How to Publish Powerpoint to a Website
A PowerPoint format is used to display contents in a slide show. Adding animation, pictures and sound to a PowerPoint slide show can make your presentation even more compelling. Before you can publish files to a website, you will need to have access to the Web server where your website is located (the file transfer protocol "FTP" address, user name and password). Publishing a file makes it accessible to visitors on your website. You should publish both the PowerPoint slide show and the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file containing the link to your presentation.
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Instructions
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Creating Code for New Web Page
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Find the PowerPoint file on your computer and jot down its file name and location.
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Open a new document in Notepad, WordPad or another text editor on your computer by clicking on "File" and "New." Then add the following HTML code to the page:
<html>
<head><title>PowerPoint File</title></head>
<body>
<a href="nameofpowerpointfile.ppt">Text Representing Link to PowerPoint File</a>
</body>
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Replace "nameofpowerpointfile.ppt" with the actual name of your PowerPoint file and replace "Text Representing Link to PowerPoint File" with the words you want to display on your website for that link.
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Click on "File" and "Save As." Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint file is located and give the page a ".html" or ".htm" file extension. Click on "Save" and close the text editor.
Adding Code to Existing Web Page
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Open the Web page (on the Internet) that will contain the link to your PowerPoint file. Then click on "View" and "Edit" (Internet Explorer) or "View" and "Page Source" (Firefox). The Web page's HTML file will automatically open in a text editor on your computer.
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Place your cursor where you want the link to your PowerPoint file to appear, then add the following code:
<a href="nameofpowerpointfile.ppt">Text Representing Link to PowerPoint File</a>
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Replace "nameofpowerpointfile.ppt" and "Text Representing Link to PowerPoint File" with the actual name of your PowerPoint and the words you want displayed for that link on your website.
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Click on "File" and "Save As," then go to the folder where the PowerPoint file on your computer is located. Click on "Save," but do not change the HTML file's name. The name of the HTML file will be preserved.
Publishing the PowerPoint and HTML File
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Open Internet Explorer, Firefox or another Web browser of your choice. Type in the full FTP address (ex., ftp://mywebsite.com) for your website into the address bar and press "Enter."
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Type in the user name and password for your FTP account. The folders and files currently on your website will be displayed. Double click on "www" or "public_html."
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Resize the browser's window, then open "My Documents" or "My Computer." Resize "My Document" and "My Computer," until you can see both windows simultaneously.
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Navigate to the folder where the PowerPoint and HTML files are located on your local computer.
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Select the PowerPoint file and drag it into the Web browser window. Then select the HTML file and drag it into the Web browser window as well. If you are prompted to replace an existing file, click on "Yes." Both files will now be published onto your website.
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Tips & Warnings
You can open Notepad by clicking on "Start" and "Run" and typing "notepad.exe." To open WordPad, click on "Start" and "Run" and type "wordpad.exe" instead. You'll need to have a copy of Notepad or WordPad on your computer for these options to work.
Do not name your HTML file "index.html" or "index.htm" unless you want the file to replace the main (home) page on your website.
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