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PPT97: Animation/Sound/Timing Lost in ActiveMovie Stream Format

Article ID: 160847

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q160847

SYMPTOMS

If you export your presentation as an ActiveMovie Stream Format (.asf) file, the .asf movie does not contain any transition, animation, or build effects. Also all your slide timings in your presentation are lost. All slides are time-spaced evenly.

In addition, the only audio the .asf movie contains is your recorded narration. Embedded sounds or movies and sounds which accompany transition and animation effects are not contained in the movie file.

CAUSE

ActiveMovie Stream Format movies are designed to play over low bandwidth connections. ASF movies created from PowerPoint slide shows contain only the most important elements of the slide show: the slide images and the narration.

MORE INFORMATION

To export your presentation as an .asf movie file, you must install the Publish to ASF Add-in (Pptasf.ppa). This add-in is located in the following folder on the Office or PowerPoint compact disc (assuming that D: is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive):

   D:\ValuPack\Asf

After you install this add-in, you can export your presentation as an .asf movie by clicking Publish to ASF on the Tools menu.

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