Way OT - PowerPoint

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Thanks to all of you...I will work on the Pack-and-Go part. I think I knew
this a long time ago.

Lydia

IS Administrator
Canyon Engineering Products
661-294-0084 x115



-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Caughey [mailto:caugheyt@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:07 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Way OT - PowerPoint


I'll take this a little further. I created a self playing CD Powerpoint
presentation for HVMC last year and it has worked very well. We had 600
copies burned and have sent them to many prospective customers.

The Autorun.inf file I used was:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst

The real trick to get it burned as self-playing (without buying special
software) was to fool the packaged powerpoint viewer into looking on the CD
for the presentation rather than the original location on the C: (or
whatever) drive. The PowerPoint Pack-n-Go Wizard builds in the location.
So I had to burn the "raw" presentation (.ppt) on a CD and pack-n-go from
there to a second CD. It took a lot of trial and error but eventualy I got
it to fire right up when I put the CD in the drive (assuming autoplay is
turned on for drive).

I'll search my notes from last year and see if I can find more details on
what worked.

-Todd C.



-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Hoyt [mailto:aaron.hoyt@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:57 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Way OT - PowerPoint


Not sure about Power Point specifically, but...
a text file called autorun.inf is like autoexec.bat for the c: drive.
As an example, the contents of one from an autorun driver disk I have in my
hand is...

[autorun]
open=setup.exe
icon=setup.exe

change the icon to the icon file you want, and the open to the name of the
file you want to run.

Starting PowerPoint might be harder, but should be similar.

Aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: Lydia Coffman [mailto:lcoffman@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:41 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Way OT - PowerPoint


Good morning:

Does anyone out there know how to set up a PowerPoint presentation so that
if I give someone a cd, when they put the cd into their computer it
automatically launches the presentation. Our sales department is driving my
craz(ier) with this.

Thanks a bunch,
Lydia

IS Administrator
Canyon Engineering Products
661-294-0084 x115





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Good morning:

Does anyone out there know how to set up a PowerPoint presentation so that
if I give someone a cd, when they put the cd into their computer it
automatically launches the presentation. Our sales department is driving my
craz(ier) with this.

Thanks a bunch,
Lydia

IS Administrator
Canyon Engineering Products
661-294-0084 x115
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Lydia -

I have only done this once and it was awhile ago. But if you go -
File then Pack and Go. Then follow the wizard.


Best Regards,


Dina Hieber
Vamco International, Inc.
(412) 963-7100 Phone
(412) 963-9511 Fax

-----Original Message-----
From: Lydia Coffman [mailto:lcoffman@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:41 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Way OT - PowerPoint


Good morning:

Does anyone out there know how to set up a PowerPoint presentation so
that
if I give someone a cd, when they put the cd into their computer it
automatically launches the presentation. Our sales department is
driving my
craz(ier) with this.

Thanks a bunch,
Lydia

IS Administrator
Canyon Engineering Products
661-294-0084 x115





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I had to do the same thing and this is how I did it.
1) I saved the Presentation as a .pps file.
2) I downloaded a trial and eventually bought a autorun utility.
http://www.kl-soft.com/autoplay.php
There may be free ways to do autorun but this was too easy.
3) Follow the instructions with the autorun utility and you are good to go.

Good Luck,
Jim Moore


-----Original Message-----
From: Lydia Coffman [mailto:lcoffman@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:41 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Way OT - PowerPoint


Good morning:

Does anyone out there know how to set up a PowerPoint presentation so that
if I give someone a cd, when they put the cd into their computer it
automatically launches the presentation. Our sales department is driving my
craz(ier) with this.

Thanks a bunch,
Lydia

IS Administrator
Canyon Engineering Products
661-294-0084 x115
5
Not sure about Power Point specifically, but...
a text file called autorun.inf is like autoexec.bat for the c: drive.
As an example, the contents of one from an autorun driver disk I have in my
hand is...

[autorun]
open=setup.exe
icon=setup.exe

change the icon to the icon file you want, and the open to the name of the
file you want to run.

Starting PowerPoint might be harder, but should be similar.

Aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: Lydia Coffman [mailto:lcoffman@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:41 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Way OT - PowerPoint


Good morning:

Does anyone out there know how to set up a PowerPoint presentation so that
if I give someone a cd, when they put the cd into their computer it
automatically launches the presentation. Our sales department is driving my
craz(ier) with this.

Thanks a bunch,
Lydia

IS Administrator
Canyon Engineering Products
661-294-0084 x115





Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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I'll take this a little further. I created a self playing CD Powerpoint presentation for HVMC last year and it has worked very well. We had 600 copies burned and have sent them to many prospective customers.

The Autorun.inf file I used was:

[autorun]
open=ppview32.exe present\present.lst

The real trick to get it burned as self-playing (without buying special software) was to fool the packaged powerpoint viewer into looking on the CD for the presentation rather than the original location on the C: (or whatever) drive. The PowerPoint Pack-n-Go Wizard builds in the location. So I had to burn the "raw" presentation (.ppt) on a CD and pack-n-go from there to a second CD. It took a lot of trial and error but eventualy I got it to fire right up when I put the CD in the drive (assuming autoplay is turned on for drive).

I'll search my notes from last year and see if I can find more details on what worked.

-Todd C.



-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Hoyt [mailto:aaron.hoyt@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:57 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Way OT - PowerPoint


Not sure about Power Point specifically, but...
a text file called autorun.inf is like autoexec.bat for the c: drive.
As an example, the contents of one from an autorun driver disk I have in my
hand is...

[autorun]
open=setup.exe
icon=setup.exe

change the icon to the icon file you want, and the open to the name of the
file you want to run.

Starting PowerPoint might be harder, but should be similar.

Aaron

-----Original Message-----
From: Lydia Coffman [mailto:lcoffman@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:41 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Way OT - PowerPoint


Good morning:

Does anyone out there know how to set up a PowerPoint presentation so that
if I give someone a cd, when they put the cd into their computer it
automatically launches the presentation. Our sales department is driving my
craz(ier) with this.

Thanks a bunch,
Lydia

IS Administrator
Canyon Engineering Products
661-294-0084 x115





Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have
already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/






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(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
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