Error Viewing Impress Presentation in Preview or Live

trainguy54 · February 2020

I am using Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS and OpenLP 2.4.6. I have not been successful getting an Impress presentation to display in either Preview or Live. The presentation seems to import into Presentations. The settings Presentation Available Controller is set for PDF and Impress. We have been using OpenLP for about 3 weeks. Switching from MediaShout 3. Works well and fits our need. Thanks.

raoul · February 2020

Can you explain more around what you're doing to try to get it to display? Like what are the steps you're taking?

trainguy54 · February 2020

raoul,
Using LibreOffice 6.3.
Steps
Select Load a new presentation
Selected file Life House Announcements.odp; located on desktop
Displays imported file with a red x in front
Right click, select Preview
Get error; Missing Presentation
The presentation .... is incomplete, please reload

Hopefully this helps

Jinju Church · February 2020

You could try a name without spaces, perhaps also a different location. The red x means OpenLP cannot see the file that you have just loaded.

trainguy54 · February 2020

Tried name with no spaces and different locations. Still get red x.

JohnM · February 2020

Open the .odt file and save it as a PowerPoint file.....don't worry, if you use the save as menu option this will create a new file. I recommend using a ppt format for office 97. it is an older format and should be stable. If this uploads into OpenLP then you should try to upload the file as an older odt format.

If reformatting the file does not fix the issue, go into the data folder, shut down OpenLP and copy the presentations folder to a new location. With the folder saved to a new location, delete the presentations folder and start OpenLP. The presentations folder will be created as the program open. Try uploading your original file at this point.

trainguy54 · February 2020

JohnM
I tested your suggestions this morning at church. I didn't have success. I still get a red x when importing a presentation.

Jinju Church · February 2020

Does this file work in your presentation software or viewer on the same computer? And then only fail in OpenLP? It seems odd that OpenLP can see to import a file and then not see it again right away.

trainguy54 · February 2020

Yes, works fine in Impress. Ubuntu OS computer.

Error Viewing Impress Presentation in Preview or Live

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