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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / April 2006In Powerpoint my clip art is coming up as music files. Help!!
When I search for a clipart to insert, the files all come up with a sound icon and don't work. It used to be okay so I probably did something. How can I fix it? Thanks > When I search for a clipart to insert, the files all come up with a sound > icon and don't work. It used to be okay so I probably did something. How > can > I fix it? Check the "results should be" box in the clip task pane. Hit the pull-down arrow and make sure you don't have only sounds selected there.  SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP]http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ How to Prevent PowerPoint Overload (March 23 webcast) http://tinyurl.com/bp2h8 I checked that. I've got clipart checked. These are wave files I'm getting. What would happen if I re-installed Office? > > When I search for a clipart to insert, the files all come up with a sound > > icon and don't work. It used to be okay so I probably did something. How [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Check the "results should be" box in the clip task pane. Hit the pull-down > arrow and make sure you don't have only sounds selected there. Reinstalling may not fix it. I suppose you can try -- it won't hurt even if it ends up it doesn't help. You might run a detect and repair first, though. What search terms are you using? I'll see if I can repro here. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP]http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ How to Prevent PowerPoint Overload (March 23 webcast) http://tinyurl.com/bp2h8 >I checked that. I've got clipart checked. These are wave files I'm getting. > What would happen if I re-installed Office? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> pull-down >> arrow and make sure you don't have only sounds selected there. No matter what terms I'm using, I get the same thing. I've been doing some more experimenting and the clipart files themselves seem to be okay - but when I do a search through PP, all of the files are coded with the symbol that means MP3 or Wav file. And, when I click on it PP says that it can't install that type of file. If I go to clipart from a file, I can get any clipart I want but, of course, they're not searchable. I was changing some RAM files to MP3's earlier but don't see how I could have done this to the clipart. How do I do a detect and repair? Thanks for your help. Linda > Reinstalling may not fix it. I suppose you can try -- it won't hurt even if > it ends up it doesn't help. You might run a detect and repair first, though. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >> pull-down > >> arrow and make sure you don't have only sounds selected there. Wow, I don't know what's wrong, then. Maybe your file associations are just messed up in general. Most clip art from Office Online is WMF or GIF. I suppose if you changed WMF or GIF to RAM or MP3, that could cause the type of problem you're seeing. If you click on the arrow beside a clip and choose Preview|Properties, does that give you any clues? To run a Detect and Repair, click the Help menu and then click Detect and Repair. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP]http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ How to Prevent PowerPoint Overload (March 23 webcast) http://tinyurl.com/bp2h8 > No matter what terms I'm using, I get the same thing. I've been doing some > more experimenting and the clipart files themselves seem to be okay - but [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> pull-down >> >> arrow and make sure you don't have only sounds selected there. I am having the same problem. But I don't have sound in my presentation. I also have developed an additional problem. If I try to resize a picture or make a word change it takes forever. This has never happened before. I am a novice at PP, and I would sure appreciate some help. I have probably done some stupid mistake. Thanks in advance. SignatureAmi > When I search for a clipart to insert, the files all come up with a sound > icon and don't work. It used to be okay so I probably did something. How can > I fix it? > > Thanks When resizing takes a long time, you might try changing hardware acceleration and updating video drivers. When typing takes forever, it could be caused by the lack of printer drivers installed on the system. When you're having all kinds of problems like these, I think some basic maintenance -- delete all *.TMP files, empty your temporary internet files folder, run a defrag, and reboot -- usually is in order. This is a pretty old post -- are you still seeing the same issues? SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ >I am having the same problem. But I don't have sound in my presentation. I > also have developed an additional problem. If I try to resize a picture or [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Thanks |
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