentation. I am NOT running presenter mode for that very reason. I have updated my video driver, and defraged my hard drive recently. I am using an NVidia graphics card suite which allows me to place the whole application on the projector and run it from there. That way I can use a left mouse click to advance the presentation, which I am doing wireless. When I do that, Powerpoint is not visible at all on the notebook, the presentation is running full screen on the projector. I can tell if the program is updating the laptop picture because sometimes it runs smoothly, and sometimes each slide will jerk once as it updates the slide in the program running under the presentation. Which temp file am I to empty? I have several folders and stuff in the temp file under Windows. I deleted all the files, but left all the folders such as cookies etc. Can I safely remove all these folders too, because I would like to. I would like to set the program so that it does NOT advance the slide on the laptop i.e. remains on the first slide. IS THIS POSSIBLE? I am running XP pro, NVidia GeForce2Go video card on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. This is a presentation that is for a celtic concert that I will be presenting in many churches over the next few years. It is over an hour long, and includes much animation to hold attention. I am struggling with audio-slide timing, (see previous post) and am attempting to address that with Producer which I just downloaded. This has got to look slick as there will be (hopefully) thousands of people who will be viewing it live over the next years. Anything you can do to help is GREATLY appreciated. I have invested months of time in it's preparation. Chuck -----Original Message----- Now I understand. It sounds like PowerPoint is demanding all of the resources on your system just to project the image and refresh the projector. By resources I mean processor speed, memory, the capabilities of the video card, available disk space, and whether your hard disk is fragmented. If your presentation has animation and transitions or music and video, there will be heavy demand on resources. What transition effects are you using? Try cleaning out your Temp folder, defragging your hard drive, and updating your video driver. Also try running the presentation without Presenter View set to ON. That means that you should always keep the focus on the projected image and not click on the laptop screen. "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide thumbnails running down the left side of the screen. Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not advance. Only the projector advances and it runs smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses the projector for an instant and it jerks the presentation. I do not have to close and open the program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide, and then show it again and sometimes the problem is there. Other times it works great. -----Original Message----- What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re-open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney . . |
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Powerpoint is updating laptop
No I do not have the latest, latest drivers for my card,
I am downloading them now. I am not sure I can use them because I believe I am using the driver that NVidia included in it's graphics suite program. As I recall, when I change to another driver, it disables my video suite software which I need for my application. I am using a few fade-thru-black transitions, but not many. The real issue is can I disable the slide update on the notebook? When the presentation runs without updating the notebook slide, it runs flawlessly through the whole presentation. If I start it and it begins updating the slide on the notebook, it will not stop updating it. I never know how it is going to run the presentation. I guess my question is: Is Powerpoint supposed to update the slide on the notebook each time the slide changes on the screen, and my program is just doing something screwy when it does not update the slide on the laptop? What I am saying is that if I start the presentation and it does not update the slide each time the slide changes, it runs the whole presentation with the first slide showing on the laptop. It never tries to change that slide. If it begins changing the slide on the laptop as the presentation runs, it will continue to do so throughout the presentation. Can I turn that feature on and off? Do I have control over that feature? -----Original Message----- Then you should have the nVidia GeForce2 GO, v.44.82, A18 driver installed, right? If not, you can find it on the Dell website. It's always good to ensure that you have the latest available driver installed especially when experiencing problems like those you described. Are you using random transitions on your slides, or are you using the Fade thru Black transition? It's a real resource hog. wrote in message ... The answer is Yes, yes and yes. It is highly animated, and graphics intensive. It is using all the resources on my video card. I am running audio. This is indeed a very complex presentation. I am NOT running presenter mode for that very reason. I have updated my video driver, and defraged my hard drive recently. I am using an NVidia graphics card suite which allows me to place the whole application on the projector and run it from there. That way I can use a left mouse click to advance the presentation, which I am doing wireless. When I do that, Powerpoint is