embed powerpoint presentation into MS Publisher 2003

[dJohn]

I've built a website in MS Pub 2003. I've "Inserted" an "object" consisting
of a PPT presentation. Doubleclicking the inserted icon shows the slides.
However, when I publish to the web, the icon does nothing. What am I doing
wrong?

 

[dJohn]

I should add, The first time I published this site, the slide show worked! I
did INSERT > OBJECT > filename.ppt.

Since then, however, I think I converted the website file from a print file
to a website file. That seems to have complicated the whole situation. I've
uploaded the PPT file to the ftp site as a web page. I've tried INSERT >
OBJECT to the uploaded file. I've tried hyperlinking to it. I'm at my wits'
end with this new program and no manual (either online or in print) that
addresses what I consider to be a rather fundamental design maneuver.

 

[DavidF]

dJohn,
This is covered in the FAQ:
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/FAQ/tabid/30/Default.aspx
And more info here:
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157

Spend some time perusing the Web Design portion in general...lots of good
info.

DavidF

 

[dJohn]

While perusing, I found http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
I am agravated to learn that automated processes in prior versions of
Publisher now "The burden of using external files with the Publisher web
falls on you, the customer." Where's the PROGRESS in that complicated
wrinkle?!

I also found your other referenced site as I was digging for answers.
It does have "lots of good info." Unfortunately, all the info I've found are
explanations why I can't do something. To wit:
"Q. How do I run my PowerPoint slide show in my Publisher web page?
A. As explained in the previous Question, the show file is a separate
entity. And a PowerPoint show cannot just 'run' online, rather it must be
converted to html. In your PowerPoint File menu you Save As the file as a web
site. You make note of what you name it so you know the home page name and
then you upload it to your site noting the URL you put it. You then link to
it's home page URL from your publisher page."
I understand that PPT can't just 'run' online. But if older versions of
Publisher had the capability to seamlessly handle all the conversions and
uploads, why is 2003 a throwback to the stone age? It's like going back to
manual transmissions, no air conditioning and carbureators.
It's especially annoying when I have to spend 5 hours digging the MS website
looking for answers that are nowhere to be found in any manuals or help files.

 

[dJohn]

The bottom line is I still don't have a clear procedure to make my PPT file
work online.

 

[dJohn]

OK. I've uploaded the PPT file as a web page to my ftp subdirectory. I've
created a hyperlink in my Publisher file to the main .htm file of the PPT
presentation. I've previewed the website and get the message the page can not
be found.
I'm beginning to believe that MS Publisher is a complete waste of time for
Web Design functions.

 

[David Bartosik]

Inserting an object is only relevant for a print publication there is no
relevance in a web publication.

 

[David Bartosik]

Web pages are linked to each other. You can only run a ppt locally in a print
publication. The ppt needs to be saved as a web site.

 

[David Bartosik]

The issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with your issue, which
is not knowing how to use a ppt file online. To view a ppt online it must be
saved as a web site. That fact is of no connection to Publisher.

 

[David Bartosik]

File menu, save as web.
Upload it.

 

[David Bartosik]

Fact A:
Publisher is not a web design program. Keep matters in the right context.
Refer ti left side column on
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/tabid/29/Default.aspx

Fact B:
Your issue now is a failure to set the link URL correctly. When you hover
the cursor over the link to your PPT index.htm file look down at the lower
left status bar and read the URL it points to. Then compare that to the URL
you entered in Publisher for the hyperlink. They have to be exactly
identical, computers are stupid they can only do what you tell them.

 

[dJohn]

Unfortunately, the issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with my
issue, but only with recent versions of Publisher, as I learned in my digging
for help. The following comes from
http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
----------------------
Publisher customers of a previous version may not realize that the handling
of external files changed between version 2000 and version 2002. Hence, a
customer of Publisher 2000 (or prior) may incur some frustration when moving
to version 2002 and/or 2003. I will illustrate the change and explain how it
affects you.

