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Maureen - 19 Jul 2007 07:48 GMT

.ppsx 2007
Strong heavy learning curve.
I have made 5 .ppsx shows since March of this year. To my horror I sat back
this morning at my PC (5.00am) earphones connected (pompous person)
nostalgically viewing my very first completed show. The show consisted of
#42 slides. Last 4 slides should have had a separate sound track. I
originally had two .pptx presentations, one completed, one edited. To my
horror I must have accidently saved the wrong .pptx to a .ppsx. I have
actually erroniously converted the wrong presentation to a .ppsx being so
stupidly confident at the time.

I deleted all my trials and kept just one show. Bad, bad error not to have
kept at least one back up version of the .pptx presentations. My photo show
with music, *Our winter holiday in the Lake District* is now a complete
flop when viewing the last 4 slides .I can actually hear the double sound
track and can see the picture of the now horribly unwanted sound icon! I
could of course click the escape key on slide #38 when viewing, but that is
being a defeatist!

Please, is there a way that I can edit this .ppsx. before my husband decides
that my work has been so good he may just show it to our relatives?

I would like to sort this myself (via this newsgroup) if I can, without
asking my dear hubbie for HELP. I would love to be able to sort it and then
tell him what I did to correct my error, if it can be corrected :-)

I haven't asked any questions on the group for ages, I thought I was doing
so well :-(

MoMo (Maureen)

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Glen Millar - 19 Jul 2007 10:11 GMT

Hi,

Sorry about all of your troubles. Is the offending sound the one that plays
from the icon? Can you simply select it and delete it? or is it set to a
slide transition? Else, you could set the sound transition to nothing.

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Maureen - 19 Jul 2007 10:56 GMT

.ppsx 2007

Thank you Glen for quick response.

Unable to do anything, it is a show opening up automatically when clicked.
Not sure whether I could correct my error by using my dual Lap top with my
extra viewing screen (could it be edited from there?) which at the moment I
don't want to try out, unless it is a possibility. I am being a bit devious
as my hubbie is on the other PC and I need to be sure of facts before
letting him see how ompletely useless I am. Hope you understand. Yes the
offending sound and icon is the one showing on the slide:-(

I may not have posted my original question correctly as I do get a bit
confused with all the file extension names.

MoMo (Maureen)

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Glen Millar - 19 Jul 2007 11:19 GMT

Hi,

If you have PowerPoint 2007, open the ppsx file from within there and it can
be edited.

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Maureen - 19 Jul 2007 11:30 GMT

Thanks Glen

I managed to do it. The mouse was off screen and I thought it was impossible
to do.
You have save my life. It sounds lovely now. all music blends in as it
should do.

MoMo (Maureen)

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Glen Millar - 19 Jul 2007 12:13 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for letting us know. And I won't tell hubby, either :-)

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