background lost when converting to web pages

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Flo Nelson

I'm working with a client who wants to post some Powerpoint presentations as
web pages. When I save her presentations from my machine, the background
shows up just fine. But when she saves them, the background does not show up
at all.

We cannot find any difference in the settings I'm using and the ones she is
using, but the problem persists. Anyone have any ideas about what might be
causing the problem?

She needs to be able to save them as she will be updating them from time to
time.

TIA
 
F

Flo Nelson

I can't give out the urls where they are posted, but you can see from the
body tag that no background is mentioned on the pages my client created
(with me right next to her!):
<body bgcolor=white alink="#333399" link="#009999" vlink="#99CC00"
text=black
topmargin=0 leftmargin=0>

On the other hand, when I compile the pages on my machine, I get
<body background="master10_background.gif" bgcolor=white alink="#d9d8ec"
link="#6767ff" vlink="#9933ff" text=black topmargin=0 leftmargin=0
onload="Update()">

(These are 2 different files).

I don't know much at all about how Powerpoint creates web pages, so if it
would be helpful to see the whole page, I can get a copy from my client to
post on my site.

What would turn off the background writing? Thanks for any help you can
offer.
 
S

Sonia

In order to do a valid comparison of HTML code you need to test the same file in
the same version of PowerPoint. Are you both accessing the file the same way in
the same browser? Are you sure that she has a background image in the file she
is working with? Is it on the Slide Master or on the slide?
 
F

Flo Nelson

I finally got her copy of the same web pages and discovered that the
backgrounds that have the same name in her web files are just plain white
while they have designs in my version. Obviously that's the source of the
problem. Any idea what would cause that?

I checked the Slide Master and the background is on the Slide Master. Images
that are on individual slides are showing up.

We are working with the same Powerpoint file though working with different
versions of PowerPoint. She has 2003 and I have an older version.
 
S

Sonia

Well, the first thing to do is to make sure that she has applied the latest
Service Pack 1 to Office 2003. Have her go to Help > About and tell you what
version it says. It should say, "Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
(11.6361.6360) SP1". If it doesn't, have her go to Help > Check for Updates and
follow the links to the download and installation page. Then have her generate
the HTML again.

If that isn't the problem or doesn't correct it, while you are both working with
a file that has the same name, there is the possibility that it isn't the same
file. In other words, it may have been modified on her end. When she sends you
the HTML, have her also send the file she used to generate the HTML. You may
find the answer that way.
 
F

Flo Nelson

I will have her try that. I made sure I had the same file, so that's not
the issue. Do you know if there any settings in 2003 that would affect the
background image? Can background images be turned off just for web pages?
The background definitely shows up on her machine when she runs it as a
presentation.

Thanks for all your help.
 
S

Sonia

If she has gone to Format > Background and checked "Omit background graphics
from master", and if the background is an inserted image, the generated HTML
will also omit the image.
 

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