PowerPoint Problem

[jarvis24]

Thanks for the update. Do you think think might be a version issue then? The PowerPoint show that comes with that sample was created with an older version of PowerPoint. Maybe, in PP v2007, you need to use the "save as" option to make it compatible with earlier versions of PowerPoint? If you try this, please let me know how it goes!

[topie]

Hello there,

The entire experiment ran smoothly when I:

1) Saved the PowerPoint file as a .pps NOT a .ppt
2) Did not put the .pps file directly into the experiment, instead I saved the .pps file into a questionnaire and put that into the experiment

I hope that that helps some poor soul avoid what I've experienced for the past three weeks! Thanks for your help all along!

Be blessed!

Tina

[jarvis24]

Ahh, the old PPS vs PPT issue. Yes, that makes sense because the PPS is a compiled version of the PPT file--such that it does not need to be opened by PowerPoint itself. Thanks for the update. I think we ought to add a user-friendly message to users in cases where a PPT file has been inserted. So as to avoid this kind of troubleshooting. It is odd though that the PPS does not run from the experiment file and only does so successfully from a que file. And finally--can you confirm that this is a Power Point 2007 PPS file that is working ok?

[topie]

Thank you so much for your help. Yes, I too think it would be a good idea to insert the message. Yes, this is a PP 2007 file that is working fine. Thanks again! I'm sure you'll be seeing me again on here! I'm learning a LOT but there's still so much! Thanks again!