not visible at all on the notebook, the presentation is running full screen on the projector. I can tell if the program is updating the laptop picture because sometimes it runs smoothly, and sometimes each slide will jerk once as it updates the slide in the program running under the presentation. Which temp file am I to empty? I have several folders and stuff in the temp file under Windows. I deleted all the files, but left all the folders such as cookies etc. Can I safely remove all these folders too, because I would like to. I would like to set the program so that it does NOT advance the slide on the laptop i.e. remains on the first slide. IS THIS POSSIBLE? I am running XP pro, NVidia GeForce2Go video card on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. This is a presentation that is for a celtic concert that I will be presenting in many churches over the next few years. It is over an hour long, and includes much animation to hold attention. I am struggling with audio-slide timing, (see previous post) and am attempting to address that with Producer which I just downloaded. This has got to look slick as there will be (hopefully) thousands of people who will be viewing it live over the next years. Anything you can do to help is GREATLY appreciated. I have invested months of time in it's preparation. Chuck -----Original Message----- Now I understand. It sounds like PowerPoint is demanding all of the resources on your system just to project the image and refresh the projector. By resources I mean processor speed, memory, the capabilities of the video card, available disk space, and whether your hard disk is fragmented. If your presentation has animation and transitions or music and video, there will be heavy demand on resources. What transition effects are you using? Try cleaning out your Temp folder, defragging your hard drive, and updating your video driver. Also try running the presentation without Presenter View set to ON. That means that you should always keep the focus on the projected image and not click on the laptop screen. "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide thumbnails running down the left side of the screen. Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not advance. Only the projector advances and it runs smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses the projector for an instant and it jerks the presentation. I do not have to close and open the program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide, and then show it again and sometimes the problem is there. Other times it works great. -----Original Message----- What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re- open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney . . . |
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I'm not sure about the driver. Usually, on laptops, if the card came with
it you need the driver that the manufacturer provides. I can't think of a way to disable the PowerPoint Normal View, but thatt's probably just my memory problem. Maybe someone will pop in with the answer and I'll be hitting the side of my head. I would definitely get rid of the Fade thru Black transitions. "Chuck" wrote in message ... No I do not have the latest, latest drivers for my card, I am downloading them now. I am not sure I can use them because I believe I am using the driver that NVidia included in it's graphics suite program. As I recall, when I change to another driver, it disables my video suite software which I need for my application. I am using a few fade-thru-black transitions, but not many. The real issue is can I disable the slide update on the notebook? When the presentation runs without updating the notebook slide, it runs flawlessly through the whole presentation. If I start it and it begins updating the slide on the notebook, it will not stop updating it. I never know how it is going to run the presentation. I guess my question is: Is Powerpoint supposed to update the slide on the notebook each time the slide changes on the screen, and my program is just doing something screwy when it does not update the slide on the laptop? What I am saying is that if I start the presentation and it does not update the slide each time the slide changes, it runs the whole presentation with the first slide showing on the laptop. It never tries to change that slide. If it begins changing the slide on the laptop as the presentation runs, it will continue to do so throughout the presentation. Can I turn that feature on and off? Do I have control over that feature? -----Original Message----- Then you should have the nVidia GeForce2 GO, v.44.82, A18 driver installed, right? If not, you can find it on the Dell website. It's always good to ensure that you have the latest available driver installed especially when experiencing problems like those you described. Are you using random transitions on your slides, or are you using the Fade thru Black transition? It's a real resource hog. wrote in message ... The answer is Yes, yes and yes. It is highly animated, and graphics intensive. It is using all the resources on my video card. I am running audio. This is indeed a very complex presentation. I am NOT running presenter mode for that very reason. I have updated my video driver, and defraged my hard drive recently. I am using an NVidia graphics card suite which allows me to place the whole application on the projector and run it from there. That way I can use a left mouse click to advance the presentation, which I am doing wireless. When I do that, Powerpoint is