[Psml] [Comphelp] 2007 Seamanship

[Paul R. Soucy]

Bob,

I'd give you some positive feedback if I had some, but I don't.  I've tried everything you and others have suggested.  I would think by now other squadrons would be running Seamanship 2007 and have experienced the same problem.  I'll keep plugging along trying to find the cause.  

Flash Player and Active X didn't do anything.

Paul
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: R. Sweet 
  To: 'Paul R. Soucy' 
  Cc: psml at usps.org 
  Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:39 AM
  Subject: RE: [Psml] [Comphelp] 2007 Seamanship


  Paul,

   

  Seamanship has been our first attempt to embed Flash animations in a course PowerPoint.  The power of the animations speak for itself, but it does add a level of complication.  The animations are embedded within PowerPoint, so there is nothing that you need to do except ensure that you have the Adobe Flash (Shockwave) Player on your machine.  There is no external Flash file.  

   

  You also need to run the file under PowerPoint, not the viewer.  Unfortunately, Microsoft chose to exclude support for any external program within its latest viewer as a security measure.

   

  If you are using the same PPT file on several computers and it works on the others, it is not a corrupt file.  The solution lies within the subject computer and it must have the Flash Player installed, which can be downloaded for free from Adobe.

   

  We would appreciate your feedback as to the specifics for your computer and problems, because that will help us determine fixes and workarounds for others as well.  We would like to continue to use these animations as they help take our presentations to a whole new level.

   

  Thanks,

   

  Bob Sweet

  ANEO

   


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  From: psml-bounces at usps.org [mailto:psml-bounces at usps.org] On Behalf Of Paul R. Soucy
  Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 8:29 PM
  To: aep at mindspring.com
  Cc: psml at usps.org
  Subject: Re: [Psml] [Comphelp] 2007 Seamanship

   

  Lance,

   

  Thanks for the info, but I've tried everything and still no animation.  If you don't have 2007 seamanship it's difficult to understand the problem.  In chapter three, slide 12 there is a play button if pressed will demo how a boat is maneuvered away from the dock. When the play button is selected slide 13 is displayed and there is no demo.  Same situation with slides, 14, 25, 27, 28 and 31.  Same problem in chapter four.  I've even downloaded Swiff Point Player and set up the laptop to play movies, still won't work.  Tried another members laptop and everything works fine on his.

   

  I'm wondering how many others are experiencing the same problem with 2007 Seamanship?

   

   
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