Troubleshooting

Single File Web Page Option Doesn't Work on the Latest Netscape Version

I published my presentation as a Single File Web Page. I know it isn't supported on earlier versions of Netscape, but it also can't be viewed on the most recent release. How can I make this format work?

The Single File Web Page option is only supported by Internet Explorer version 4.0 and higher. It contains Microsoft-specific metadata that will only be supported by those browser types.

Your only options for Netscape compatible PowerPoint content is either by saving the presentation as a Netscape compatible file (don't save as single file) or having PowerPoint save the screens as graphic files and calling the content from a Web page developed for this purpose. You can also cut and paste content from a PowerPoint presentation and save it directly into your Web pages as desired.

PowerPoint Content Is Damaged

I made a simple edit to some HTML content created by PowerPoint. The PowerPoint slides now don't present as required through the HTML interface. How can I fix this?

HTML content created by PowerPoint contains a significant amount of XML data that enables PowerPoint to further edit the content if needed. If this content was deleted or altered , the results could be less than desirable. Your best bet is to resave the PowerPoint file as HTML and redo the edits, being careful to not touch the additional XML metadata.

Front and Center: Does PowerPoint "Translate"?

At first impression , it might seem like a great idea to place PowerPoint content in your Web site. With the tools provided by PowerPoint 2003, you can quickly produce impressive Web content from your PowerPoint presentations, considerably increase the size of your site, and establish how content is presented.

Be careful when placing PowerPoint content at a Web site.

When used as a reference for people who already have seen the presentation, it is a great reference tool similar in impact to printed slides handed out to the audience. It is the effective presenter who gives her audience the ability to return to content presented when and as needed.

The "problem" with placing such content on the Web can come from the user who is attempting to re-create a presentation on the Web and provides a means for participants to get around the initial presentation by reading the presentation slides and notes. Nothing Web-based can re-create the impact of a presentation by a human.

As mentioned throughout this book, just because you can, doesn't mean you should . If you are going to place PowerPoint content online, make sure that the information needed to process the content is there.

Chapter 42. Working with Microsoft Publisher

In this chapter

Creating Web Sites with Publisher

Moving Publisher Content into FrontPage

Troubleshooting

Front and Center: Should You Use Publisher?

Creating Web Sites with Publisher

Microsoft Publisher is designed for creating print publications , but as the Internet has become more popular, more people are using Publisher to create Web sites. Designing Web sites is not simple, even with FrontPage. FrontPage users have to understand how to use tables and other complex layout tools, and they must have a rudimentary understanding of the limitations imposed by HTML. If you're a Publisher expert, learning all the ins and outs of Web development just might not be worth it.

Microsoft realizes that many people are very comfortable with the easy page layout tools of Publisher and want to put content on the Web without learning the complexities of Web development. For those people, Publisher provides the ability to save a publication in HTML format. That ability, however, does not come without a price. As you will see in this chapter, HTML files generated by Publisher can carry a significant amount of code, and they might not always display the way you expect them to.

Publisher's Web site templates (shown in Figure 42.1) are quite simple compared to FrontPage's templates. Depending on which template you choose, Publisher will create one or more pages in your publication. As shown in Figure 42.2, Publisher provides an easy way to navigate between pages using the Page Sorter. By right-clicking a page in the Page Sorter, you can add a new page based off of that page or any other page template. Figure 42.2 also shows the Web Tools toolbar, where all the Web-specific tools are located.

Figure 42.1. Publisher's Web templates are not as complex as FrontPage's.

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Figure 42.2. The Page Sorter makes navigating between Web pages in Publisher an easy task.

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Now that you know that Publisher can help you create a Web site, you might be wondering whether you should use it to create your Web site. The answer to that question depends entirely on what your needs are. If you are designing a Web site from scratch, using Publisher is probably not your best option. You'd be better off starting out with FrontPage and sticking with FrontPage because it is designed for Web site design. However, if you simply want to make a desktop publishing project available on the Internet, Publisher can do a fairly good job at making that happen.

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