I think your plan is a good one. It's just that Microsoft unfortunately
makes it kind of hard to easily do exactly what you're after.
If you think most of the users will have PowerPoint, then you could zip the
music and the presentation and put the zipped file on the web for them to
download. Then they'd have to extract the music and PPT file to the same
folder. (It sounds more complicated than it is.)
You could put a link to the PPT 2003 Viewer for those users who don't have
PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 installed (assuming you created your presentation on
one of those versions). They would click that link, download and install the
Viewer, and then they'd be able to view your presentation that they'd saved
to their desktop.
What would be better is if your music is embedded in the presentation. Then
you could zip just the presentation file and your users could click that
link to download the PPT file. They'd open the zipped file, drag the PPT
file to their desktop, and double-click it to play it. (Still include a link
to the PPT Viewer for those who need it.)
Zipping will ensure that the file doesn't open in the user's web browser.
The reason you don't want this to happen is because the background music
won't play.
Alternatively, you could save your presentation as a web page (HTML) and
link to that main page. (Do that by opening your presentation in PPT, then
going to File|Save As and choosing Web Page (*.HTML) from the "save as type"
dropdown box.) You would have to manually tweak the HTML that PPT saves if
you want the background music to play, but at least it would open for
everyone in a browser. Here's one catch, though -- PPT's HTML might not work
well in browsers other than Internet Explorer. So you might want to consider
using the RnR PPT2HTML add-in if you go this route.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/ppt2html/index.html
Other alternatives are to convert to Flash or create an EXE.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
barbmexico said:
Thanks Echo for your reply. I want a link that says to see our proposal
click here...or something to that effect. Then when they click they get
the
same slideshow they get when I e-mail it as an attachment, full screen
with
music.
I think most of the clients would have PowerPoint..but don't know..and I
had
no idea it could open on a browser. I guess I don't know enough to do
this.
The slideshow is great, exactly as I want it but I wanted to put a link on
the aite so the ones that didn't get the e-mail would have a chance to see
it
when they went to the web site
BarbMexico
Echo S said:
Well, here's the thing. If you put a PowerPoint file on the web for
people
to click and view, you don't have any control over how it opens on their
end. It might open in the browser, or it might open in PowerPoint, or it
might open in the PowerPoint Viewer.
What exactly is it you want to happen when the user clicks the slide
show?
That will determine how you publish the presentation. (Which may be why
you're seeing information about publishing presentations.)
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
barbmexico said:
Hi; I have my 12 page presentation and also saved it to a slideshow
with
music. I want to put the .pps slideshow on a web site so people can
click
a
link and see & hear it. I can't find any info about this, only about
publishing presentatins.
Can someone please explain the procedure and linking to me.
I am using PowerPoint 2002. Thank you.
Barbara
