PP 2007 on Vista...some questions

Running PP 2007 on a Vista 32 bit version. I'm creating a show to be used
at a wedding. The show has about 200 slides, most have pictures, some with
captions. We're using a WAV file of 3 songs that have edited together.
Total time is just about 12 minutes long.

My questions are these:

Is is better to save the file as a Presentation or a Show, and what are the
advantages of either. Should we inbed the WAV file or just link it? The
WAV is about 118mb, the show itself is about 92mb in size.

I've got all of the pictures in place, but some still need formatted as to
their shape and "5 point soft edge". Is there a way to apply the same
shape, rounded rectangle, to all the pictures at one time (now that they are
already placed on the slides). If I try the "Edit Album" way, it disrupts
the existing slides.

Once finished, I would also appreciate some advice on the best way to give
this show to family members on CD or DVD. I do have a burner on the Dell
portable I'm using.

Once the show is complete, and the wedding day is here, is the best way to
run it directly from the computer, or from a CD? It will be shown on the
same system I'm building it on.

Thanks in advance for any tips or advice. These are really fun to do, but
sure can be tedious.

Melissa

Is is better to save the file as a Presentation or a Show, and what are the
advantages of either.

The only difference: as a Show, it'll have a PPS extension and it'll start up
directly into slide show view when you doubleclick the file. As a
Presentation, it'll have a PPT extension and will start in edit mode.

You can simply change the extension from PPT to PPS or back depending on what
you want it to do; the file format's the same either way.

Should we inbed the WAV file or just link it? The
WAV is about 118mb, the show itself is about 92mb in size.

You won't be able to embed more than a 50mb WAV, so it seems linking is the way
to go. Be sure to put the WAV in the same folder as the PPT *first* and only
then insert it into the presentation. That'll make it more likely that the
link won't break when you move the presenation to another PC.

I've got all of the pictures in place, but some still need formatted as to
their shape and "5 point soft edge". Is there a way to apply the same
shape, rounded rectangle, to all the pictures at one time (now that they are
already placed on the slides). If I try the "Edit Album" way, it disrupts
the existing slides.

I'll leave this one for somebody with a clue. g

Once finished, I would also appreciate some advice on the best way to give
this show to family members on CD or DVD. I do have a burner on the Dell
portable I'm using.

Try the Package for CD feature; package to a folder then user your regular CD
burning software to burn the folder's contents to the root of the CD. Choose
the option to include the viewer.

Once the show is complete, and the wedding day is here, is the best way to
run it directly from the computer, or from a CD? It will be shown on the
same system I'm building it on.

From the computer, by all means. Reading from the CD is much slower than from
the hard drive.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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"Steve Rindsberg" wrote in message
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Is is better to save the file as a Presentation or a Show, and what are
the
advantages of either.

The only difference: as a Show, it'll have a PPS extension and it'll
start up
directly into slide show view when you doubleclick the file. As a
Presentation, it'll have a PPT extension and will start in edit mode.

You can simply change the extension from PPT to PPS or back depending on
what
you want it to do; the file format's the same either way.

Should we inbed the WAV file or just link it? The
WAV is about 118mb, the show itself is about 92mb in size.

You won't be able to embed more than a 50mb WAV, so it seems linking is
the way
to go. Be sure to put the WAV in the same folder as the PPT *first* and
only
then insert it into the presentation. That'll make it more likely that
the
link won't break when you move the presenation to another PC.

I've got all of the pictures in place, but some still need formatted as
to
their shape and "5 point soft edge". Is there a way to apply the same
shape, rounded rectangle, to all the pictures at one time (now that they
are
already placed on the slides). If I try the "Edit Album" way, it
disrupts
the existing slides.

I'll leave this one for somebody with a clue. g

Once finished, I would also appreciate some advice on the best way to
give
this show to family members on CD or DVD. I do have a burner on the Dell
portable I'm using.

Try the Package for CD feature; package to a folder then user your regular
CD
burning software to burn the folder's contents to the root of the CD.
Choose
the option to include the viewer.

Once the show is complete, and the wedding day is here, is the best way
to
run it directly from the computer, or from a CD? It will be shown on the
same system I'm building it on.

From the computer, by all means. Reading from the CD is much slower than
from
the hard drive.



Steve, thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I had already gone
through the show and finished editing the photo edges, so you answered all
my remaining questions.

Melissa

Once the show is complete, and the wedding day is here, is the best way to
run it directly from the computer, or from a CD? It will be shown on the
same system I'm building it on.

Dear Melissa:
If you want to burn the slide show to DVD not only for backup but also to
play it on TV, you may try my product Wondershare PPT2DVD. It is a tool can
burn PowerPoint presentations to DVD to play on TV with a remote.
I'll be glad to receive your suggestions of this program.
Thanks a lot!

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"Melissa" wrote:

Running PP 2007 on a Vista 32 bit version. I'm creating a show to be used
at a wedding. The show has about 200 slides, most have pictures, some with
captions. We're using a WAV file of 3 songs that have edited together.
Total time is just about 12 minutes long.

My questions are these:

Is is better to save the file as a Presentation or a Show, and what are the
advantages of either. Should we inbed the WAV file or just link it? The
WAV is about 118mb, the show itself is about 92mb in size.

I've got all of the pictures in place, but some still need formatted as to
their shape and "5 point soft edge". Is there a way to apply the same
shape, rounded rectangle, to all the pictures at one time (now that they are
already placed on the slides). If I try the "Edit Album" way, it disrupts
the existing slides.

Once finished, I would also appreciate some advice on the best way to give
this show to family members on CD or DVD. I do have a burner on the Dell
portable I'm using.

Once the show is complete, and the wedding day is here, is the best way to
run it directly from the computer, or from a CD? It will be shown on the
same system I'm building it on.

Thanks in advance for any tips or advice. These are really fun to do, but
sure can be tedious.

Melissa

Steve, thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I had already gone
through the show and finished editing the photo edges, so you answered all
my remaining questions.

My pleasure, Melissa.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================