CAN YOU USE POWER POINT TO BUILD A WEB SITE

[Guest]

CAN YOU USE POWER POINT TO BUILD A WEB SITE?

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Angel,

You can, but it's not necessarily the best tool for the job

The old powerpoint 97 use to come with some ready made templates just for
"web pages".

File > save as html (or publish to webpage)

will get you the webpages


Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[David M. Marcovitz]

What TAJ said and ...

If you have a PowerPoint presentation that you want to put on the Web,
using PowerPoint to convert it to a Web page is likely to be a good
option. If you want to build a Web page from scratch, you should consider
using a tool that is designed for that purpose (e.g., FrontPage, GoLive,
etc.).

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Guest]

How do you publish more than one slide as webpages? I have done this and
only one slide on the presentation is saved - do you have to save each slide
as a separate webpage?

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Since we can't look over your shoulder, perhaps you can outline the exact
steps you ahve taken. Normally, File > Save As Web Page works. You have
options to either save as a single web page (*.mht) or web site (*.htm).
Either way, you should be able to see all your slides.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Guest]

Ok - that's where we went wrong - many thanks!!

Since we can't look over your shoulder, perhaps you can outline the exact
steps you ahve taken. Normally, File > Save As Web Page works. You have
options to either save as a single web page (*.mht) or web site (*.htm).
Either way, you should be able to see all your slides.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Guest]

Sorry but we've tried this and it doesn't work. The only options we have are -

1. save as a single web page (*.mht)
2. save as web page (*.htm)

There is no option to save as a web site. We are using PP2003.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Yes, those are the options. The first one builds a single-page site; that
is, it puts everything into one file. The second builds a series of pages
(generally one for each slide) as a whole site. Either way, you should be
able to view all your pages in a browser. The pages that it creates are
best viewed with Internet Explorer unless you have chosen other options.

Since you are trying to create a Web site, perhaps you could post what
you come up with to the Web and post the URL here so someone can look at
it.

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Sonia]

Option #2 will create multiple pages, one per slide.
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply - the ppt is on another colleague's pc so I don't have
a copy. Each time we save as a web page we only get one page/slide published
not them all.

 

[Sonia]

In the save dialog, click on the button labeled "Publish" and be sure that
"Publish what?" has Complete presentation checked.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

How do you publish more than one slide as webpages? I have done this and
only one slide on the presentation is saved - do you have to save each slide
as a separate webpage?

The default is to save the entire presentation. Don't be misled by the fact
that PowerPoint creates only a single HTML file when you publish as web pages.
It creates that one file PLUS a whole folder full of other support files;
these need to be published to the web site as well.

If you doubleclick that one lone html file, you should see your whole
presentation.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Sorry but we've tried this and it doesn't work. The only options we have are -

1. save as a single web page (*.mht)
2. save as web page (*.htm)

There is no option to save as a web site. We are using PP2003.

PowerPoint doesn't create sites, not in any real sense of the term.
It creates HTML/Web versions of presentations.
If the presentation happens to look and behave like a site, then you're in
business.

 

[Guest]

Gee,

Did you ever get a good answer to your question? I created a power point
file so that it looks exactly like I want my web site to look. Is there an
easy way to turn this power point file into a web site? Do I need to get
Front Page? Did you ever get a good answer for this problem?