Through version 2000, Publisher included external files in the default
Publisher directory "Publish," located under My Documents. Publisher would
make a copy of your external file and place that copy in the Publish folder.
If you hyperlinked text on your Publisher web page to a pdf file residing on
your local drive, the successful linking of the external file would be a
process invisible and seamless to you. The external file gets copied by
Publisher into the "Publish" folder, then you upload the "Publish" folder to
your web site and you automatically have a functional link to an existing
file.

As of version 2002 there are the following changes. Publisher no longer has
a specified "Save To" directory. Use of the "Publish" folder is discontinued.
If you have a previous version and have the "Publish" folder, then you can
opt to either delete it, or continue to use it yourself. The new versions
"Save" by default to "My Documents." Publisher now generates a sub-folder by
default (an optional program setting) in the Publisher web site. Publisher
names the sub-folder with the same name you save the web as. All site files
after the home page are created within the sub-folder.

Then, there is the big change for which this article exists. As of version
2002, Publisher no longer copies external files or includes such files in the
Publisher web. The burden of using external files with the Publisher web
falls on you, the customer. If you followed the same steps in version 2002 or
2003 that you used in version 2000, you would discover that the links to your
external files fail. That is because - 1) the external file was not uploaded
- and 2) because the hyperlink is pointing to the original file path on your
local drive.
--------------------
So "the big change for wich this article exists," is that they removed a
massively impactful feature of the product ("the successful linking of the
external file would be a process invisible and seamless to you.") and don't
explain it anywhere. Nor is there any help either in Publisher of PowerPoint
to explain the "Publish to Website" requirements. Sort of like buying a
candle without a wick!

The issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with your issue, which
is not knowing how to use a ppt file online. To view a ppt online it must be
saved as a web site. That fact is of no connection to Publisher.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

While perusing, I found http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
I am agravated to learn that automated processes in prior versions of
Publisher now "The burden of using external files with the Publisher web
falls on you, the customer." Where's the PROGRESS in that complicated
wrinkle?!

I also found your other referenced site as I was digging for answers.
It does have "lots of good info." Unfortunately, all the info I've found are
explanations why I can't do something. To wit:
"Q. How do I run my PowerPoint slide show in my Publisher web page?
A. As explained in the previous Question, the show file is a separate
entity. And a PowerPoint show cannot just 'run' online, rather it must be
converted to html. In your PowerPoint File menu you Save As the file as a web
site. You make note of what you name it so you know the home page name and
then you upload it to your site noting the URL you put it. You then link to
it's home page URL from your publisher page."
I understand that PPT can't just 'run' online. But if older versions of
Publisher had the capability to seamlessly handle all the conversions and
uploads, why is 2003 a throwback to the stone age? It's like going back to
manual transmissions, no air conditioning and carbureators.
It's especially annoying when I have to spend 5 hours digging the MS website
looking for answers that are nowhere to be found in any manuals or help files.

 

[dJohn]

That's simlistic. You fail to mention 1. WHERE to upload it (root directory;
sub-folder); and
2. HOW to link to it (INSERT > OBJECT or HYPERLINK).

File menu, save as web.
Upload it.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

The bottom line is I still don't have a clear procedure to make my PPT file
work online.

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

Funny seeing an article I wrote being quoted to me. As for your grief, it
has been communicated to MS repeatedly. They know it's a "customer pain".
It's a long story I can't talk about. With any luck Pub 12 (2006?) will
return us to square one. Software is not perfect, sorry I can't offer you a
silver bullet.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

Unfortunately, the issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with
my
issue, but only with recent versions of Publisher, as I learned in my
digging
for help. The following comes from
http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
----------------------
Publisher customers of a previous version may not realize that the
handling
of external files changed between version 2000 and version 2002. Hence, a
customer of Publisher 2000 (or prior) may incur some frustration when
moving
to version 2002 and/or 2003. I will illustrate the change and explain how
it
affects you.

