2012-01-30 11:20, Shirley wrote:
> Is it possible to link to a powerpoint file in a html page ?
Yes, e.g.
<a href="dig-breeds.ppt">dog breeds (PowerPoint presentation)</a>
Whether visitors will be able and willing to open the link is a different matter. As a rule of thumb, if it is a useful file for use to support a presentation, it will fail miserably as a standalone presentation. And it works as standalone, it will belong to the 95% of all-crappy PowerPoint presentations.
> Also is it possible to display a powerpoint presentation in a page ?
Yes, using <iframe>, <object>, <frame>, <embed>, or maybe something else. This will add to the pointlessness factor.
>> Is it possible to link to a powerpoint file in a html page ?
> Yes, e.g.
> <a href="dig-breeds.ppt">dog breeds (PowerPoint presentation)</a>
> Whether visitors will be able and willing to open the link is a different > matter. As a rule of thumb, if it is a useful file for use to support a > presentation, it will fail miserably as a standalone presentation. And it > works as standalone, it will belong to the 95% of all-crappy PowerPoint > presentations.
>> Also is it possible to display a powerpoint presentation in a page ?
> Yes, using <iframe>, <object>, <frame>, <embed>, or maybe something else. > This will add to the pointlessness factor.
> Is it possible to link to a powerpoint file in a html page ?
Jukka has answered this.
> Also is it possible to display a powerpoint presentation in a page ?
If you save your PowerPoint presentation using the menu option "Save as Web Page..." then it will generate html and a bunch of othr files. Linking to that might be the best way of displaying the presentation on-line. I can't vouch for the quality of the html it produces but the last time I looked (a few years back I'll admit) it did seem to work quite well. So if someone doesn't have powerpoint installed then this might be something to consider.
> On Jan 30, 10:24 am, richard <mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:20:32 -0000, Shirley wrote:
> > > Is it possible to link to a powerpoint file in a html page ?
> > > Also is it possible to display a powerpoint presentation in a page ?
> Oh Richard. Poor, poor Richard. An HTML file is the the same as a
> Powerpoint File.
I don't know where you are coming from with this. An HTML file and a PowerPoint file are quite distinct and have different file formats. An HTML file is not the same as a PowerPoint file.
-- Brian Cryer
http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian
Shirley wrote:
> Is it possible to link to a powerpoint file in a html page ?
> Also is it possible to display a powerpoint presentation in a page ?
As already pointed out, using an <A> tag lets you point to the file on
your server that you want to offer to your visitors. However, just how
do you know these visitors will have an app that supports the .ppt file
format? The link to the file on your site results in the visitor
downloading the file and then either it will open in an app (if it's
been assigned as the handler for that filetype) or they'll get a prompt
asking which program to use to open that file (or the user will just
download the file and leave it on their hard disk until they later get
something they can use to view that file).
So if you're going to push a .ppt file at your visitor, are you also
going to provide them a link to Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer app to be
sure your visitor has something so they can actually look at your file?
> Of course that will really help if they are running Linux.
Of course, if you were really try to help the OP, you would've mentioned
a Linux variant of some viewer app that can handle .ppt files. But you
didn't. I offered something. You offered twaddle.
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:24:30 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
> Shirley wrote:
>> Is it possible to link to a powerpoint file in a html page ?
>> Also is it possible to display a powerpoint presentation in a page ?
> As already pointed out, using an <A> tag lets you point to the file on
> your server that you want to offer to your visitors. However, just how
> do you know these visitors will have an app that supports the .ppt file
> format? The link to the file on your site results in the visitor
> downloading the file and then either it will open in an app (if it's
> been assigned as the handler for that filetype) or they'll get a prompt
> asking which program to use to open that file (or the user will just
> download the file and leave it on their hard disk until they later get
> something they can use to view that file).
> So if you're going to push a .ppt file at your visitor, are you also
> going to provide them a link to Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer app to be
> sure your visitor has something so they can actually look at your file?
>> Of course that will really help if they are running Linux.
> Of course, if you were really try to help the OP, you would've mentioned
> a Linux variant of some viewer app that can handle .ppt files. But you
> didn't. I offered something. You offered twaddle.
The main point is that Powerpoint is not a suitable media for display within a webpage (the OP's 2nd part). A stand alone link for download is better but has limited use requiring the user to have specific software to view it as Yucca pointed out.
>>> Of course that will really help if they are running Linux.
>> Of course, if you were really try to help the OP, you would've mentioned
>> a Linux variant of some viewer app that can handle .ppt files. But you
>> didn't. I offered something. You offered twaddle.
> The main point is that Powerpoint is not a suitable media for display > within a webpage (the OP's 2nd part). A stand alone link for download is > better but has limited use requiring the user to have specific software > to view it as Yucca pointed out.
I liked Cryer's suggestion of saving the Powerpoint presentation to HTML
instead of as a .ppt file. Then anyone visiting his site could view his
presentation. Rich content requires some special software. PPT limits
you to Windows solutions (although there may be Linux software that can
view it). HTML is more widely supported as almost every OS has a web
browser and most users don't use text-only ones.
> > On Jan 30, 10:24 am, richard <mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:20:32 -0000, Shirley wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to link to a powerpoint file in a html page ?
> > > > Also is it possible to display a powerpoint presentation in a page ?
> > Oh Richard. Poor, poor Richard. An HTML file is the the same as a
> > Powerpoint File.
> I don't know where you are coming from with this. An HTML file and a
> PowerPoint file are quite distinct and have different file formats. An HTML
> file is not the same as a PowerPoint file.
> --
> Brian Cryer
> http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian
I meant to type "not the" but for some reason managed "the the"!
>>>> Of course that will really help if they are running Linux.
>>> Of course, if you were really try to help the OP, you would've mentioned
>>> a Linux variant of some viewer app that can handle .ppt files. But you
>>> didn't. I offered something. You offered twaddle.
>> The main point is that Powerpoint is not a suitable media for display
>> within a webpage (the OP's 2nd part). A stand alone link for download is
>> better but has limited use requiring the user to have specific software
>> to view it as Yucca pointed out.
> I liked Cryer's suggestion of saving the Powerpoint presentation to HTML
> instead of as a .ppt file. Then anyone visiting his site could view his
> presentation. Rich content requires some special software. PPT limits
> you to Windows solutions (although there may be Linux software that can
> view it). HTML is more widely supported as almost every OS has a web
> browser and most users don't use text-only ones.
I agree. I will add one caveat, MS Office app have a long and infamous reputation of creating atrocious HTML. Not only bloated beyond believe but broken in a manner that only IE4-6 can wrangle it. (Yes a lot of that stuff not breaks IE9). Of course my vote for the All Time Worst generator of HTML is MS Publisher!
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:48 -0800 (PST), Captain Paralytic wrote:
> On Jan 30, 4:58 pm, "Brian Cryer" <not.h...@localhost.invalid> wrote:
>> "Captain Paralytic" <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> On Jan 30, 10:24 am, richard <mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>> > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:20:32 -0000, Shirley wrote:
>>> > > Is it possible to link to a powerpoint file in a html page ?
>>> > > Also is it possible to display a powerpoint presentation in a page ?
>>> Oh Richard. Poor, poor Richard. An HTML file is the the same as a
>>> Powerpoint File.
>> I don't know where you are coming from with this. An HTML file and a
>> PowerPoint file are quite distinct and have different file formats. An HTML
>> file is not the same as a PowerPoint file.
>> --
>> Brian Cryer
>> http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian
> I meant to type "not the" but for some reason managed "the the"!
BACKPEDAL!
And a failed one at that. You clearly stated they were the same.
