FP: How to Insert a PowerPoint Presentation into a Web Page

• Microsoft FrontPage 98 for Windows
• Microsoft FrontPage 97 for Windows with Bonus Pack

SUMMARY

This article describes how to insert a PowerPoint Presentation into your Web page using Microsoft FrontPage.

MORE INFORMATION

Before you can use all the features described in this article, you must have the following programs installed:

• One of the following versions of Microsoft FrontPage:

      - Microsoft FrontPage 98
  

        -or-
  

      - Microsoft FrontPage 97
  

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97

Method for FrontPage 98

To insert a PowerPoint Animation (.ppz) file into your Web page, follow these steps:

1. Save your PowerPoint Presentation as a PowerPoint Animation file. To do so, follow these steps:.

       a. Open your PowerPoint Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint.
   

       b. On the File menu, click Save As HTML.
   

       c. Click Next three times.
   

       d. Click the PowerPoint animation button, and click Next.
   

       e. Click Next six times.
   

       f. In the Folder field, type "C:\My Documents" (without the
          quotation marks), and then click Finish.
   

       NOTE: The PowerPoint Animation will be saved with the file name
       pres0.ppz in a folder with the same name as the PowerPoint animation
       you have open.
   

2. Import the PowerPoint Animation into your FrontPage Web. To do so, follow these steps:

       a. Open your Web in FrontPage Explorer.
   

       b. On the File menu, click Import.
   

       c. Click Add File.
   

       d. Select the pres0.ppz file you created in step 1 and click Open.
   

          NOTE: The default location is C:\My Documents
   

       e. Click OK
   

3. Open your Web page in FrontPage Editor.

4. On the Insert menu, point to Advanced, and then click ActiveX Control.

5. In the Pick A Control list, click Microsoft PowerPoint Animation.

6. Set the Width to 320 and the Height to 240.

7. Click the Browse button.

8. Click prez0.ppz and click OK, and OK again.

9. Click Save on the File menu.

Method for FrontPage 97

To insert a PowerPoint Animation (.ppz) file into your Web page, follow these steps:

1. Save your PowerPoint Presentation as a PowerPoint Animation file.

       a. Open your PowerPoint Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint.
   

       b. On the File menu, click Save As HTML.
   

       c. Click Next three times.
   

       d. Click the PowerPoint animation button, and then click Next.
   

       e. Click Next six times.
   

       f. In the Folder field, type "C:\My Documents" (without the
          quotation marks), and then click Finish.
   

       NOTE: The PowerPoint Animation will be saved with the file name
       pres0.ppz in a folder with the same name as the PowerPoint animation
       you have open.
   

2. Import the PowerPoint Animation into your FrontPage Web. To do so, follow these steps:

       a. Open your Web in FrontPage Explorer.
   

       b. On the File menu, click Import.
   

       c. Click Add File.
   

       d. Select the pres0.ppz file you created in step 1 and click Open.
   

          NOTE: The default location is C:\My Documents
   

       e. Click OK
   

3. Open your Web page in FrontPage Editor.

4. On the Insert menu, point to Other Component, and then click PowerPoint Animation.

5. Click the Browse button, click prez0.ppz, and then click OK.

6. Click the ActiveX Control button, and then click OK.

7. On the File menu, click Save.