Through version 2000, Publisher included external files in the default
Publisher directory "Publish," located under My Documents. Publisher would
make a copy of your external file and place that copy in the Publish
folder.
If you hyperlinked text on your Publisher web page to a pdf file residing
on
your local drive, the successful linking of the external file would be a
process invisible and seamless to you. The external file gets copied by
Publisher into the "Publish" folder, then you upload the "Publish" folder
to
your web site and you automatically have a functional link to an existing
file.

As of version 2002 there are the following changes. Publisher no longer
has
a specified "Save To" directory. Use of the "Publish" folder is
discontinued.
If you have a previous version and have the "Publish" folder, then you can
opt to either delete it, or continue to use it yourself. The new versions
"Save" by default to "My Documents." Publisher now generates a sub-folder
by
default (an optional program setting) in the Publisher web site. Publisher
names the sub-folder with the same name you save the web as. All site
files
after the home page are created within the sub-folder.

Then, there is the big change for which this article exists. As of version
2002, Publisher no longer copies external files or includes such files in
the
Publisher web. The burden of using external files with the Publisher web
falls on you, the customer. If you followed the same steps in version 2002
or
2003 that you used in version 2000, you would discover that the links to
your
external files fail. That is because - 1) the external file was not
uploaded
- and 2) because the hyperlink is pointing to the original file path on
your
local drive.
--------------------
So "the big change for wich this article exists," is that they removed a
massively impactful feature of the product ("the successful linking of the
external file would be a process invisible and seamless to you.") and
don't
explain it anywhere. Nor is there any help either in Publisher of
PowerPoint
to explain the "Publish to Website" requirements. Sort of like buying a
candle without a wick!

The issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with your issue,
which
is not knowing how to use a ppt file online. To view a ppt online it must
be
saved as a web site. That fact is of no connection to Publisher.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

While perusing, I found
http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
I am agravated to learn that automated processes in prior versions of
Publisher now "The burden of using external files with the Publisher
web
falls on you, the customer." Where's the PROGRESS in that complicated
wrinkle?!

I also found your other referenced site as I was digging for answers.
It does have "lots of good info." Unfortunately, all the info I've
found are
explanations why I can't do something. To wit:
"Q. How do I run my PowerPoint slide show in my Publisher web page?
A. As explained in the previous Question, the show file is a separate
entity. And a PowerPoint show cannot just 'run' online, rather it must
be
converted to html. In your PowerPoint File menu you Save As the file as
a web
site. You make note of what you name it so you know the home page name
and
then you upload it to your site noting the URL you put it. You then
link to
it's home page URL from your publisher page."
I understand that PPT can't just 'run' online. But if older versions of
Publisher had the capability to seamlessly handle all the conversions
and
uploads, why is 2003 a throwback to the stone age? It's like going back
to
manual transmissions, no air conditioning and carbureators.
It's especially annoying when I have to spend 5 hours digging the MS
website
looking for answers that are nowhere to be found in any manuals or help
files.


:

dJohn,
This is covered in the FAQ:
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/FAQ/tabid/30/Default.aspx
And more info here:
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157

Spend some time perusing the Web Design portion in general...lots of
good
info.

DavidF

I've built a website in MS Pub 2003. I've "Inserted" an "object"
consisting
of a PPT presentation. Doubleclicking the inserted icon shows the
slides.
However, when I publish to the web, the icon does nothing. What am
I doing
wrong?

 

[dJohn]

NOW YOU TELL ME.
It'd be nice if the program was upfront with its limitations.
It'd be nice if the program came with instructions on how to use it. All
these little snipets of wisdom one has to dig for is a ridiculous way to
learn to use a program's features (or to learn what was taken OUT of the
program!).

Trial and error have finally gotten the job done, no thanks to Microsoft's
cryptic information dissemination.

Thank you for your help.

Inserting an object is only relevant for a print publication there is no
relevance in a web publication.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

I've built a website in MS Pub 2003. I've "Inserted" an "object" consisting
of a PPT presentation. Doubleclicking the inserted icon shows the slides.
However, when I publish to the web, the icon does nothing. What am I doing
wrong?

