Create a Web Presentation

It’s easy to use PowerPoint to create a new presentation that you can publish to the Web or to your company’s intranet. Get a head start by selecting one of the presentation templates available in the AutoContent Wizard. To use the wizard, select the AutoContent wizard option when you first start PowerPoint, or click AutoContent Wizard (Tools menu) if you’re already working in PowerPoint.

You don’t have to start from scratch to create a Web presentation, however. You can convert any existing presentation into a format that is compatible with popular Web browsers. Either way, when you’re done, just click Save as HTML (File menu) to convert your presentation for publication to the Web or to your intranet. If this command does not appear, you need to rerun Setup. For more information, see Add or Remove Components.

Insert Hyperlink button

Want to create hyperlinks?   You can format any selected PowerPoint text or object as a hyperlink. For example, to create a hyperlink to the Microsoft Web site, select the text or object, click the Insert Hyperlink button, and then type http://www.microsoft.com/ in the Link to file or URL box. For more information, see Office and the Web. Create your own image maps   Click the Insert Hyperlink button to turn any PowerPoint shape into a hyperlink that you can click to jump to another slide, document, or Web site. These hyperlinked images remain clickable after you save the presentation in HTML format. You can create clusters of hyperlinked objects that will serve as an image map, a single graphic that contains multiple HTML hyperlinks. Connect to additional Web publishing resources   Click PowerPoint Central (Tools menu) to connect to resources on the World Wide Web designed to help you create online content. Check periodically for the latest information on Web features in Microsoft applications. To use the PowerPoint Central command, you need to have access to the Internet. Quickly create navigation buttons and add them to your slides   Click Action Buttons (Slide Show menu) to display a palette of buttons. Each button (such as Back or Previous or Forward or Next) has a specific action assigned to it. To add an action button to a slide, click one of the buttons in the palette, click where you want the button to appear on the slide, and then drag to draw the button. When you release the mouse button, the Action Settings dialog box appears.

What’s the Difference Between Hyperlinks and Action Settings?

If you want to add basic hyperlinks that make it possible for users to jump from your presentation to other files, click the Insert Hyperlink button. However, you can also create hyperlinks associated with additional actions and special effects (such as playing sounds, returning to the last slide viewed, and running other applications and macros). To do so, select the item (a graphic or text) to which you want to apply the action(s), and then click Action Settings (Slide Show menu). Select the appropriate options in the Action Settings dialog box. Then, whenever someone clicks the text or graphic, the actions assigned to it will occur. You can even use the Action Settings command to assign additional actions that occur when you rest the pointer over an item.

Office Assistant button

Want to know more?   Look up Getting Results - PowerPoint Web Page in Help.