Comments on: Animated Templates and PowerPoint 2007 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/ PowerPoint Templates, News and Tutorials Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bruce Howard http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5126 Bruce Howard Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:02:08 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-5126 Just updating the previous comment. My windows update was not updating Office products, so while I assumed I had the latest PowerPoint, I did not. Once I had SP2 installed, everything was fine. Thanks Art! Just updating the previous comment. My windows update was not updating Office products, so while I assumed I had the latest PowerPoint, I did not. Once I had SP2 installed, everything was fine. Thanks Art!

]]> By: Bruce Howard http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-5123 Bruce Howard Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:36:38 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-5123 Hi Art, I can create a new powerpoint and insert avi or wmv files and they play fine, but when I use your powerpoints, the animations do not play at all. I have done all that was suggested in this article and comments to fix it. You said, "If you are interested in the actual codec used, it is Windows Media Video 9." I searched the Microsoft site and found too many links for this. Can you provide a download link? Hi Art,
I can create a new powerpoint and insert avi or wmv files and they play fine, but when I use your powerpoints, the animations do not play at all. I have done all that was suggested in this article and comments to fix it. You said, “If you are interested in the actual codec used, it is Windows Media Video 9.” I searched the Microsoft site and found too many links for this. Can you provide a download link?

]]> By: Art Holden http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-3447 Art Holden Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:32:57 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-3447 Hi Barry, Since Articulate doesn't yet support animated gifs and the PowerPoint (wmv) videos in our templates there are a few things you can do. In our PowerPoint animations section, you can download the animation as a .SWF (Flash Movie). Then in Articulate you can insert the animation directly as a Flash Movie. With the animated movies in our templates, we are releasing in just a few days the ability to download our video backgrounds as .FLV (Flash video) which can easily be used in Articulate. Art Holden PresenterMedia Hi Barry, Since Articulate doesn’t yet support animated gifs and the PowerPoint (wmv) videos in our templates there are a few things you can do. In our PowerPoint animations section, you can download the animation as a .SWF (Flash Movie). Then in Articulate you can insert the animation directly as a Flash Movie.

With the animated movies in our templates, we are releasing in just a few days the ability to download our video backgrounds as .FLV (Flash video) which can easily be used in Articulate.

Art Holden
PresenterMedia

]]> By: Barry http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-3446 Barry Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:57:17 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-3446 My animations do not work when I load them Artiuclate Studio 9. Do you know how I can get them to work? My animations do not work when I load them Artiuclate Studio 9. Do you know how I can get them to work?

]]> By: Art Holden http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-3110 Art Holden Mon, 09 May 2011 14:34:01 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-3110 Hello Christie, Since we optimize our PowerPoint templates to Microsoft's specifications for video, the easiest way to make sure you are running what Microsoft likes is to make sure Microsoft's Windows Media Player is up to date. If you are interested in the actual codec used, it is Windows Media Video 9. Art Holden PresenterMedia Hello Christie, Since we optimize our PowerPoint templates to Microsoft’s specifications for video, the easiest way to make sure you are running what Microsoft likes is to make sure Microsoft’s Windows Media Player is up to date. If you are interested in the actual codec used, it is Windows Media Video 9.

Art Holden
PresenterMedia

]]> By: Christie http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-3101 Christie Sat, 07 May 2011 02:36:21 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-3101 Art Holden, WHY don't you just give the codecs? I don't have Windows Media Player and I don't want one... :( why can't you just give them out for those of us who want to install just those? ............please? Art Holden, WHY don’t you just give the codecs? I don’t have Windows Media Player and I don’t want one… :( why can’t you just give them out for those of us who want to install just those?
…………please?

]]> By: Art Holden http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Art Holden Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:26:23 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-2388 Hello Alison, It sounds like service pack 2 is installed as the video does at least play, but it sounds like you are having a video conflict causing the poor video playback. These types of problems are rare and unfortunately they can been difficult to diagnose. It could be a video driver problem with your video card. You could see if there are updated drivers for your video card. It could also be a problem with a 3rd party application that is causing a problem with the video playback on your system. Things like a screen capture or other program could have modified the codecs that PowerPoint uses causing the problem. I'll contact you on Monday and we can see if we can work through what might be causing the problem. Art Holden PresenterMedia Hello Alison, It sounds like service pack 2 is installed as the video does at least play, but it sounds like you are having a video conflict causing the poor video playback. These types of problems are rare and unfortunately they can been difficult to diagnose. It could be a video driver problem with your video card. You could see if there are updated drivers for your video card. It could also be a problem with a 3rd party application that is causing a problem with the video playback on your system. Things like a screen capture or other program could have modified the codecs that PowerPoint uses causing the problem.

I’ll contact you on Monday and we can see if we can work through what might be causing the problem.

Art Holden
PresenterMedia

]]> By: Alison Withers http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 Alison Withers Fri, 25 Feb 2011 23:39:15 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-2370 Hi, I have followed all of your advice to the T, I have Office 2007 SP2 installed, am running Powerpoint 2007 on a 32 bit system, I have downloaded the latest Media Player 11 inclusive of all updates, but my animated templates are not viewing correctly. They are animated, but the video is flashing and some templates have rainbow coloured streaks running through the video. I have definitely installed SP2 for Office as this has been confirmed. Please could you advise me what else I might be missing? Hi, I have followed all of your advice to the T, I have Office 2007 SP2 installed, am running Powerpoint 2007 on a 32 bit system, I have downloaded the latest Media Player 11 inclusive of all updates, but my animated templates are not viewing correctly.

They are animated, but the video is flashing and some templates have rainbow coloured streaks running through the video.

I have definitely installed SP2 for Office as this has been confirmed.

Please could you advise me what else I might be missing?

]]> By: Art Holden http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 Art Holden Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:52:46 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-1922 Hello Eric, Sometimes Service Pack 2 may not have installed. Here is a post where it explains how to check for sure that it is installed. <a href="/blog/2010/08/office-2007-service-pack-2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/08/office-2007-service-pack-2/</a> Once you have verified that your PowerPoint 2007 has SP2, and if the animations still fail to work properly, most likely you need to check to see if Windows Media Player is up to date. Installing the most recent version of Windows Media Player will insure that your machine has all the proper video codecs necessary to play the video files in PowerPoint. Let me know if you continue to have problems. Art Holden PresenterMedia.com Hello Eric, Sometimes Service Pack 2 may not have installed. Here is a post where it explains how to check for sure that it is installed. http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/08/office-2007-service-pack-2/

Once you have verified that your PowerPoint 2007 has SP2, and if the animations still fail to work properly, most likely you need to check to see if Windows Media Player is up to date. Installing the most recent version of Windows Media Player will insure that your machine has all the proper video codecs necessary to play the video files in PowerPoint.

Let me know if you continue to have problems.

Art Holden
PresenterMedia.com

]]> By: Eric Harris http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/2010/07/animated-templates-powerpoint-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 Eric Harris Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:22:38 +0000 http://www.presentermedia.com/blog/?p=386#comment-1919 I am having the same problem as Nancy. I uploaded the the Office SP2 and restarted my machine. Its a recentely new purchased computer so it should be up to date with Windows as well. The animations will not play in the powerpoint. Thanks, Eric I am having the same problem as Nancy. I uploaded the the Office SP2 and restarted my machine. Its a recentely new purchased computer so it should be up to date with Windows as well. The animations will not play in the powerpoint.

Thanks,
Eric

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