Dead slow to nothing

Hi,

Of course this happens hours before one is to board a plane for the UK, 
where the slide show is to be presented.

My final slide how has 19 slides in it, two of which include a variety of 
objects that are called up one at a time (I hope that is clear).   I've 
avoided complicated transitions, etc;  instead they are all set to appear 
immediately.

I am trying to run this on my laptop, with a 1.6 Ghz processor, 768 MB RAM, 
and a 60 Gb hard drive, of which about 60% is occupied.  Plus I've set the 
Windows swap file to 3 Gb.

Until last night all seemed well.  Now suddenly Presentations is balking in 
a major way at running the complicated slides.   I've tried putting them in 
a separate file, and they still take forever.    If I use QuickPlay, the 
screen first goes black for about 90 seconds, then finally the slide 
appears.   But that is as far as it goes.   If I simply put them all in one 
object, and remove the animation the slide seems to display OK.   I've tried 
to check memory use with Windows Task Manager, deleting all temporary files, 
etc.   There should be no problem, but problem there is.

Any suggestions?   Please?????

Bill 

Bill Schipper wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Of course this happens hours before one is to board a plane for the UK, 
> where the slide show is to be presented.
> 
> My final slide how has 19 slides in it, two of which include a variety of 
> objects that are called up one at a time (I hope that is clear).   I've 
> avoided complicated transitions, etc;  instead they are all set to appear 
> immediately.
> 
> I am trying to run this on my laptop, with a 1.6 Ghz processor, 768 MB RAM,

> and a 60 Gb hard drive, of which about 60% is occupied.  Plus I've set the

> Windows swap file to 3 Gb.
> 
> Until last night all seemed well.  Now suddenly Presentations is balking in

> a major way at running the complicated slides.   I've tried putting them in

> a separate file, and they still take forever.    If I use QuickPlay, the 
> screen first goes black for about 90 seconds, then finally the slide 
> appears.   But that is as far as it goes.   If I simply put them all in one

> object, and remove the animation the slide seems to display OK.   I've
tried 
> to check memory use with Windows Task Manager, deleting all temporary
files, 
> etc.   There should be no problem, but problem there is.
> 
> Any suggestions?   Please?????
> 
> Bill 
> 
> 
> 
What transition effects are you using?  What is the video card on that 
machine?
BTW... don't forget to save various versions of the file!

Try check "take full advantage of video memory to maximize
transitions" 
under TOOLS/SETTINGS/DISPLAY

-- 
Joell Haugan -
Corel WPOffice/Presentations
Volunteer C-Tech (Canada)
*Please Respond Only to newsgroup*
http://haugan.no-ip.org/presentations/

Bill Schipper wrote:
> In case someone is trying to puzzle this one out with me.
> 
> I tried the following:   created a new user, and copied the slide show file

> to that user.   I made sure nothing else was running, then tried the slide

> show from within presentations.   Same results.   I was able to load
Windows 
> Taks Manager, and in the Applications list Presentations was shown as
"Not 
> Responding" --- which is usually a Windows XP message telling me that
the 
> program is using too much memory.   At the same time, the Processes list 
> shows PrWin12.exe gradually using more and more memory until finally the 
> slide is displayed.   That can take up to 90 seconds (if you consider that
I 
> have just 20 minutes to make my presentation, and have to talk about 17 
> slides (the first and last being gratis) you can imagine:   an entire 
> audience watching paint dry is no fun.   For the two slides the load time 
> amounts to 3 minutes, which is more than 10% of my total time allotment.
> 
> I tried creating a "Show on the Go" version, and that does run
fine.   The 
> file size goes from 82 MB to 4.28 MB in size.   But this is at the expense

> of image resolution.   I copied the two complex slides into a separate Pres

> file, and see that they represent about 25% of the total size.
> 
> I am not prepared to buy another block of memory just to speed this up, 
> since I will be replacing this laptop in the very near future.    Besides,

> there isn't enough time to get additional memory anyway, except at great 
> cost, since my flight is on Saturday, and the presentation on Tuesday.   In

> England.
> 
> So a supplementary question:   Is there a way to control the image 
> resolution for a Show on the Go conversion?    There is precious little by

> way of help from the Help files, it seems.
> 
> Bill
> "Bill Schipper" <schipper@mun.ca> wrote in message 
> news:44ad8991$1_3@cnews...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Of course this happens hours before one is to board a plane for the UK,

