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PowerPoint

Player Type: Image, HTML or Movie

Supported
Format	Comment
*.PNG, .JPG, .TIFF	Slides saved as a folder of images. Please see note below.
*.SWF	Presentation converted to Flash
*.MPG	Presentation recorded to video.
Unsupported
Format	Comment
*.PPT, *.PPS	PowerPoint presentation file

Unlisted formats have not been tested.

  NTB is a Linux based player, therefore cannot support Microsoft Office formats.

Converting Presentations

There are three alternative methods of showing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations on an NTB:

1. As an image slide show (if slide transitions and animation effects are not important)
2. As a Flash animation (if slide transitions and animation effects are important)
3. As a Video (if slide transitions and animation effects are important and file size is not)

Power Point as an Image Slideshow

1. In Power Point, select File | Save As.. from the menu
2. Set the "Save as type" to PNG (or TIF, JPG, BMP)
3. You will be asked if you want to save every slide, click "Yes"
4. Saving will then create one image for every slide in a folder named after the presentation.
5. Open the new folder and rename the first 9 (if not more than 99 files, if more then renaming of 99 files is needed to Slide001.TIF etc) files so that they appear in alphanumerical order - ie: (Slide1.TIF to Slide01.TIF, Slide2.TIF to Slide02.TIF and so on up to Slide9.TIF to Slide09.TIF). NOTE: All files have to be named in an alphanumeric order, if you want to use a Folder Play. We do recommend using batch renaming tools (Total Commander, Irfan View etc.)
6. Browse into the NTB using FTP - i.e. type ftp://<user name>:<password>@<ip_address>
7. Drag the PowerPoint slides folder into the media folder or into a suitable sub-folder.
8. In the Home|Layouts, create a Layout with just a single full-screen zone and tick IMAGE, co the Zone can palyt images only.
9. Add the slides folder (rather than each of the slides) into the playlist
10. Edit the item to ensure that it has a duration and that the order is sequential and not random.
11. Put the Layout into the Schedule and activate it.

Power Point as Video

There is a number of products on the market that will convert a PowerPoint presentation to a video. There is a built-in Convert to Video feature of PowerPoint for Apple Macs. Some products are specifically designed for converting PowerPoint presentations to video files, while other are more general screen capture applications, which can be useful if you want to include mouse movement and/or provide a voice-over.

Wondershare PPT to Video

Wondershare make a very good and inexpensive product that we think can satisfy anyone. It can convert PowerPoint presentations to a variety of video formats. We always recommend using MPEG-2, which this tool does very well. Additionally it can create video files with HD resolutions.

Power Point as a Flash Animation

There are various products on the market that will convert a PowerPoint presentation to a Flash animation with varying degrees of complexity. Some do no more than create a slideshow from each slide while others will attempt to preserve the transitions and animations more accurately.

Here is a tool with a good professional result that is worth investigating:

Presentation Pro PowerCONVERTER

The free OpenOffice suite of software will open a PowerPoint presentation and allow you to export it as Flash file although it does not handle slide transitions or animations.