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Shirley

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Jan 30, 2012, 4:20:32 AM1/30/12

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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 ?

thanks

shirley

Jukka K. Korpela

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Jan 30, 2012, 4:36:25 AM1/30/12

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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.

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Shirley

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Jan 30, 2012, 4:59:29 AM1/30/12

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"Jukka K. Korpela" <jkor...@cs.tut.fi> wrote in message
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Thanks for your reply.

Brian Cryer

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Jan 30, 2012, 5:04:08 AM1/30/12

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"Shirley" <shi...@fruitcakes.biscuits> wrote in message
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> 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.

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richard

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Jan 30, 2012, 5:24:05 AM1/30/12

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http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/save-a-presentation-as-html-or-mhtml-HP003082206.aspx

Looks like it is.

Captain Paralytic

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Jan 30, 2012, 7:24:14 AM1/30/12

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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 ?
>
> > thanks
>
> > shirley
>

> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/save-a-presentation...
>
> Looks like it is.

Oh Richard. Poor, poor Richard. An HTML file is the the same as a
Powerpoint File.

Brian Cryer

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Jan 30, 2012, 11:58:53 AM1/30/12

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"Captain Paralytic" <paul_l...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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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.

VanguardLH

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Jan 30, 2012, 4:24:30 PM1/30/12

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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?

MS Powerpoint Viewer
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13

Jonathan N. Little

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Jan 30, 2012, 6:11:53 PM1/30/12

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VanguardLH wrote:

> MS Powerpoint Viewer
> http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13

Of course that will really help if they are running Linux.

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VanguardLH

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Jan 30, 2012, 11:12:58 PM1/30/12

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Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> MS Powerpoint Viewer
>> http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13
>
> 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.

richard

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Jan 30, 2012, 11:32:06 PM1/30/12

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Oh my. Captain Paralyzed just got his foot shot off while it was in his
mouth. He claims that a PPT file is an html file.

Jonathan N. Little

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Jan 30, 2012, 11:34:19 PM1/30/12

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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.

VanguardLH

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Jan 31, 2012, 3:48:45 AM1/31/12

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Jonathan N. Little wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>>
>>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>>
>>>> MS Powerpoint Viewer
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13
>>>
>>> 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.

Captain Paralytic

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Jan 31, 2012, 5:40:48 AM1/31/12

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On Jan 30, 4:58 pm, "Brian Cryer" <not.h...@localhost.invalid> wrote:
> "Captain Paralytic" <paul_laut...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

I meant to type "not the" but for some reason managed "the the"!

Jonathan N. Little

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Jan 31, 2012, 8:23:40 AM1/31/12

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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!

richard

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Jan 31, 2012, 1:47:02 PM1/31/12

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BACKPEDAL!
And a failed one at that. You clearly stated they were the same.

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Hot-Text

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Feb 1, 2012, 2:03:29 AM2/1/12

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"Shirley" <shi...@fruitcakes.biscuits> wrote in message news:gKWdnZebQLVH_bvS...@brightview.co.uk...

How able power point presentation in a flash Web page.........

< http://www.ispringsolutions.com/free_powerpoint_to_flash_converter.html >

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