>> where the slide show is to be presented.
>>
>> My final slide how has 19 slides in it, two of which include a variety
of 
>> objects that are called up one at a time (I hope that is clear).   I've

>> avoided complicated transitions, etc;  instead they are all set to
appear 
>> immediately.
>>
>> I am trying to run this on my laptop, with a 1.6 Ghz processor, 768 MB

>> RAM, and a 60 Gb hard drive, of which about 60% is occupied.  Plus I've

>> set the Windows swap file to 3 Gb.
>>
>> Until last night all seemed well.  Now suddenly Presentations is
balking 
>> in a major way at running the complicated slides.   I've tried putting

>> them in a separate file, and they still take forever.    If I use 
>> QuickPlay, the screen first goes black for about 90 seconds, then
finally 
>> the slide appears.   But that is as far as it goes.   If I simply put
them 
>> all in one object, and remove the animation the slide seems to display
OK. 
>> I've tried to check memory use with Windows Task Manager, deleting all

>> temporary files, etc.   There should be no problem, but problem there
is.
>>
>> Any suggestions?   Please?????
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 

Have you resampled your raster images (jpg)?  Right click on the graphic 
and choose "resample".

DOn't forget to save versions!! (broken record, I know).

-- 
Joell Haugan -
Corel WPOffice/Presentations
Volunteer C-Tech (Canada)
*Please Respond Only to newsgroup*
http://haugan.no-ip.org/presentations/

In case someone is trying to puzzle this one out with me.

I tried the following:   created a new user, and copied the slide show file 
to that user.   I made sure nothing else was running, then tried the slide 
show from within presentations.   Same results.   I was able to load Windows 
Taks Manager, and in the Applications list Presentations was shown as "Not

Responding" --- which is usually a Windows XP message telling me that the 
program is using too much memory.   At the same time, the Processes list 
shows PrWin12.exe gradually using more and more memory until finally the 
slide is displayed.   That can take up to 90 seconds (if you consider that I 
have just 20 minutes to make my presentation, and have to talk about 17 
slides (the first and last being gratis) you can imagine:   an entire 
audience watching paint dry is no fun.   For the two slides the load time 
amounts to 3 minutes, which is more than 10% of my total time allotment.

I tried creating a "Show on the Go" version, and that does run fine.  
The 
file size goes from 82 MB to 4.28 MB in size.   But this is at the expense 
of image resolution.   I copied the two complex slides into a separate Pres 
file, and see that they represent about 25% of the total size.

I am not prepared to buy another block of memory just to speed this up, 
since I will be replacing this laptop in the very near future.    Besides, 
there isn't enough time to get additional memory anyway, except at great 
cost, since my flight is on Saturday, and the presentation on Tuesday.   In 
England.

So a supplementary question:   Is there a way to control the image 
resolution for a Show on the Go conversion?    There is precious little by 
way of help from the Help files, it seems.

Bill
"Bill Schipper" <schipper@mun.ca> wrote in message 
news:44ad8991$1_3@cnews...
>
> Hi,
>
> Of course this happens hours before one is to board a plane for the UK, 
> where the slide show is to be presented.
>
> My final slide how has 19 slides in it, two of which include a variety of 
> objects that are called up one at a time (I hope that is clear).   I've 
> avoided complicated transitions, etc;  instead they are all set to appear 
> immediately.
>
> I am trying to run this on my laptop, with a 1.6 Ghz processor, 768 MB 
> RAM, and a 60 Gb hard drive, of which about 60% is occupied.  Plus I've 
> set the Windows swap file to 3 Gb.
>
> Until last night all seemed well.  Now suddenly Presentations is balking 
> in a major way at running the complicated slides.   I've tried putting 
> them in a separate file, and they still take forever.    If I use 
> QuickPlay, the screen first goes black for about 90 seconds, then finally 
> the slide appears.   But that is as far as it goes.   If I simply put them

> all in one object, and remove the animation the slide seems to display OK.

