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[Shay21]

Hey....I got this customer that wants me to do their website. They mailed me a power point presentation and I was wondering do anybody know how to upload a power point presentation to a website? I can't seem to save it while I am viewing it...so can anybody help me?

[Yippee]

Does it need to work in Netscape? If not then just reference the file http://..../presentation.ppt... If it needs to run on both browsers - IE and Netscape, then save the presentation to HTML and then post it...

Hope that helps...

[Shay21]

I tried that....wouldn't let me save it as HTML. It does have audio....maybe that's the reason. I have never did a presentation website before.

[intellec]

Shay21, is that file real big?
also, is your web host's settings capable of indentifying .ppt files?
see if something like this is installed:
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint ppt

[Shay21]

Yes, the file is big. Could this be the reason?

[intellec]

how big? how many kb?

[Yippee]

If you want to zip it up and send it to us, we can try to convert it for you... We dont mind...

[intellec]

I want to see if it works with my two web hosts "as is"

[blue27]

Shay21, does the file absolutely have to stay in Power Point format? If not I could convert if to flash format for you. (free of course) Let me know.

[rrdega]

Originally posted by Shay21
....wouldn't let me save it as HTML. It does have audio....maybe that's the reason.

What is it doing when you try to "Save as Web Page"? Throwing an error? If so, what?

I just did a quick test, and had no problems with a presentation containing sound. Note: When you save as an HTML, in addition to the PPT HTML file, there is also an associated directory created containing all the ancillary stuff. That (in its entirety) will also have to be uploaded to the web server...