relative links

[irina]

Hi,
I'm trying to create a simple web page with powerpoint for
somebody that doesn't have access to anything else better
. I have a huge problem making the hyperlinks work. I'm
doing this on a Mac and I want thumbnails to open up the
full size picture. No mater how I do it, I can not open the
full size pictures. The links PP generates are rubish! Can
anybody give me a pointer? I saw that having all the files
in one folder works but not for pictures?!

Thanks,
irina

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

[email protected]:
There has to be a better way to create a simple web page than by using
PowerPoint. If you don't have anything else, you could use HTML or one
of those free web page builders that you can use with free web spaces
like Yahoo or Lycos. If you want to try HTML, scroll to the Web Page
Creation sectino on this page:

http://www.loyola.edu/education/facstaff/marcovitz/ET605/

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[irina]

Hi David,
It's not for me, it is for an artist that is already
familiar with Powerpoint and doesn't have the time and
willingness to learn something new.

On top of that the whole site is already done, the only
thing that is not working: the links to her pictures.

I do hope there is a fix for this problem I'm having, but
thanks for the suggestion,
irina

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You might check out this link to the Webifying section of the PPT FAQ:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/#WEBifying

Most of the stuff is written for the PC, but something there might help.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Irina,

PowerPoint can do what you are asking. There are a couple points to
keep in mind.

First, to save space in the files, once you have inserted a picture into
PowerPoint you should copy it within PowerPoint rather than insert an
additional copy of the picture. The reason you should copy rather than
insert is that PowerPoint's copy feature doesn't actually copy the
picture a second time. It just points internally to the first picture,
so it saves time and disk space.

Next, the way you create the links may be causing the problem you
described. I'll give a step-by-step example that will hopefully get you
through the process.

Let's go with a step-by-step.

Open a blank presentation. Add a blank slide so that you have two
completely blank slides.

In slide #2 Insert a picture (Insert>Picture>From File or paste or
whatever way you like to do this). Drag the picture corners so you can
size the picture to the full screen or as large as you would like it to
be for the full sized view. Then copy the picture.

Switch to slide #1. Paste the picture into slide #1. Now size this one
to be small for your thumbnail.

Control-Click on the thumbnail picture in slide #1 and choose
Hyperlink>Edit Hyperlink from the pop-up menu.

In the middle of the hyperlink dialog click the "Document" tab.

In the lower portion of the dialog click the Locate button.

Click the triangle next to Slide Titles

Click 2. Slide 2.

Click OK

Click OK

That's it.

Now all you have to do is use File>Save As Web Page and PowerPoint will
save an .htm file and a folder full of files. Double-click the htm file
and internet explorer will open the presentation. You'll see that you
can click on the thumbnail and then the appropriate slide will be displayed.

You should check the options for saving as web page before you do your
final save. Don't include a copy of the presentation, for instance,
unless you really want to have a copy of the entire presentation saved
in the web folder that PowerPoint makes.

If you check the file sizes inside the folder you will see that the
thumbnails are saved as small files and the full size files are larger.
PowerPoint is very smart about file sizes.

The saved web sites only work in Internet Explorer. That's a drag for
OmniWeb fans, but that's the way it is at the moment.

I hope these steps help.

-Jim