> I've tried to check memory use with Windows Task Manager, deleting all 
> temporary files, etc.   There should be no problem, but problem there is.
>
> Any suggestions?   Please?????
>
> Bill
>
> 

Joel,

I did some poking around on the Corel website itself, and am following some 
advice I found
there about the size of image files.   Many of the images I had imported I 
had originally scanned
at 1200 dpi.   The actual file size by the time I was done was about 130 MB. 
So I've been
using Adobe Photoshop to reduce the resolution to 150 (the recommendation 
was 96-150), and
so far I have reduced the file size to just under 58 MB.   And I have 
another 8 to go, plus the two
complex ones.

To answer your question about transitions:   I was using only
"Immediate", 
for both the slides and
the embedded objects.   The objects generall consisted of enlargements of 
portions of the
images, sometimes with lines showing what parts were enlarged.   Perhaps I 
was too ambitious.
Time will tell.    I may need to resort to words again!!!   I haven't tried 
resampling yet, am waiting
to see what the results will be.   And yes, I do save versions.   My HD is 
rapidly filling, but whose
counting Gigs right now!!!

Thanks for the advice.

I'll report back after I'm done.

Bill



"joell haugan" <rectagon@netscape.net> wrote in message 
news:44adb933_2@cnews...
>
> Bill Schipper wrote:
>> In case someone is trying to puzzle this one out with me.
>>
>> I tried the following:   created a new user, and copied the slide show

>> file to that user.   I made sure nothing else was running, then tried
the 
>> slide show from within presentations.   Same results.   I was able to 
>> load Windows Taks Manager, and in the Applications list Presentations
was 
>> shown as "Not Responding" --- which is usually a Windows XP
message 
>> telling me that the program is using too much memory.   At the same
time, 
>> the Processes list shows PrWin12.exe gradually using more and more
memory 
>> until finally the slide is displayed.   That can take up to 90 seconds

>> (if you consider that I have just 20 minutes to make my presentation,
and 
>> have to talk about 17 slides (the first and last being gratis) you can

>> imagine:   an entire audience watching paint dry is no fun.   For the
two 
>> slides the load time amounts to 3 minutes, which is more than 10% of my

>> total time allotment.
>>
>> I tried creating a "Show on the Go" version, and that does
run fine. 
>> The file size goes from 82 MB to 4.28 MB in size.   But this is at the

>> expense of image resolution.   I copied the two complex slides into a 
>> separate Pres file, and see that they represent about 25% of the total

>> size.
>>
>> I am not prepared to buy another block of memory just to speed this up,

>> since I will be replacing this laptop in the very near future. 
>> Besides, there isn't enough time to get additional memory anyway,
except 
>> at great cost, since my flight is on Saturday, and the presentation on

>> Tuesday.   In England.
>>
>> So a supplementary question:   Is there a way to control the image 
>> resolution for a Show on the Go conversion?    There is precious little

>> by way of help from the Help files, it seems.
>>
>> Bill
>> "Bill Schipper" <schipper@mun.ca> wrote in message 
>> news:44ad8991$1_3@cnews...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Of course this happens hours before one is to board a plane for the
UK, 
>>> where the slide show is to be presented.
>>>
>>> My final slide how has 19 slides in it, two of which include a
variety 
>>> of objects that are called up one at a time (I hope that is clear).

>>> I've avoided complicated transitions, etc;  instead they are all
set to 
>>> appear immediately.
>>>
>>> I am trying to run this on my laptop, with a 1.6 Ghz processor, 768
MB 
>>> RAM, and a 60 Gb hard drive, of which about 60% is occupied.  Plus
I've 
>>> set the Windows swap file to 3 Gb.
>>>
>>> Until last night all seemed well.  Now suddenly Presentations is
balking 
>>> in a major way at running the complicated slides.   I've tried
putting 
>>> them in a separate file, and they still take forever.    If I use 
>>> QuickPlay, the screen first goes black for about 90 seconds, then 
>>> finally the slide appears.   But that is as far as it goes.   If I

>>> simply put them all in one object, and remove the animation the
slide 
>>> seems to display OK. I've tried to check memory use with Windows
Task 
>>> Manager, deleting all temporary files, etc.   There should be no 
>>> problem, but problem there is.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?   Please?????
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Have you resampled your raster images (jpg)?  Right click on the graphic 
> and choose "resample".
>
> DOn't forget to save versions!! (broken record, I know).
>
> -- 
> Joell Haugan -
> Corel WPOffice/Presentations
> Volunteer C-Tech (Canada)
> *Please Respond Only to newsgroup*
> http://haugan.no-ip.org/presentations/
>