I am tying to add a PowerPoint slideshow into a help and manual .chm file. I tried both OLE embedding and OLE linking without success (followed the process described in the help file - Choose Insert --> OLE Object --> Selected create from file --> Navigate to file --> either check or leave unchecked the LInk box). The resulting file works correctly and launches the PowerPoint slideshow in project format, but when I complie from .hmx to.chm, the slideshow no longer works.
What am I doing wrong?
PowerPoint Slideshow in Help File
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Hi Peter,
You're not doing anything wrong, it's just impossible. OLE objects must be converted to bitmap graphics in all the output formats supported by Help & Manual, so you can only use formats that can be converted to static bitmaps. The only way to "include" a live PowerPoint slideshow would be to distribute the PowerPoint file together with your HTML Help CHM file and link to it with a file link, using Insert > Hyperlink > File Link. The PP file must be in the same folder as the CHM file, otherwise it will not work.
You're not doing anything wrong, it's just impossible. OLE objects must be converted to bitmap graphics in all the output formats supported by Help & Manual, so you can only use formats that can be converted to static bitmaps. The only way to "include" a live PowerPoint slideshow would be to distribute the PowerPoint file together with your HTML Help CHM file and link to it with a file link, using Insert > Hyperlink > File Link. The PP file must be in the same folder as the CHM file, otherwise it will not work.
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Tim,
Would there be an advantage to using a video or Flash instead of the PowerPoint file? You would still need to use a file link and include the source presentation, but I would think you might find that more users can play the show, unless you're shipping a .pps file that includes the PowerPoint player. Any comments?
Thanks,
Dean
Would there be an advantage to using a video or Flash instead of the PowerPoint file? You would still need to use a file link and include the source presentation, but I would think you might find that more users can play the show, unless you're shipping a .pps file that includes the PowerPoint player. Any comments?
Thanks,
Dean
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This would really depend what is in the PowerPoint file. Generally it's a lot easier to create an interactive PPT presentation than it is to create the same thing in Flash -- and PowerPoint is a tool that most people are familiar with. I'm not sure whether there are any viable tools for converting PPT to Flash.Dean Whitlock wrote:Would there be an advantage to using a video or Flash instead of the PowerPoint file?
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