Re: Newbie questions
- From: "Echo S" <msnewsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 18:51:16 -0500
Hi, Carrie, welcome to the PowerPoint newsgroup.
Regarding the card size vs the screen display -- PowerPoint will always display full-screen, unless you set up the file to run in a window. You can do this by going to the Slide Show tab on the ribbon and choosing Set Up Slide Show. Click "browsed by an individual (window)."
If I make something and save it, and email it, does the person have to have PP or a viewer to open and see it?
This is a very good question. Yes, the recipient needs to have PowerPoint or the free PowerPoint Viewer in order to be able to open and see your presentation.
You can use Package for CD, and that will save your file along with collateral files necessary (the PPT Viewer and a bunch of DLL files and stuff). Probably what's easiest in your case, since most of the users seem to have Office, is to just go ahead and send the presentation and include a link to the free PowerPoint Viewer that users can download and install if they can't open the presentation you send. Here's a link to the most recent Viewer.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=048DC840-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en
Now, you mentioned you saved your file as a show. That's good. That means if your recipient has PowerPoint, the presentation will open in full-screen (or the window) -- it won't open in editing view with the ribbon and slide pane and stuff. In addition, you may want to go ahead and save as a PPT 97-2003 Show (PPS file extension), so your users who don't have PowerPoint 2007 won't have to worry about downloading a compatibility pack so they can open the PPT 2007 file format (which is the PPSX file extension, if you saved it as a PowerPoint Show).
One thing -- I just tested here, and it seems the PPT Viewer doesn't recognize the "browsed by an individual (window)" setting. The Viewer just opens the presentation full-screen regardless.
As for converting to Flash, there are a number of third-party options on the market, but they're not free. And I highly suggest you try before you buy to make sure the tool does what you expect it to do with your specific presentation. There's also a PowerPoint-to-Flash tutoroial on the Flashgeek site at http://www.flashgeek.com/tutorials/ -- the page says it's outdated, but I"m not sure why.
You can also convert PPT to video, but it's not terribly easy, especially if you need animations. Basically, you'll want to do a screen capture of some sort. http://pptfaq.com/FAQ00156.htm has some links to software to convert/capture to video.
Hope that gets you started. Holler back if you have more questions.
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"Carrie" <starchild@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eDHSwMTNIHA.4880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have had Power Point, as part of Office (now I have 2007) but never paid much attention to it. I just thought of it as business presentations (as it probably is) and I didn't need this.
Last night I was looking for tutorials for Flash, for Christmas cards, etc. and came across how to make a Christmas card in PP. I tried it (it was late, I only made one page and added Christmas music) but now I'm thinking there's much more possibilities to this program than I'd thought!
I'm going to look for lessons but questions I currently have... I set the size as "card size" ( 4X5- something inches-going by the tutorial) and yet when I previewed it and emailed it to myself to check, it came out full screen. But, I also used a style (background) to it. Does this change the size I started out with?
There are several ways to save, PP presentation and PP show. I saved it as show. If I make something and save it, and email it, does the person have to have PP or a viewer to open and see it? I know at one time this was true. If they don't have PP and don't have a player, will a notice come up telling them this and how to download it?
I've tried sending my first practice file to people I know, asking them to open it and tell me, but so far everyone has openned it, and says they have Office installed. I've sent it to myself, but I have Office. So, I don't know what it will do if the person doesn't?
Also, is it possible to make something in PP and convert it to something else, that might be easier for everyone to open? Such as Flash or Quicktime, etc.
I'm learning Flash MX I suppose I could set up pages in PP and copy/paste them into FLASH and make a slide show or animation in that way?
I have Windows Movie Maker (came with my Win XP media edition) I haven't done much with, but has possibilities. Can this be used with PP in some way?
I know, I have to learn more about PP, and I plan to, but would like some idea of what I can do with it.
I have gotten PP slide shows, with pictures in music, sent to me, but again, I have the program so they open for me. They also seem like very large files.
I guess this will seem simple, maybe even dumb next to all the complicated questions and answers I've been reading on here. And, I know, at some point I'll probably find out the answers myself. But, I just looked over PP last night and am excited about it, and the possibilities.
Thanks,
Carrie
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