not visible at all on the notebook, the presentation is running full screen on the projector. I can tell if the program is updating the laptop picture because sometimes it runs smoothly, and sometimes each slide will jerk once as it updates the slide in the program running under the presentation. Which temp file am I to empty? I have several folders and stuff in the temp file under Windows. I deleted all the files, but left all the folders such as cookies etc. Can I safely remove all these folders too, because I would like to. I would like to set the program so that it does NOT advance the slide on the laptop i.e. remains on the first slide. IS THIS POSSIBLE? I am running XP pro, NVidia GeForce2Go video card on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. This is a presentation that is for a celtic concert that I will be presenting in many churches over the next few years. It is over an hour long, and includes much animation to hold attention. I am struggling with audio-slide timing, (see previous post) and am attempting to address that with Producer which I just downloaded. This has got to look slick as there will be (hopefully) thousands of people who will be viewing it live over the next years. Anything you can do to help is GREATLY appreciated. I have invested months of time in it's preparation. Chuck -----Original Message----- Now I understand. It sounds like PowerPoint is demanding all of the resources on your system just to project the image and refresh the projector. By resources I mean processor speed, memory, the capabilities of the video card, available disk space, and whether your hard disk is fragmented. If your presentation has animation and transitions or music and video, there will be heavy demand on resources. What transition effects are you using? Try cleaning out your Temp folder, defragging your hard drive, and updating your video driver. Also try running the presentation without Presenter View set to ON. That means that you should always keep the focus on the projected image and not click on the laptop screen. "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide thumbnails running down the left side of the screen. Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not advance. Only the projector advances and it runs smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses the projector for an instant and it jerks the presentation. I do not have to close and open the program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide, and then show it again and sometimes the problem is there. Other times it works great. -----Original Message----- What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re- open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney . . . |
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I did some checking, and there is definitely a problem
with my video driver version. For some reason, I get an error message when I try to update my driver. I am running the original (2001) version driver. I have an e- mail into Dell support which will hopefully fix my problem. I do not want to disable the normal view of Powerpoint, I just want to disable the slide update feature while the presentation is running. Any ideas how to do that? Also I will drop by with a message if I have not found a solution after I get the video driver version issue resolved. Thanks so much for all your time and help!!!! Chuck -----Original Message----- I'm not sure about the driver. Usually, on laptops, if the card came with it you need the driver that the manufacturer provides. I can't think of a way to disable the PowerPoint Normal View, but thatt's probably just my memory problem. Maybe someone will pop in with the answer and I'll be hitting the side of my head. I would definitely get rid of the Fade thru Black transitions. "Chuck" wrote in message ... No I do not have the latest, latest drivers for my card, I am downloading them now. I am not sure I can use them because I believe I am using the driver that NVidia included in it's graphics suite program. As I recall, when I change to another driver, it disables my video suite software which I need for my application. I am using a few fade-thru-black transitions, but not many. The real issue is can I disable the slide update on the notebook? When the presentation runs without updating the notebook slide, it runs flawlessly through the whole presentation. If I start it and it begins updating the slide on the notebook, it will not stop updating it. I never know how it is going to run the presentation. I guess my question is: Is Powerpoint supposed to update the slide on the notebook each time the slide changes on the screen, and my program is just doing something screwy when it does not update the slide on the laptop? What I am saying is that if I start the presentation and it does not update the slide each time the slide changes, it runs the whole presentation with the first slide showing on the laptop. It never tries to change that slide. If it begins changing the slide on the laptop as the presentation runs, it will continue to do so throughout the presentation. Can I turn that feature on and off? Do I have control over that feature? -----Original Message----- Then you should have the nVidia GeForce2 GO, v.44.82, A18 driver installed, right? If not, you can find it on the Dell website. It's always good to ensure that you have the latest available driver installed especially when experiencing problems like those you described. Are you using random transitions on your slides, or are you using