[WEB4LIB] RE: PowerPoint & FrontPage 2000

[Will Doherty]

Hey Gina,

I think Powerpoint generates separate HTML files that you can just
upload to your web site. Is it necessary to use FrontPage for some
reason?

Will

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At 06:56 AM 9/28/00 -0700, Gina Minks wrote:
>Thanks for the quick response - I am using IE 5 and Netscape 4.7.  The
>majority of our website is designed for people with a 28.8 modem (with
>warnings for large files, etc.) but the PowerPoint stuff is primarily staff
>presentations that would be accessed by other staff or librarians who
>(hopefully) have a better connection.  Any thoughts?  I have looked through
>the FrontPage books here and am at a loss!
>-Gina
>
>(is it Friday now?  :) )
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dobbs, Aaron [mailto:DobbsA at apsu.edu]
>Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 8:41 AM
>To: 'gina-minks at utulsa.edu'
>Subject: RE: [WEB4LIB] PowerPoint & FrontPage 2000
>
>
>What version of which browser are you using?
>IE 5 & 5.5 handle this kind of thing (usually anyway)
>Netscape tends to have issues with M$ office files saved in a web format.
>A legitimate concern, also, is which browser do most of your patrons use.
>-Aaron
>:-)'
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gina Minks [mailto:gina-minks at utulsa.edu]
>Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 8:37 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] PowerPoint & FrontPage 2000
>
>
>Hello All!
>
>I am trying to add a PowerPoint 2000 presentation to a website that was
>built in FrontPage 2000 and am having no luck!!  I looked through the
>Microsoft support pages and thought that my trouble was that I was trying to
>use frames (PowerPoint 2000 uses frames when you save it as a web page) and
>I followed their suggestions to "Disable the Outline Frame".  However that
>hasn't seemed to work - when I try inserting the file into FrontPage, all I
>get is "This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them."  I
>tried inserting into a frames page and I still get the same message.
>
>What am I doing wrong? (I know this can't be this hard!)  Help anyone?
>Suggestions?
>
>TIA
>-Gina  (Is it Friday yet? ? ?)
>
>Gina L. B. Minks
>Special Collections Librarian
>McFarlin Library - University of Tulsa
>2933 E. 6th
>Tulsa OK  74104-3123
>gina-minks at utulsa.edu
>tel: 918-631-3133
>fax: 918-631-5022
>
>