 

[dJohn]

David,
Thank you for your candor. Finally, a straight answer.

Funny seeing an article I wrote being quoted to me. As for your grief, it
has been communicated to MS repeatedly. They know it's a "customer pain".
It's a long story I can't talk about. With any luck Pub 12 (2006?) will
return us to square one. Software is not perfect, sorry I can't offer you a
silver bullet.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

Unfortunately, the issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with
my
issue, but only with recent versions of Publisher, as I learned in my
digging
for help. The following comes from
http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
----------------------
Publisher customers of a previous version may not realize that the
handling
of external files changed between version 2000 and version 2002. Hence, a
customer of Publisher 2000 (or prior) may incur some frustration when
moving
to version 2002 and/or 2003. I will illustrate the change and explain how
it
affects you.

Through version 2000, Publisher included external files in the default
Publisher directory "Publish," located under My Documents. Publisher would
make a copy of your external file and place that copy in the Publish
folder.
If you hyperlinked text on your Publisher web page to a pdf file residing
on
your local drive, the successful linking of the external file would be a
process invisible and seamless to you. The external file gets copied by
Publisher into the "Publish" folder, then you upload the "Publish" folder
to
your web site and you automatically have a functional link to an existing
file.

As of version 2002 there are the following changes. Publisher no longer
has
a specified "Save To" directory. Use of the "Publish" folder is
discontinued.
If you have a previous version and have the "Publish" folder, then you can
opt to either delete it, or continue to use it yourself. The new versions
"Save" by default to "My Documents." Publisher now generates a sub-folder
by
default (an optional program setting) in the Publisher web site. Publisher
names the sub-folder with the same name you save the web as. All site
files
after the home page are created within the sub-folder.

Then, there is the big change for which this article exists. As of version
2002, Publisher no longer copies external files or includes such files in
the
Publisher web. The burden of using external files with the Publisher web
falls on you, the customer. If you followed the same steps in version 2002
or
2003 that you used in version 2000, you would discover that the links to
your
external files fail. That is because - 1) the external file was not
uploaded
- and 2) because the hyperlink is pointing to the original file path on
your
local drive.
--------------------
So "the big change for wich this article exists," is that they removed a
massively impactful feature of the product ("the successful linking of the
external file would be a process invisible and seamless to you.") and
don't
explain it anywhere. Nor is there any help either in Publisher of
PowerPoint
to explain the "Publish to Website" requirements. Sort of like buying a
candle without a wick!

The issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with your issue,
which
is not knowing how to use a ppt file online. To view a ppt online it must
be
saved as a web site. That fact is of no connection to Publisher.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



:

While perusing, I found
http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
I am agravated to learn that automated processes in prior versions of
Publisher now "The burden of using external files with the Publisher
web
falls on you, the customer." Where's the PROGRESS in that complicated
wrinkle?!

I also found your other referenced site as I was digging for answers.
It does have "lots of good info." Unfortunately, all the info I've
found are
explanations why I can't do something. To wit:
"Q. How do I run my PowerPoint slide show in my Publisher web page?
A. As explained in the previous Question, the show file is a separate
entity. And a PowerPoint show cannot just 'run' online, rather it must
be
converted to html. In your PowerPoint File menu you Save As the file as
a web
site. You make note of what you name it so you know the home page name
and
then you upload it to your site noting the URL you put it. You then
link to
it's home page URL from your publisher page."
I understand that PPT can't just 'run' online. But if older versions of
Publisher had the capability to seamlessly handle all the conversions
and
uploads, why is 2003 a throwback to the stone age? It's like going back
to
manual transmissions, no air conditioning and carbureators.
It's especially annoying when I have to spend 5 hours digging the MS
website
looking for answers that are nowhere to be found in any manuals or help
files.


:

dJohn,
This is covered in the FAQ:
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/FAQ/tabid/30/Default.aspx
And more info here:
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157

Spend some time perusing the Web Design portion in general...lots of
good
info.

