How to Make a FlashPoint Presentation

Host your presentation on the Web and access it for audiences anywhere.

FlashPoint is a presentation-creation application produced by Sausage Tools; it allows you to create digital presentations for use on a website. FlashPoint is similar in functionality to programs such as Keynote and offers a user interface that is reminiscent of that of Microsoft PowerPoint. Presentations are created by combining slides in sequential order to form a slide deck. Slides in the deck use a combination of graphics and text to deliver messages to your audience. FlashPoint generates an SWF file for each presentation, allowing it to play in any Web browser as a Flash movie.

Instructions

1. Visit the download website for the application. Click the "Download" link and then select where you wish to save the file.

2. Double-click the application file and then follow the on-screen instructions to install the application on your computer.

3. Click the "Start" button, select "All Programs" and then click "FlashPoint 1.5" to launch the application.

4. Click "File" and then select "New Presentation" to start creating a new deck. A blank deck slide appears in the center of the screen.

5. Click the "Font" tool to select text for your slide. Place the mouse anywhere on the slide and then click to begin a text field. Type your text for the first slide, including the title of your presentation, the date and your name. Press "Enter" to separate your text by line.

6. Repeat Step 5 to add text to the current slide and future slides. Use the "Edit" and "Font" menus to select various styles of text for your presentation.

7. Click File, select "New" and then click "Slide" to add another slide to your deck. Each slide that you add is placed behind the previous slide that you added to the deck.

8. Click the "image" icon, which resembles a small landscape, and then navigate to the location of the image you wish to add. Click "OK"; the image appears on the slide. Click the image and arrange it on the slide to your liking. Resize the image by clicking and dragging the square dots on the corners or sides of the image.

9. Repeat Step 5 to Step 8 to add more slides of text and images to your presentation.

10. Click the "Disk" image to save your presentation. Select a location on your hard drive to which you wish to save the file. Click "Publish" to build the SWF file. The Flash file is saved to the same location where you saved the project file.

Tips & Warnings

• FlashPoint is only compatible with the following versions of Windows: XP, 98, 200, ME and NT.

References

• Sausage Tools: Flashpoint

Resources

• BrotherSoft: FlashPoint 1.5 Download