Slow Web Download of PP Slide Show Presentation

[Jim Hank]

I have a PowerPoint presentation that I am displaying on my website. This is
a very large presentation that is only suitable to be viewed using a
high-speed, broadband connection. The problem is that during the 15 to 30
seconds while the browser is downloading the slide show presentation, the
complete screen on the monitor is blank and the word "Done" is shown in the
status bar. (To see problem, go to http://www.jhbarnes.com and click on
Quick-View link 7.)
BTW, there is no hour-glass or progress meter showing that the download is
in progress.) This is very confusing to users and they frequently abort the
download before it is completed.
Is there any way of displaying a message to users informing them that the
presentation is being downloaded to the browser?
Any help will be greatly appreciated,
Jim

 

[Michael Koerner]

Not that I'm aware. You might try saving your presentation as an .html file
rather than an .mht file. Would not take as long to load

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I have a PowerPoint presentation that I am displaying on my website. This is
a very large presentation that is only suitable to be viewed using a
high-speed, broadband connection. The problem is that during the 15 to 30
seconds while the browser is downloading the slide show presentation, the
complete screen on the monitor is blank and the word "Done" is shown in the
status bar. (To see problem, go to http://www.jhbarnes.com and click on
Quick-View link 7.)
BTW, there is no hour-glass or progress meter showing that the download is
in progress.) This is very confusing to users and they frequently abort the
download before it is completed.
Is there any way of displaying a message to users informing them that the
presentation is being downloaded to the browser?
Any help will be greatly appreciated,
Jim

 

[Glen Millar]

Jim,

I must admit I can't find any link. Where is quick view 7?

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[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Got it. Page didn't load properly. Will have a look.

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[Glen Millar]

Hi,

I had a look. It does happen and it is a pain. I'm not sure of any way
around it, except html as Michael pointed out, encouraging users to download
and save, or converting to Flash.

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[Trish Rice]

I had the same problem a while back, and was able to solve the issue of our
users aborting brfore the download was complete by adding a disclaimer up
front. I can't remember the exact wording, but it was along the lines of:

"This presentation may take two minutes or more to load. You will not see
any indication of the download progress, so please be patient and do not
close your browser window during this process. Thyank you for your patience."

I used the two minute time frame after actually timing the download and
adding 25% additional time for those folks with slower connections. It seems
to have solved our problem here... I hope it works as well for you.