photoflora

Dave, thanks - I can see that a single folder would prevent the problem of course. You will guess from the paths I gave as an example that I have set up all my projects using what I'll call the 'Beckham' structure - i.e. four subfolders for 'Sound'; 'Project'; 'Pictures for Show' (images resized and ready for use) and 'Image holding' ('raw' pictures). With a project with lots of pictures in it 'raw' and 'resized' (likely to run into many hundreds sometimes) there's going to be quite a lot of different kinds of files in one single folder - maybe not easy to keep 'em in good order... Would you like to give me a model of what you are suggesting, or is it just as simple as it sounds...? Having the project folder high up in the root directory is good too, but I tend to work on lots of different things at once - it could get quite busy up there! I still can't understand why those two paths come up in the error message - the one with the (red) bit missing is not a legitmate path - it should not go via 'Malaysia Projects'. The bottom one is correct. If there was a duplicate file it should have the path: E:\PTE & PowerPoint\Malaysia\Malaysia Image Holding\Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.png Not: E:\PTE & PowerPoint\Malaysia\Malaysia Projects\..\Malaysia Pictures for Show\Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.png That's why I'd like the paths to be shown complete in an error message - should I interpolate the \..\ as \Malaysia Image Holding\, or what...? If you or any of the other kind people who have helped can solve this one for me I'll have a really Happy Christmas... Thanks everybody and have a Merry One! PhotoFlora

Project contains two or more files with the same names, but located in different folders. Please use unique file names for every file if you want to create template or backup. E:\PTE & PowerPoint\Malaysia\Malaysia Projects\..\Malaysia Pictures for Show\Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.png E:\PTE & PowerPoint\Malaysia\Malaysia Pictures for Show\Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.png John, I think you have helped put a finger on this – there was indeed (embarrassing this – sorry Peter) a second instance of my ‘birdwing’ file, in the end title sequence – I used it a while back and forgot it was there! So if we could ask Igor if it’s possible to show the slide numbers as part of the error message. It undoubtedly would help in some circumstances – I’d certainly have spotted my howler sooner! I’m still puzzled as to how there can be two paths, as in my original example (above). The first one still does not make sense to me, as I don’t know how it could have ever existed. So again, could we ask Igor if it’s possible to show the paths in the error message in full, not abbreviated (as in the red bit above)? It would make it much easier to track down mistakes such as the one I made. Thanks and apologies to Peter and John that it took so long for the ‘penny to drop’! PF

Right John! The thing I find irritating is that the path is shown incomplete at times, making it difficult to track down the errant files - e.g. the red bit in the following pair of paths: E:\PTE & PowerPoint\Malaysia\Malaysia Projects\..\Malaysia Pictures for Show\Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.png E:\PTE & PowerPoint\Malaysia\Malaysia Pictures for Show\Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.png Thanks for your thoughts... PF

Thanks Peter - I'll explore your suggestion carefully - it'll take a while I expect - "watch this space"! It will be a pity to start again, as I'd done some quite fiddly stuff with a fluttering butterfly (the Birdwing). I'd like to find out the root cause too, 'cos it happens quite often (occasionally quite legitimately if I make a slip) but it can be a bit of a setback, as in the current instance. Best... PF

Peter, thanks - what you say is absolutely right of course - as I said, I try to be disciplined about the proper folders and all that - I have learned the hard way! But - there's something really funny going on - before I posted my query, I did exactly what you just suggested - search the whole of my drive 'E' for the 'birdwing' picture file. Only one version came up! Is there summat wrong with my system... (or maybe my brain...?) Best wishes and thanks again - don't give up on me... PF

?Spurious Error Message: Project contains two or more files with the same names, but located in different folders. Please use unique file names for every file if you want to create template or backup. E:\PTE & PowerPoint\Malaysia\Malaysia Projects\..\Malaysia Pictures for Show\Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.png E:\PTE & PowerPoint\Malaysia\Malaysia Pictures for Show\Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.png Above is a typical error message of the kind I get quite often. The problem is that there aren't two files with the same name as far as I can ascertain - somehow my system thinks there are two paths to two different files. What am I doing to confuse it (and me)? And of course how can I prevent it? Mostly I'm fairly well-disciplined about organising my picture files! I've looked at as many previous exchanges on this subject in the forum as I can find, but found no mention of this particular problem... Help! Thanks in anticipation, PhotoFlora

Thanks Frank - I think this us going to take us in the direction I need! Copying slides will certainly be useful! PhotoFlora

I do hope I've not missed the answer to this, already posted somewhere... I'm leading a class who are jointly making a sequence, different bits of which are being prepared by different members of the group. Is there any way of joining up their sparate projects to make a complete sequence, or are we obliged to bring all the component bits together into one project before we can assemble it...? Any method will be worth trying! Thanks in anticipation... PhotoFlora

Ken, that's quite a startling and impressive effect, but not what I had in mind. I'll take it on trust that the page effect edge is sharp, until I find a moment to experiment, but I've found what I needed to know - thanks everybody! P-F

Thanks Lin and Limey - The Page Effects do it nicely - I was misled by the name (I reckon I'd have called it a horizontal/vertical/diagonal wipe) Can't get a razor-sharp edge (using a zero value 'thickness of smoothing line') should I need one though! Thanks again both! P-F

I expect I have missed something along the way, but it isn't for the want of looking. Can anyone direct me to a method for doing a simple horizontal or vertical or maybe (greatly daring) a diagonal wipe. The nearest I have found is the 'hour hand' type transition, but for just adding a line of title text I'd really really like a good old-fashioned 'cinematic' side-to-side wipe -hard or only slightly soft-edged (smoothing line - no problem). Can Anybody Help? I repeat my apology if this is in the wrong place or if it's already been mentioned, suggested or whatever, but I haven't found any reference to it. You see I'm a simple soul, who likes to keep his presentations very plain, beliving that the pictures can speak better for themselves that way. Look forward to getting some help from someone who knows their way around PTE much better than me - so thanks in advance! P-F