the Fade thru Black transition? It's a real resource hog. wrote in message ... The answer is Yes, yes and yes. It is highly animated, and graphics intensive. It is using all the resources on my video card. I am running audio. This is indeed a very complex presentation. I am NOT running presenter mode for that very reason. I have updated my video driver, and defraged my hard drive recently. I am using an NVidia graphics card suite which allows me to place the whole application on the projector and run it from there. That way I can use a left mouse click to advance the presentation, which I am doing wireless. When I do that, Powerpoint is not visible at all on the notebook, the presentation is running full screen on the projector. I can tell if the program is updating the laptop picture because sometimes it runs smoothly, and sometimes each slide will jerk once as it updates the slide in the program running under the presentation. Which temp file am I to empty? I have several folders and stuff in the temp file under Windows. I deleted all the files, but left all the folders such as cookies etc. Can I safely remove all these folders too, because I would like to. I would like to set the program so that it does NOT advance the slide on the laptop i.e. remains on the first slide. IS THIS POSSIBLE? I am running XP pro, NVidia GeForce2Go video card on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. This is a presentation that is for a celtic concert that I will be presenting in many churches over the next few years. It is over an hour long, and includes much animation to hold attention. I am struggling with audio-slide timing, (see previous post) and am attempting to address that with Producer which I just downloaded. This has got to look slick as there will be (hopefully) thousands of people who will be viewing it live over the next years. Anything you can do to help is GREATLY appreciated. I have invested months of time in it's preparation. Chuck -----Original Message----- Now I understand. It sounds like PowerPoint is demanding all of the resources on your system just to project the image and refresh the projector. By resources I mean processor speed, memory, the capabilities of the video card, available disk space, and whether your hard disk is fragmented. If your presentation has animation and transitions or music and video, there will be heavy demand on resources. What transition effects are you using? Try cleaning out your Temp folder, defragging your hard drive, and updating your video driver. Also try running the presentation without Presenter View set to ON. That means that you should always keep the focus on the projected image and not click on the laptop screen. "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide thumbnails running down the left side of the screen. Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not advance. Only the projector advances and it runs smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses the projector for an instant and it jerks the presentation. I do not have to close and open the program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide, and then show it again and sometimes the problem is there. Other times it works great. -----Original Message----- What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re- open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney . . . . |
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Powerpoint is updating laptop
If you get a current driver, I'm pretty confident that your problems will be
resolved or lessened, because the symptoms you describe sound very much like display problems, especially because they are pretty random and different each time. Let us know how it goes. "Chuck" wrote in message ... I did some checking, and there is definitely a problem with my video driver version. For some reason, I get an error message when I try to update my driver. I am running the original (2001) version driver. I have an e- mail into Dell support which will hopefully fix my problem. I do not want to disable the normal view of Powerpoint, I just want to disable the slide update feature while the presentation is running. Any ideas how to do that? Also I will drop by with a message if I have not found a solution after I get the video driver version issue resolved. Thanks so much for all your time and help!!!! Chuck -----Original Message----- I'm not sure about the driver. Usually, on laptops, if the card came with it you need the driver that the manufacturer provides. I can't think of a way to disable the PowerPoint Normal View, but thatt's probably just my memory problem. Maybe someone will pop in with the answer and I'll be hitting the side of my head. I would definitely get rid of the Fade thru Black transitions. "Chuck" wrote in message ... No I do not have the latest, latest drivers for my card, I am downloading them now. I am not sure I can use them because I believe I am using the driver that NVidia included in it's graphics suite program. As I recall, when I change to another driver, it disables my video suite software which I need for my application. I am using a few fade-thru-black transitions, but not many. The real issue is can I disable the slide update on the notebook? When the presentation runs without updating the notebook slide, it runs flawlessly through the whole presentation. If I start it and it begins updating the slide on the notebook, it will not stop updating it. I never know how it is going to run the presentation. I guess my question is: Is Powerpoint supposed