How to Create a Flash Presentation With Articulate Presenter

Articulate Presenter is a software tool that integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint to enable you to add narration, interactivity and Adobe Flash movies into a PowerPoint presentation, which can then be delivered over the Internet. While this may sound complicated, it’s not—the Articulate Presenter add-on complements the simplicity and ease of use of PowerPoint. After you purchase and install Articulate Presenter, you’ll notice that a new item appears on the PowerPoint menu bar labeled “Articulate.” Follow these steps to develop your own Flash-based presentation.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• PC
• PowerPoint
• Articulate Presenter

1. Install Articulate Presenter. The next time you open PowerPoint, "Articulate" will appear on the PowerPoint main menu.

2. Create a PowerPoint presentation as you normally would. Don’t hold back; use as many PowerPoint features as you think appropriate—use animations, slide transitions, graphics or even flying text.

3. From the PowerPoint menu, select “Articulate.” The drop-down menu will display. Select “Publish.” The Articulate Presenter “Publish” dialog box will display.

4. Notice that there are a number of choices, from publishing to the Web to publishing to CD-ROM. Since you’re interested in publishing to the Internet, select “Web” and then “Publish.”

5. After the presentation is successfully published, a message will display showing you where the Adobe Flash file has been copied. It also asks if you want to view the published presentation.

6. Click the “Yes” button. The Web-based Flash presentation will load and display in the Articulate Presenter player.

Tips & Warnings

• You can add narration while building your presentation and import it later in the form of .mp3 or .wav files.
• You can also import Flash movies such as those created with Adobe Captivate for producing animated software demonstrations and simulations.