Exporting Slide Shows as Flash for Web Viewing

OOo can save your slide show as a Macromedia Flash file so that a colleague or Web surfer can view the entire presentation from any Flash-equipped Web browser. Here's how to do it.

After you've finished creating your presentation, select File > Export. Select Macromedia Flash (SWF) from the Filter dropdown menu. Give your Flash file a name, and click the OK button to complete the operation.

You'll see the "loss of formatting" warning screen again. I usually ignore the warning and just double-check the slide show manually using a Flash-equipped browser such as Firefox.

When viewing the Flash file, the user can advance to the next screen by clicking and can go back to the previous slide by right-clicking.

An interestingand increasingly popularuse for Flash-delivered slide shows on the Web is for colleagues or clients to view your presentation through their browsers while you discuss it with them in a conference call.