Steve S

Thanks for all the complimentary comments. Sorry for the downloading problems. I've been discussing this with my server provider who assured me that it would be dealt with as a priority item. For a while everything was looking good but obviously there are still problems to be ironed out.

Every email system has an attachment size limit. If your file is larger than that then there is no way that you will be able to attach it. It may be the same problem that is preventing you from uploading to your website. Ask your website host what the limits are.

Patrick, I didn’t think about white becoming tiring on the eyes, it’s a very good point. I chose white because that’s the colour of my sketchpads. And the grey lines are the colour of my pencil. Maybe I shouldn’t have tried to be so literal. Ron, I had the end result in mind before I started and loosely planned out a couple of significant “stages”. After that I worked on filling in the gaps. It took a while to do as I just did a bit here and there when felt like it.

Ron, Thanks for letting me know. I've had this problem before and it seems to be intermittent and something to do with my website host's server. I'll let them know.

Here's a short presentation that I've put together for a bit of fun. Comments and constructive criticisms are more than welcome. Pheasant (right click, Save Target As)

You can also click on the slide in the slide list or on the light box and press Ctrl + R.

Gary, ... probably not. It's just that I try to develop a presentation that flows with the music. Stopping and starting the music will break the rythmn and destroy the effects that I've built into my presentation. This probably wouldn't be a problem with a collection of images that each stand on their own merit. I suppose that it all depends upon the style of presentation that you prefer.

I do not to use the navigation bar because most of my presentations are synchronised to music and any manual operation of the slides will screw up my hard work and planning. On the rare occasion when there is no music synchronisation and I have allowed manual control of a presentation I still haven’t used the navigation bar, I just think it looks kind of crude in its present form. Using the mouse/arrow keys is a much better option as far as I’m concerned.

Thanks guys for your time and effort, it is most appreciated. Obviously this needs a little more work.

Thanks Ken, you're a Star. Now all I need to do is give my PC a good thrashing!

I’m having a few problems with a presentation. I’ve uploaded it to my website several times but I can’t seem to get a decent download. The uploaded file size is exactly the same as the host file but when I download it I only get part of the zip file, and how much I get varies each time. I’m beginning to wonder if it is due to the machine I’m working on (although I can download other files just fine). This is getting to be very frustrating. Would some kind person do me the favour of attempting to download this file and let me know if you have the same problems? File location: (right click > save target as) www.wildsight.co.uk/pfolios/slideshows/living_land.zip Thanks.

You may wish to check your spelling of disappoint.

Hmm... When you create a presentation PTE will by default create an .exe file of the same name as your project file. Is it possible that you are actually zipping the .pte file by mistake? Try using file>create presentation as - this will allow you to save an .exe file in a completely different directory. This should avoid any confusion between your files and make sure that you are dealing with the .exe file. You can confirm that it’s an .exe file also by clicking on it in My Computer and checking that its description is “application”. Note that you should only need to zip the .exe file, so I’m not sure what you mean by WinZip opening a few folders.

Mysty Once you have built your presentation as a project (.pte), you need to go file>create presentation. This will create an .exe file of your presentation. Now you have a stand-alone application that will run on any Windows operating system. You could send this as an attachment to an email if you wish. To put it on a web site: Zip the .exe file; this will give you a file with a .zip extension. Now upload it as you would any picture file to your website. The next step is to put a link on your website just as you would to a picture or a page, but with the address of your zip file. A page address might be: http://www.mywebsite.com/page.htm A picture address might be: http://www.mywebsite.com/picture.jpg Your presentation address might be: http://www.mywebsite.com/presentaion.zip A visitor clicking on the link should then be able to download the .zip file from you web page.

I’m probably not the best one to try and answer this but putting it simply. You need to upload your file to your server, just as you have done with any pictures that are on your web page. Some servers don’t like exe files so it is probably best to zip the file first. Then you place a link on you web page to the file. When someone clicks on it a download box will appear and away they go.