Urgent: Xtra to import powerpoint 2000/97 files

[Flashster]

Can anyone point me to an Xtrat to quickly convert a Powerpoint 2000/97 file
into Director?

Thanks,

Flashster

[Andrew Morton]

> Can anyone point me to an Xtrat to quickly convert a Powerpoint 2000/97 file

> into Director?

No, but OpenOffice.org's (OOo) Presentation program can export a Powerpoint file
as a Flash .swf file which Director can use. [url]www.openoffice.org[/url] 65MB plus you
may need to pre-install the J2RE thingy from [url]www.sun.com/java[/url] of 15MB
It does the job well.

Andrew

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[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/powerpoint_97_and_d6[/url]
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[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/powerpoint_import.ht[/url]
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"Flashster" <Flashster2003@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone point me to an Xtrat to quickly convert a Powerpoint 2000/97

file

> into Director?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Flashster
>
>

[Michael Hamstra]

As Andrew mentioned, there are a few apps that will export to SWF, or you
can export your presentation as JPG files and bring in. The older function
of importing a PPT file into Director was not very successful (at least not
in my experience). You can always open the actual PPT file via PointViewer
where it appears to be somewhat :"seamless", that gives the end user the
ability to edit the PPT as they wish. (I use BuddyAPI to perform this
function, works great).

Michael Hamstra



"Flashster" <Flashster2003@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone point me to an Xtrat to quickly convert a Powerpoint 2000/97

file

> into Director?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Flashster
>
>

[Flashster]

Thanks guys.

In the end I've found an old version of office and converted it to
Powerpoint 4 format to import to Director via the Powerpoint xtra which is
contained on the original CD.

Bit of a shame to use Director in this way, but the client is in a rush and
wants his powerpoint file to work properly. Should have thought about that
before he used Powerpoint in the first place I say...... ;-)

Flashster

"Flashster" <Flashster2003@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c0tera$6sc$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Can anyone point me to an Xtrat to quickly convert a Powerpoint 2000/97

file

> into Director?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Flashster
>
>