Re: auto run of PowerPoint show on website.

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From: Jim Gordon MVP (goldkey74_at_WarmerThanWarmMail.com)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:24:55 -0400

Hi,

The most efficient software for making small file sizes for web delivery
is Impatica. http://www.impatica.com/

I've tried it and it's very good. Some of the new transitions don't come
through, but all-in-all it's a good bet.

-Jim 

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Phillip M. Jones, CE.T. wrote:
> Thanks I was afraid of that.
> although its only ten pictures (including a logo and one just a Title 
> screen a Qt Movie is large in the 20-30mb range. The whole 8:03:28 PM 
> support folder is only 2.2 MB and the html file is just 4k. all the 
> images are 72dpi. I'll have to see if I can reduce the size of the MOV 
> some way and hope everyone has something they can read the .mov file with
> 
> Mickey Stevens wrote:
> 
>> The best way to do this would be to save the file as a QuickTime movie 
>> (File
>>
>>> Make Movie).  Or, if you need it to be an exact copy of how it looks in
>>
>>
>> PowerPoint, use a screen capture program like Snapz Pro to make the 
>> movie.
>> <http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/>
>>
>> The problem with saving as a PPS file is that the browser can't read it.
>> Some computers might be configured to download and open them 
>> automatically
>> in PowerPoint or the Viewer, but you can't count on that.
>>
>> The problem with .html is that it doesn't include coding to automatically
>> advance the slides as the real file does if you've set it up that 
>> way.  So
>> directing users to a .html file would require them to advance the slides
>> manually.
>>
>> You could, theoretically, create your own HTML file that would do 
>> this.  You
>> would have a page for each slide image (by saving as an image file 
>> type like
>> JPEG), and advance at intervals you set.  However, like the Web Page 
>> (HTML)
>> export option, this wouldn't preserve animations and multimedia.  It 
>> would
>> still be much easier and more logical to create a QuickTime movie.
>>
>> On 8/15/04 3:49 PM, in article e8YmglwgEHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
>> "Phillip M. Jones, CE.T." <pjones@kimbanet.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I want PowerPoint Show run on website as it would on PowerPoint 
>>> Viewr. where
>>> as soon as it opens its starts runing as a movie. Sort of like a 
>>> flash movie or a
>>> Quicktime movie.
>>>
>>> I have save both as a PPS File and as PPS.html file.
>>>
>>> I made a self running flash movie while I was testing Macromedia 
>>> Flash. Now
>>> that the test run has run out I can't change it. So since I already 
>>> have PowerPoint (as
>>> part of Office2004) I ould like to make my show automatic. I can't 
>>> seem to locate
>>> proper comand to make it self running.
>>
>>
>>
> 
>

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