Re: [libreoffice-users] Embedding Video Files

For this reason I always have a usb stick with LibreOffice as portable app.

This can fe found on https://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable 

I've done this for years now, since Powerpoint different versions played tricks on me displaying 
black characters on black background.

Rob Jasper


On 9 jun. 2017, at 03:50, Keith Bates wrote:

> Earlier this week, I produced a presentation with embedded video for use in a school classroom 
> (NSW Department of Education, in case anyone has  personal knowledge of their set-up). I am using 
> Libre Office 5.3 and Ubuntu 17.04.
>
>
> I checked that the presentation worked, including the video. I saved it in .ppt format onto a USB 
> stick with the video file, "just in case". This turned out to be a good thing.
>
>
> The classroom has an old version of MS Office (2010, I think I saw), a projector and a smart 
> board. I don't know what version of Windows they are running.
>
>
> When I ran the presentation, everything went as expected. Touching the white board progressed the 
> slides as expected. However I couldn't get the video to work from within the presentation, and 
> had to run it from the media player.
>
>
> It's not a big problem, and I can work around it, but when you have a classroom of Year 4 and 5 
> kids, you don't want to get too distracted by the technology.
>
>
> Any ideas about how to make it work? Keep in mind that I have no access to their computer outside 
> of my lesson time.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> -- 
> God bless you
> Keith Bates
> Narrabri NSW
>
> Jesus is the Way
> the Truth and the Life
>
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