How to embed a powerpoint presentation within another powerpoint presentation

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Jul 19, 2008, 4:16:17 PM7/19/08

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Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

My daughter is taking an online college course. She has created a powerpoint presentation "A." Now she required to create a second presentation "B" that has "A" embedded...NOT LINKED...so that her instructor can read it from her computer.

Help.

CyberTaz

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Jul 20, 2008, 9:57:22 AM7/20/08

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More specific detail if you will...

Do you mean actually embedding one PPt file in another as an embedded object
or do you mean adding the slides from one file as slides in another?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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Jim Gordon MVP

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Jul 20, 2008, 11:33:32 AM7/20/08

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Hi,

PowerPoint does not allow you to embed one presentation within another
using the OLE embed feature.

It seems to me that it would be far more sensible to use the Custom Show
feature. This lets you take a large presentation and make individual
presentations that are subsets of the entirety.

Check out the Slide Show menu and look for Custom Shows.

-Jim

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Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 20, 2008, 1:59:15 PM7/20/08

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> PowerPoint does not allow you to embed one presentation within another
> using the OLE embed feature.

Too lazy to fire up the Mac and check, so I'll just ask if you can do either of:

- Insert Object and create from file, pick a PPT file

- Drag an existing PPT file icon onto a slide

Either works in the Windows version to embed a PPT into another PPT.

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Jul 21, 2008, 4:41:10 PM7/21/08

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I tried the Insert ... choose file. I get the message "The server application,
source file, or item cannot be found. check that the path and file name
are correct, or try reinstalling the server application." The file is
on my desktop.

thanks! (I'm the daughter)

CyberTaz

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Jul 21, 2008, 10:22:05 PM7/21/08

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But neither works in the Mac version :-( PPt files are not embeddable.

If you care to take the few minutes, use Help> Send Feedback to support the
feature in the data bank monitored by MacBu.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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Jul 22, 2008, 6:35:54 AM7/22/08

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"But neither works in the Mac version PPt files are not embeddable."

That's what we have decided! Thanks for the clarification. It would be nice if the mac versions were more compatible with the PC versions, but Microsoft is not like Burger King: "Have it OUR way."

Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 22, 2008, 10:27:06 AM7/22/08

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In article <C4AABC8D.3F707%onlygen...@com.cast.net>, CyberTaz wrote:
> But neither works in the Mac version :-( PPt files are not embeddable.

Drat. But thanks for the confirmation on that, Bob

Jim Gordon MVP

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Jul 22, 2008, 7:36:09 PM7/22/08

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Sheesh,

I tried it before I posted that embedding does not work.

Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 23, 2008, 10:55:24 AM7/23/08

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> Sheesh,
>
> I tried it before I posted that embedding does not work.
>
> -Jim

I'm sure. But like linking, there are so many ways of going about it, and they
behave in so many ways, I was just tossing in a few other ways of trying it to
see if they'd float.

Like lead. Sigh.

lmac

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Oct 12, 2008, 2:58:00 PM10/12/08

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I was able to do this but how can i get the show i embedded to play within
the slide i embedded it on. As of now it just sits there. If i click on it it
will open in full screen mode instead of playing on the slide it is embeded
on.

Thank you for your help!

Steve Rindsberg

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Oct 12, 2008, 4:10:46 PM10/12/08

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In article <0FDADDC8-D5D7-4F45...@microsoft.com>, Lmac wrote:
> I was able to do this but how can i get the show i embedded to play within
> the slide i embedded it on. As of now it just sits there. If i click on it it
> will open in full screen mode instead of playing on the slide it is embeded
> on.

I don't think you can get a presentation to play back windowed within another
presentation. At least I can't see any way to do it.

CyberTaz

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Oct 13, 2008, 12:58:00 PM10/13/08

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As Steve wrote, you can't - you're essentially trying to run two separate
instances of the program which isn't supported.

If you can be more specific about the result you're looking for there are
other options which may be even more effective.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

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