DavidF

I've built a website in MS Pub 2003. I've "Inserted" an "object"
consisting
of a PPT presentation. Doubleclicking the inserted icon shows the
slides.
However, when I publish to the web, the icon does nothing. What am
I doing
wrong?

 

[dJohn]

There's no by-line in the article. I didn't know you wrote it. But I would
have cut and pasted it here anyway, just to get the word out to others. God
knows Microsoft isn't dealing fairly.

Funny seeing an article I wrote being quoted to me. As for your grief, it
has been communicated to MS repeatedly. They know it's a "customer pain".
It's a long story I can't talk about. With any luck Pub 12 (2006?) will
return us to square one. Software is not perfect, sorry I can't offer you a
silver bullet.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

Unfortunately, the issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with
my
issue, but only with recent versions of Publisher, as I learned in my
digging
for help. The following comes from
http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
----------------------
Publisher customers of a previous version may not realize that the
handling
of external files changed between version 2000 and version 2002. Hence, a
customer of Publisher 2000 (or prior) may incur some frustration when
moving
to version 2002 and/or 2003. I will illustrate the change and explain how
it
affects you.

Through version 2000, Publisher included external files in the default
Publisher directory "Publish," located under My Documents. Publisher would
make a copy of your external file and place that copy in the Publish
folder.
If you hyperlinked text on your Publisher web page to a pdf file residing
on
your local drive, the successful linking of the external file would be a
process invisible and seamless to you. The external file gets copied by
Publisher into the "Publish" folder, then you upload the "Publish" folder
to
your web site and you automatically have a functional link to an existing
file.

As of version 2002 there are the following changes. Publisher no longer
has
a specified "Save To" directory. Use of the "Publish" folder is
discontinued.
If you have a previous version and have the "Publish" folder, then you can
opt to either delete it, or continue to use it yourself. The new versions
"Save" by default to "My Documents." Publisher now generates a sub-folder
by
default (an optional program setting) in the Publisher web site. Publisher
names the sub-folder with the same name you save the web as. All site
files
after the home page are created within the sub-folder.

Then, there is the big change for which this article exists. As of version
2002, Publisher no longer copies external files or includes such files in
the
Publisher web. The burden of using external files with the Publisher web
falls on you, the customer. If you followed the same steps in version 2002
or
2003 that you used in version 2000, you would discover that the links to
your
external files fail. That is because - 1) the external file was not
uploaded
- and 2) because the hyperlink is pointing to the original file path on
your
local drive.
--------------------
So "the big change for wich this article exists," is that they removed a
massively impactful feature of the product ("the successful linking of the
external file would be a process invisible and seamless to you.") and
don't
explain it anywhere. Nor is there any help either in Publisher of
PowerPoint
to explain the "Publish to Website" requirements. Sort of like buying a
candle without a wick!

The issue of external file inclusion has nothing to do with your issue,
which
is not knowing how to use a ppt file online. To view a ppt online it must
be
saved as a web site. That fact is of no connection to Publisher.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



:

While perusing, I found
http://publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157.
I am agravated to learn that automated processes in prior versions of
Publisher now "The burden of using external files with the Publisher
web
falls on you, the customer." Where's the PROGRESS in that complicated
wrinkle?!

I also found your other referenced site as I was digging for answers.
It does have "lots of good info." Unfortunately, all the info I've
found are
explanations why I can't do something. To wit:
"Q. How do I run my PowerPoint slide show in my Publisher web page?
A. As explained in the previous Question, the show file is a separate
entity. And a PowerPoint show cannot just 'run' online, rather it must
be
converted to html. In your PowerPoint File menu you Save As the file as
a web
site. You make note of what you name it so you know the home page name
and
then you upload it to your site noting the URL you put it. You then
link to
it's home page URL from your publisher page."
I understand that PPT can't just 'run' online. But if older versions of
Publisher had the capability to seamlessly handle all the conversions
and
uploads, why is 2003 a throwback to the stone age? It's like going back
to
manual transmissions, no air conditioning and carbureators.
It's especially annoying when I have to spend 5 hours digging the MS
website
looking for answers that are nowhere to be found in any manuals or help
files.


