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Fix broken movie links in PowerPoint 2003
We regularly create PowerPoint presentations with linked AVI or WMV movies. Sometimes in the course of distribution, videos are renamed or moved. I need a way to restore those broken links without losing the Custom Animation info (start time,, stop time volume setting, etc.).
In PPT2002, if the program encountered a broken media link, it would automatically open a dialog and let the user locate the missing file, preserving the Animation settings. In PPT2003, all we get is a useless dialog box saying 'Windows Media Player cannot play the file..." The only alternative is to re-insert the movie, and recreate all of the custom animation settings. Anyone got a better idea?
Thanks!
In PPT2002, if the program encountered a broken media link, it would automatically open a dialog and let the user locate the missing file, preserving the Animation settings. In PPT2003, all we get is a useless dialog box saying 'Windows Media Player cannot play the file..." The only alternative is to re-insert the movie, and recreate all of the custom animation settings. Anyone got a better idea?
Thanks!
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pseyler
Give FixLinks a try. There's a free demo download so you can see if it will do what you need. http://www.pptools.com
ASKER
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm looking for a way to do this within PPT, because we have lots of users, and the licenses for all of them would get expensive.
I wonder what happened to the easy capability that used to be within PPT2002, and why it went away in PPT2003?
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I wonder what happened to the easy capability that used to be within PPT2002, and why it went away in PPT2003?
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I don't know why the difference. I know the FixLinks developer often grants site licenses. If you don't come up with a good way, you might try it and then contact the developer about a site license.
Sorry I don't have any suggestions for another good way to check the links. You can usually right-click a video on a slide and choose Edit Movie Object -- that will giveyou the path, although it may be truncated in the middle, which is frustrating.
Sorry I don't have any suggestions for another good way to check the links. You can usually right-click a video on a slide and choose Edit Movie Object -- that will giveyou the path, although it may be truncated in the middle, which is frustrating.
ASKER
That's a good idea... we'll start with that approach, but write it with a dialog to let the user navigate to the new path and then apply it to the remaining links. We'll start building it into all of our presentations with a shortcut key, so the user can check the links by hitting ctrl-altl-S or sometihing similar.
Thanks!
Thanks!