Re: Slow ppt vs fast pps open

Joaquim,

I'm guessing, that these presentations contain images / links to files
either on a network or on the internet.

When you open the file they are attempting to re-load the images/links from
the network or internet. Eventually they 'time-out' after giving up trying.

I can't imagine the ppt / pps making any difference

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TAJ Simmons
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"Joaquim Lopes" <Joaquim Lopes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm having problems opening some .ppt presentations, they appear to hang
> the
> slide thumbnail on the left open slowly one by one and then finally open,
> when I rename the files to .pps they execute quickly. This only happens in
> some machines in other the same file opens without problems, how can I
> debug
> this?
>
> I have windows xp sp2 with office 2003 and all the latest patches for both
> w2k3 and office. I already update the video and printer drivers.
>
> Thanks
> Joaquim
>

Joaquim,
This is just a guess, but do you have Fast Saves turned on? If so, go turn
it off. (Tools--> Options, Save Tab) It shouldn't be making a difference,
but if you created your pps files by doing a "Save As" from the PPT, then it
would. (Save As tends to clean up the messes left by Fast Save.)

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"Joaquim Lopes" <JoaquimLopes@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Simmons,
>
> I don't now if there is any difference but I tested and got this slow/fast
> behaviour when changing from ppt to pps every time.
>
> Probably something's don't get loaded when in pps mode.
>
> The file doesn't time out it just takes a long long long time to open and
> appears to hang, and is a small file, in some other computer this doesn't
> happen, I already tried to repair and reinstall office.
>
> Is there any form of load debug of a ppt?
>
> Regards,
> Joaquim
>
>