PowerPoint and Web Content?

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Hello,

We are looking to have a simple powerpoint presentation that would be on a
never ending loop that can can display in the lobby of our building. Some of
the pages are static text pages but some of them would need to display web
things from the internet.

One would be a weather template that would update each time the page was
displayed
One would be a stock report that would update each time the page was displayed
One would be a page that would have to pull in and display a list of names
from a Text file and that file would be updated throughout the day

Can Powerpoint do this? I have Powerpoint 2003 but the machine that runs
this might only have 2000. But we could upgrade it to 2003 if we have to.

If someone could let me know if this can be done and HOW it cane be done,
that's be great.

Right now we have a web page setup with the weather and stock things and it
uses javascript and such which is what I'm not sure PP can do or not...

Thanks!
 
We are looking to have a simple powerpoint presentation that would be on a
never ending loop that can can display in the lobby of our building. Some of
the pages are static text pages but some of them would need to display web
things from the internet.

One would be a weather template that would update each time the page was
displayed
One would be a stock report that would update each time the page was displayed
One would be a page that would have to pull in and display a list of names
from a Text file and that file would be updated throughout the day

Can Powerpoint do this? I have Powerpoint 2003 but the machine that runs
this might only have 2000. But we could upgrade it to 2003 if we have to.

If someone could let me know if this can be done and HOW it cane be done,
that's be great.

Right now we have a web page setup with the weather and stock things and it
uses javascript and such which is what I'm not sure PP can do or not...
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Visit http://www.mvps.org/skp/ and get the LiveWeb addin. This will allow you
to include live web content on your PPT slides. It'll only work in PPT, not the
free viewer, but that doesn't seem to be an issue in your situation.

Try it, and if it works, stress-test the presentation. Let it run for a few
days nonstop. With luck, all will be well and problem's solved. PowerPoint
seems to have trouble running nonstop for long periods of time on some computers
(or with some presentations or when the moon's in the second house and Jupiter
aligns with Mars or if the sacrificial chicken isn't just the right shade of
black ... nobody seems to know, really). It may run fine for a few hours or
days then lock up. Something to watch out for.
 
Steve Rindsberg said:
Visit http://www.mvps.org/skp/ and get the LiveWeb addin. This will allow you
to include live web content on your PPT slides. It'll only work in PPT, not the
free viewer, but that doesn't seem to be an issue in your situation.

Try it, and if it works, stress-test the presentation. Let it run for a few
days nonstop. With luck, all will be well and problem's solved. PowerPoint
seems to have trouble running nonstop for long periods of time on some computers
(or with some presentations or when the moon's in the second house and Jupiter
aligns with Mars or if the sacrificial chicken isn't just the right shade of
black ... nobody seems to know, really). It may run fine for a few hours or
days then lock up. Something to watch out for.


-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Do I need to install the Add-In on any computer that might view the PPT or
just the one that I'm making it on? Seems to work pretty well from the 10
seconds I've played with it. :)
 
Do I need to install the Add-In on any computer that might view the PPT or
just the one that I'm making it on? Seems to work pretty well from the 10
seconds I've played with it. :)
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It'd need to be installed on any computer that plays back the presentation.
 
Steve Rindsberg said:
It'd need to be installed on any computer that plays back the presentation.



-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================
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So far so good. One last question.

On step 2 there is a box that says:

Yes, refresh web page automatically (real-time update).

If I do NOT choose this option, does it just basically grab a screenshot of
the page and Never update? Or does it just update every once in a while or
what?

I've noticed that when I check the box, it seems to have a delay of loading
the page sometimes since it's the Internet and it gets slow every so often.
But I don't want to Not choose the option if that means it will never update
since one of the pages is supposed to be the current Weather conditions. :)

But all in all it's Great.

Thanks!
 
On step 2 there is a box that says:

Yes, refresh web page automatically (real-time update).

If I do NOT choose this option, does it just basically grab a screenshot of
the page and Never update? Or does it just update every once in a while or
what?
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I don't really know. I didn't write it, I just pointed you in its direction and
 
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