to update the slide on the notebook each time the slide changes on the screen, and my program is just doing something screwy when it does not update the slide on the laptop? What I am saying is that if I start the presentation and it does not update the slide each time the slide changes, it runs the whole presentation with the first slide showing on the laptop. It never tries to change that slide. If it begins changing the slide on the laptop as the presentation runs, it will continue to do so throughout the presentation. Can I turn that feature on and off? Do I have control over that feature? -----Original Message----- Then you should have the nVidia GeForce2 GO, v.44.82, A18 driver installed, right? If not, you can find it on the Dell website. It's always good to ensure that you have the latest available driver installed especially when experiencing problems like those you described. Are you using random transitions on your slides, or are you using the Fade thru Black transition? It's a real resource hog. wrote in message ... The answer is Yes, yes and yes. It is highly animated, and graphics intensive. It is using all the resources on my video card. I am running audio. This is indeed a very complex presentation. I am NOT running presenter mode for that very reason. I have updated my video driver, and defraged my hard drive recently. I am using an NVidia graphics card suite which allows me to place the whole application on the projector and run it from there. That way I can use a left mouse click to advance the presentation, which I am doing wireless. When I do that, Powerpoint is not visible at all on the notebook, the presentation is running full screen on the projector. I can tell if the program is updating the laptop picture because sometimes it runs smoothly, and sometimes each slide will jerk once as it updates the slide in the program running under the presentation. Which temp file am I to empty? I have several folders and stuff in the temp file under Windows. I deleted all the files, but left all the folders such as cookies etc. Can I safely remove all these folders too, because I would like to. I would like to set the program so that it does NOT advance the slide on the laptop i.e. remains on the first slide. IS THIS POSSIBLE? I am running XP pro, NVidia GeForce2Go video card on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. This is a presentation that is for a celtic concert that I will be presenting in many churches over the next few years. It is over an hour long, and includes much animation to hold attention. I am struggling with audio-slide timing, (see previous post) and am attempting to address that with Producer which I just downloaded. This has got to look slick as there will be (hopefully) thousands of people who will be viewing it live over the next years. Anything you can do to help is GREATLY appreciated. I have invested months of time in it's preparation. Chuck -----Original Message----- Now I understand. It sounds like PowerPoint is demanding all of the resources on your system just to project the image and refresh the projector. By resources I mean processor speed, memory, the capabilities of the video card, available disk space, and whether your hard disk is fragmented. If your presentation has animation and transitions or music and video, there will be heavy demand on resources. What transition effects are you using? Try cleaning out your Temp folder, defragging your hard drive, and updating your video driver. Also try running the presentation without Presenter View set to ON. That means that you should always keep the focus on the projected image and not click on the laptop screen. "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... Anti-Virus is not running that I am aware of. When you open a presentation in normal mode on the laptop you have a large slide in the center of the screen and the slide thumbnails running down the left side of the screen. Sometimes when I run the presentation (hit F5) the large slide on the laptop stays on the first slide and does not advance. Only the projector advances and it runs smoothly. Sometimes everytime a slide advances on the projector, the large slide in the center of the laptop will also advance, and a gray square will advance to the next slide in the thumbnails. When this happens it pauses the projector for an instant and it jerks the presentation. I do not have to close and open the program. I can stop the presentation, work on a slide, and then show it again and sometimes the problem is there. Other times it works great. -----Original Message----- What do you mean by "update"? What else is running on the laptop when this happens? Do you have anti-virus software running? -- Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials http://www.soniacoleman.com/ "Chuck Arney" wrote in message ... I have a large graphics and animation intensive presentation. I am using Powerpoint 2002. Sometimes when I show the presentation the slides on my laptop do not update and the show runs smoothly. Other times the slide updates on the laptop and makes the presentation jerk when it does. I want the laptop to remain on the first slide and not update. I am not using the presenter mode, I usually hit F5 in normal mode. This problem happens randomly. I do not have to close and then re- open poerpoint to cause the problem I can run it one time and it is OK, then stop it and run it again, and it updates the laptop. How can I make it consistant? Chuck Arney . . . . |
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