Packaging a series of PP presentations

[Dianne Aldridge]

I'm about to deliver a PP curriculum that I've developed consisting of
a main show linked to seven lesson shows. It is to be delivered via CD
in a computer lab by a Technology Specialist.
There are also a few external files included that are referenced in the
PP lessons - several .wmv files.

What is the best way to package this curriculum? Should I just put all
of the files on a CD and load up the main show, or is there a more
professional way to do it?

Thanks --

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Dianne,

a more professional way would be
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/acdpc_instructions.htm

as this takes care of all the links files and makes the CD autorun

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc

 

[Dianne Aldridge]

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked over the software, but it does not
support VBA or macros - I have both all through my presentations. Any
other package you could recommend?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked over the software, but it does not
support VBA or macros - I have both all through my presentations. Any
other package you could recommend?

I may be mistaken but I thought it would give you the option of including the
PPT viewer or not. The viewer doesn't support VBA but if the user has the full
version of PPT installed, it should work. In any case, use the email link on
the page TAJ directed you to, contact Sonia to find out for certain.

You'll absolutely need the end user to have a full copy of PPT installed for
your VBA to work, no matter how you end up distributing the presentation.
There's no alternative solution.

 

[Sonia]

Our software creates an autorun CD that always uses the Viewer, which is
contained on the CD. It's designed for distribution to unknown systems that may
or may not have the ability to play a PowerPoint presentation. If it is known
that the end user has PowerPoint installed and the file associations are not
contaminated, I think you could easily use launch.exe to launch a .PPS file from
an autorun CD. Windows should hand the file off to PowerPoint.
--

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

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Our software creates an autorun CD that always uses the Viewer, which is
contained on the CD. It's designed for distribution to unknown systems that may
or may not have the ability to play a PowerPoint presentation. If it is known
that the end user has PowerPoint installed and the file associations are not
contaminated, I think you could easily use launch.exe to launch a .PPS file from
an autorun CD. Windows should hand the file off to PowerPoint.

Thanks, Sonia. My mistake then.
But yes, Launch would certainly do the job.