I can sympathise with your frustration! Here are a few suggestions:
- 217 slides is HUGE. I have converted 25-slide, narrated PPTs into FLV
using Camtasia 4 and the results are excellent, but the file is around
8MBytes (that after optimising - the first file was 80MBytes
). I'm
sure you've considered this, but is there any possible way you can divide up
this presentation?
- There are several Powerpoint to Flash converters on the market. They all
have their pros and cons. I can give you feedback on two:
- Articulate Presenter is OK. Expensive though, and really does
want to build the whole HTML page for you.
- PowerConverter from
www.presentationpro.com is also OK. Probably
better suited for your needs. And most importantly you can download a free
trial version to see if it works for your presentation. I can confirm that
buttons still work to perform slide to slide navigation in PowerConverter.
However, if you have a problem with the package, you can forget any kind of
support or advice. I sent a number of bug reports with no reply. I also
offered a number of sampel presentations that I was rather proud of for
their gallery and also had no reply. Although it's the best converter I've
seen so far (in that it preserves the widest set of Powerpoint features),
I'm not totally convinced of the company's long term committment to the
product. The forums on their site were also deserted when I was using it
(note I use exclusively Camtasia these days). Also, I can't even imagine
how long it would take to convert a 217 slide presentation. It might be too
large for the converter.
Cheers,
Geoff
