Broadcasting a Presentation

With online broadcasting, you can give or view a slide show over a computer network or on the Internet. Broadcasting is useful when your audience is large or at remote locations. Using an e-mail program, such as Microsoft Outlook 2003, you can schedule the broadcast just like any other meeting. The presentation saves as a Web page so that all your audience needs is a Web page browser to see the presentation. After the presenter starts the broadcast, each member of the audience needs to join the broadcast. After joining, each member sees a lobby page that contains information about the broadcast before it starts.

Set up and Schedule a New Broadcast

Open the presentation you want to broadcast.

Click the Slide Show menu, point to Online Broadcast, and then click Schedule A Live Broadcast.

Click Settings.

Click Browse, navigate to a shared folder, and then click Select.

Click OK.

Type your description.

Click Schedule.

Enter schedule information.

Enter e-mail addresses for the participants you want to invite to the online broadcast.

Click Send, and then click Yes to continue.

Start a Broadcast

Open and save the presentation that you want to broadcast.

Click the Slide Show menu, point to Online Broadcast, and then click Start Live Broadcast Now.

Select the broadcast presentation you want to present.

Click Broadcast.

Your presentation saves as a Web page, at the location that you designated.

When you are ready to begin, click Start.

Did You Know?

You can join a broadcast . You need Internet Explorer 5.01 or later. Open the e-mail message that contains the broadcast invitation , and then click the URL for the broadcast.