Broadcasting and CD packaging

1. Broadcasting a Presentation

PowerPoint provides online broadcasting for remote audiences.
To give slide show over computer network or the Internet,
- save presentation as Web page.
- The audience uses a browser program to see the presentation.
Once the presentation starts, each viewer needs to join the broadcast.
After joining, the user can see a lobby page with further broadcast information.

Open and save the presentation that you want to broadcast.
Click the Slide Show menu,
point to Online Broadcast,
click Start Live Broadcast Now.
Select the broadcast presentation you want to present.
Click Broadcast.
Your presentation is saved at the specified location as a Web page.
Click Start when ready.
Tip: a user joins the broadcast by opening your e-mail invitation and clicking on the broadcast URL link.

PowerPoint Package for CD feature
- copies slide presentations to a CD
- copies required supporting files,
- copies all external files linked to the slides,
- adds the PowerPoint viewer to the CD.
Presentation can start automatically.

Click File menu, Package For CD.
Type a name for the CD.
Click Add Files to include any additional files you want.
Click Options.
- Select the PowerPoint Viewer check box to include the viewer
- Select an appropriate play option from the list arrow.
- To link to external files (such as movies), select the Linked Files check box.
- Tip: Select the Embedded TrueType Fonts check box to make sure that fonts will be available on the target computer.
- Optioanlly, type a password to protect the presentation against unauthorized chenges.
- Click OK.
To copy files to a folder, click Copy To Folder and specify a destination folder.
Click Copy To CD, and follow the CD writer instructions for your system.