:

dJohn,
This is covered in the FAQ:
http://www.publishermvps.com/WebDesign/FAQ/tabid/30/Default.aspx
And more info here:
http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157

Spend some time perusing the Web Design portion in general...lots of
good
info.

DavidF

I've built a website in MS Pub 2003. I've "Inserted" an "object"
consisting
of a PPT presentation. Doubleclicking the inserted icon shows the
slides.
However, when I publish to the web, the icon does nothing. What am
I doing
wrong?

 

[David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]]

Your frustration stems from not knowing what "inserting an object" means.
That is a technology known as OLE. It's a Microsoft Office feature where you
can insert a copy of an Office file into another Office file and that copy
is locked to the original. A common use of this and a perfect example is to
open a Word document and "insert as object" an Excel file. This OLE
technology means that if you edit that original Excel file the changes are
magically made in the copy (object) over in that Word file. And vice versa,
you can edit the Excel object in Word the changes are made in the original.
So... if you know what "inserting an object" means (and MS help does
document it) and you have a basic understanding of web site mechanics, then
it should be clear that the two are totally incompatible.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

NOW YOU TELL ME.
It'd be nice if the program was upfront with its limitations.
It'd be nice if the program came with instructions on how to use it. All
these little snipets of wisdom one has to dig for is a ridiculous way to
learn to use a program's features (or to learn what was taken OUT of the
program!).

Trial and error have finally gotten the job done, no thanks to Microsoft's
cryptic information dissemination.

Thank you for your help.

Inserting an object is only relevant for a print publication there is no
relevance in a web publication.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

I've built a website in MS Pub 2003. I've "Inserted" an "object"
consisting
of a PPT presentation. Doubleclicking the inserted icon shows the
slides.
However, when I publish to the web, the icon does nothing. What am I
doing
wrong?

 

[dJohn]

I do know what OLE means. In fact, the exact thing I wanted to do was to take
an OBJECT (powerpoint presentation) and LINK or EMBED it into my web page.
Anyway, I've done it now. I'm only sorry it took hours to do what MS
Publisher used to do "seamless and transparently" to the user.

Again, thanks for revealing your Q&A and Article references. Learning is
tough when MS doesn't provide a User's Manual (printed or electronic).
Without your help, there is no way I would have learned that PUBLISHER falls
short of its advertised capabilities.

I feel like Charlie Brown going to kick that football again. I always
naively expect the PROMISE to meet the PRACTICE. And it always falls short.

Enough of this thread. Thanks for your help.
--------------------------------------------

Your frustration stems from not knowing what "inserting an object" means.
That is a technology known as OLE. It's a Microsoft Office feature where you
can insert a copy of an Office file into another Office file and that copy
is locked to the original. A common use of this and a perfect example is to
open a Word document and "insert as object" an Excel file. This OLE
technology means that if you edit that original Excel file the changes are
magically made in the copy (object) over in that Word file. And vice versa,
you can edit the Excel object in Word the changes are made in the original.
So... if you know what "inserting an object" means (and MS help does
document it) and you have a basic understanding of web site mechanics, then
it should be clear that the two are totally incompatible.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

NOW YOU TELL ME.
It'd be nice if the program was upfront with its limitations.
It'd be nice if the program came with instructions on how to use it. All
these little snipets of wisdom one has to dig for is a ridiculous way to
learn to use a program's features (or to learn what was taken OUT of the
program!).

Trial and error have finally gotten the job done, no thanks to Microsoft's
cryptic information dissemination.

Thank you for your help.

Inserting an object is only relevant for a print publication there is no
relevance in a web publication.

--
David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com



:

I've built a website in MS Pub 2003. I've "Inserted" an "object"
consisting
of a PPT presentation. Doubleclicking the inserted icon shows the
slides.
However, when I publish to the web, the icon does nothing. What am I
doing
wrong?