PPT cross platform video links problem - it doesn't work!!

Hi

I am sure this topic has been pushed and pulled around forever, but it
is a major problem for me that I need to resolve it as soon as
possible.
I produce many, many PPT presentations for Academic Staff for teaching
purposes using Apple Mac, OS X and Office v X Powerpoint, and the vast
majority of my presentations include video and audio.
Most of the presentations are used in a lecture room environment using
desktop or laptop PC's running XP and the latest Office.
Academic staff do not, and cannot get involved in copying, deleting
and re-inserting movie files in front of a full class of students, and
at present, the only guaranteed method of achieving this is for myself
to preload the presentations and relink the video clips on a laptop
prior to the lectures.
Ideally, the presentation needs to be run direct from a CD.
I have used different video formats, avi, mpg, wmv etc, I have made
sure all video clips are in the same directory as presentation file
before importing, I have saved the presentation as a Package file, I
have tried burning the video clips to a CD then importing these clips
to the presentation then buning the presentation file to same CD as a
session, I give up!!!! (If everyone used a Mac - no probs.)

Any help in resolving this issue will be much appreciated

Thanks
ANDY

Hi Andy,

I take it from your posting that something isn't working. What is happening
when the presentations are being used on Windows boxes? What version of
Windows? What version of PowerPoint?

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In article <c9cfd92e.0311120900.59cf9732 DeleteThis @posting.google.com>,
a.belsham DeleteThis @kingston.ac.uk (ANDY) wrote:


>
> Hi
>
> I am sure this topic has been pushed and pulled around forever, but it
> is a major problem for me that I need to resolve it as soon as
> possible.
> I produce many, many PPT presentations for Academic Staff for teaching
> purposes using Apple Mac, OS X and Office v X Powerpoint, and the vast
> majority of my presentations include video and audio.
> Most of the presentations are used in a lecture room environment using
> desktop or laptop PC's running XP and the latest Office.
> Academic staff do not, and cannot get involved in copying, deleting
> and re-inserting movie files in front of a full class of students, and
> at present, the only guaranteed method of achieving this is for myself
> to preload the presentations and relink the video clips on a laptop
> prior to the lectures.
> Ideally, the presentation needs to be run direct from a CD.
> I have used different video formats, avi, mpg, wmv etc, I have made
> sure all video clips are in the same directory as presentation file
> before importing, I have saved the presentation as a Package file, I
> have tried burning the video clips to a CD then importing these clips
> to the presentation then buning the presentation file to same CD as a
> session, I give up!!!! (If everyone used a Mac - no probs.)
>
> Any help in resolving this issue will be much appreciated
>
> Thanks
> ANDY