Directions for Posting PowerPoint Slides on Your Web Site

It is relatively simple to produce easy-to-use output from PowerPoint to display a presentation on your web site. Here are the steps:

• Be sure to use PowerPoint 2000 (it is much more user-friendly)
• Earlier versions of Powerpoint will create files for the web, but do not display as easily or professionally as with 2000
• Go to a computer lab at school if you do not have Powerpoint 2000
• Give your existing PPT file a short, simple name (as all html files should have)
• It is easiest if you place your existing PPT file a directory within your structure of HTML files (on your local machine)
• If you do not yet have a structure complex enough to require directories, you will when you finish (Powerpoint generates dozens of files during the process below)
• For example, you could simply create a directory titled "Presentations," and move your PPT file in there now
• Within PowerPoint 2000, click on File, then Save as Web Page
• Check within the dialog box to make sure the Page Title is appropriate, then click Save
• Powerpoint will take a few seconds, and will create an HTML file and a directory (if your PPT file was named spam.ppt, you now have the original file, and HTML file named spam, and a directory named spam_files with all the files needed to display
• Go to the HTML page where you wish to place the link to your web-based PowerPoint presentation and type in the words you want (e.g., "Spam presentation in PowerPoint"), then create a link to the HTML file spam.html
• See my Comm 250 Week 8 Lecture for an example of how it should look)
• See my complete list of all the Comm 250 Lectures for an idea about a format for displaying a series of assignments or presentations
• You can move your files to another location, but be sure to keep the spam.html file and the spam_files directory together under the same directory
• Put a disclaimer near your links that "These Powerpoint presentations are optimized for Internet Explorer and may not display (well) in Netscape or another browser."
• That's all there is to it.
• Call the ITU hotline (993-8770) if you have difficulty. Call me if they are closed.