PowerPoint for mac

[MurphysLaw]

I installed Microsoft Office 2004 on my new iMac a couple weeks ago (my mom bought the student and teacher edition when she got her MacBook a few years ago and it had 3 registration codes so it didn't cost me a dime). I tried to view a PowerPoint for work on it, and it won't play the embedded videos. All the videos are .wmv format, and all Microsoft support can say is that PowerPoint for mac will not play that format. I always thought .wmv had something to do with windows media, and therefore a Microsoft product would be able to play those videos... There are about 50 videos so converting them all to quicktime and adding them back to the ppt is pretty unfeasable. If anyone can help me out I'd greatly appreciate it.

[TwisterMc]

Did you try installing Flip4Mac? Flip4Mac - Digital Media Tools for the Mac

Or Perian? Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components

[madmacmat]

twister named the help... I think VLC also can process the Windows Media Video format... but You'll have a hard time getting the vids to play from powerpoint, then...

either:

- convert the vids and make a keynote with natively embedded vids

or

- use parallels and powerpoint for Windows to replay Your current version of the presentation...

keep us posted!