[WEB4LIB] Re: Powerpoint presentation in a Web Page

Wed Mar 13 14:38:45 EST 2002

  Dan is correct in that the same is true with PowerPoint 2k I've read from
MS's knowledge base.  You have two choices.  The first choice is frames for
any browser supporting frames and the other is IE only which then you can do
the traditional type slideshow using OCX of course.

  In Star Office 6.0, the free version, for windows you can open all kinds
of file types, even pfs First Choice files.  There are options to open
PowerPoint files or templates.  I used their autopilot (wizard) to create a
quick presentation.  I saved as html and the index.html page has "Click here
to start" in the top center of the page and down the left margin it put the
title of each slide as a link to that slide.  It also added my email link to
the page.  I sure there are options I could have taken to make this
different but it shows up great in any browser. This is the source it
created for the first slide:

<html>
<head>
<meta HTTP-EQUIV=CONTENT-TYPE CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body text=#000000 bgcolor=#000000 link=#000080 vlink=#800000 alink=#000080>
<center>
<img src="first0.gif" border=0 alt="First page">
<img src="prev0.gif" border=0 alt="Back">
<a href="img1.html"><img src="next1.gif" border=0 alt="Continue"></a>
<a href="img7.html"><img src="last1.gif" border=0 alt="Last page"></a>
<a href="present.html"><img src="index.gif" border=0 alt="Overview"></a>
<a href="text0.html"><img src="text.gif" border=0 alt="Text"></a>
</center><br>
<center><img src="img0.jpg"></center>
<p><h3>Notes:</h3><br>
</body>
</html>

nice and clean.  It even creates a text version at the same time if you use
their program to create the presentaiton.  I don't know if it will create a
text versoin from opening a PowerPoint file.  The only fault I found with
the text version is that if you take the defaults you get black text on a
black background, oops.

Thomas

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Dan Lester
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Powerpoint presentation in a Web Page

Tuesday, March 12, 2002, 5:01:49 PM, you wrote:

IZ> I have a Powerpoint 2000 (Windows NT) presentation that I would like to
IZ> place on the web.  I am doing File/Save-as-Web-Page, then Publish.  The
web
IZ> page I get from this has a split screen with the text outline on the
left
IZ> and slide on the right.  My questions (only 3 :) ) are:
IZ> * Can I just get the slide on the page by itself with the powerpoint
IZ> generated Forward/Back buttons?

A quick look at PowerPointXP Help (I don't have PP2K available here) shows:

"When you publish your presentation to the Web or save it as a Web page,
your
presentation automatically includes the following:

  A navigation frame, which is the outline of the presentation.

  A slide frame.

  A control for showing or hiding the outline of the presentation.

  A control for showing or hiding the notes pane."

The third item in the list above would seem to cover what you want in
the first question.

IZ> * Can the ppt file be converted to the web so I can get my simple slide
IZ> effects, ie. text sliding in from the right, etc.?

Slide effects will work in current versions of IE, but don't believe
they will in NS.  Same is true of other MS effects, such as the
scrolling "new service" banner at http://library.boisestate.edu   NS
will show the banner text, but won't scroll it, as far as I've ever
seen. Since that is something that degrades gracefully, we find it
acceptable.

IZ> * Is there a solution outside Powerpoint's own abilities to accomplish
this?

Don't know of one, but haven't checked Tucows or other sources.  Using
MS Help and the added info on the MS website may have more
information.

dan

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