What's the best way to share a powerpoint presentation

Victor Delta · External Since: Mar 10, 2009 Posts: 42

Can anyone please suggest the best way to share a set of PowerPoint slides
(just for reading) by email with a group that includes some people who do
not have any software for opening ppt files.

An additional requirement is not to make the attachment file size too large.

Thanks,

V

trip_to_tokyo · External Since: Oct 03, 2009 Posts: 94

On Sep 15, 6:45 pm, "Victor Delta" wrote:
> Can anyone please suggest the best way to share a set of PowerPoint slides
> (just for reading) by email with a group that includes some people who do
> not have any software for opening ppt files.
>
> An additional requirement is not to make the attachment file size too large.
>
> Thanks,
>
> V

You don't say which software you are using but assuming that it's
PowerPoint 2007 just email them the Presentation along with the
viewer:-

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-1...-467D-8

If possible please rate my posting.

Thanks.

Victor Delta · External Since: Mar 10, 2009 Posts: 42

"trip_to_tokyo" wrote in message

On Sep 15, 6:45 pm, "Victor Delta" wrote:
> Can anyone please suggest the best way to share a set of PowerPoint slides
> (just for reading) by email with a group that includes some people who do
> not have any software for opening ppt files.
>
> An additional requirement is not to make the attachment file size too
> large.
>
> Thanks,
>
> V

You don't say which software you are using but assuming that it's
PowerPoint 2007 just email them the Presentation along with the
viewer:-

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=048DC840-1...-467D-8

If possible please rate my posting.

Thanks.
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Thanks - it's actually PP 2003 but I want to avoid the need for recipients
to have to have to install extra software such as a pp viewer. Sorry I
didn't include either point in my original post.

So I guess possible options would include a way of converting the ppt file
to some other format such as pdf or html...?

V

Matti Vuori · External Since: Sep 29, 2009 Posts: 10

"Victor Delta" wrote in

> Can anyone please suggest the best way to share a set of PowerPoint
> slides (just for reading) by email with a group that includes some
> people who do not have any software for opening ppt files.

The best options, depending on the people and the situation:
* Create a PDF and send that to people. Practically all people have a PDF
reader in their computer.
* Upload the file to Google Documents, docs.google.com. The other people
only need a Web browser.

> An additional requirement is not to make the attachment file size too
> large.

"Too large" is an expression that may mean very different things to
people...

Victor Delta · External Since: Mar 10, 2009 Posts: 42

"Matti Vuori" wrote in message

> "Victor Delta" wrote in
>
>
>> Can anyone please suggest the best way to share a set of PowerPoint
>> slides (just for reading) by email with a group that includes some
>> people who do not have any software for opening ppt files.
>
> The best options, depending on the people and the situation:
> * Create a PDF and send that to people. Practically all people have a PDF
> reader in their computer.
> * Upload the file to Google Documents, docs.google.com. The other people
> only need a Web browser.
>
>> An additional requirement is not to make the attachment file size too
>> large.
>
> "Too large" is an expression that may mean very different things to
> people...

Thanks,

V

Steve Rindsberg · External Since: Jul 09, 2010 Posts: 19

In article , Victor Delta wrote:
> Can anyone please suggest the best way to share a set of PowerPoint slides
> (just for reading) by email with a group that includes some people who do
> not have any software for opening ppt files.
>
> An additional requirement is not to make the attachment file size too large.

Most people have Acrobat ... I'd send them the PPT in PDF format.

If you have 2007 or higher, it can make PDF directly. Otherwise, there are
free or for-pay programs that'll do it for you.

If possible, put the PDF up on a web site and email the link instead of
attaching the file. Size of attachment is no longer an issue and you won't
annoy people who don't intend to read the PDF anyhow.

linky wu · External Since: Sep 16, 2010 Posts: 1

On Sep 16, 1:45 am, "Victor Delta" wrote:
> Can anyone please suggest the best way to share a set of PowerPoint slides
> (just for reading) by email with a group that includes some people who do
> not have any software for opening ppt files.
>
> An additional requirement is not to make the attachment file size too large.
>
> Thanks,
>
> V

5 ways to put PowerPoint presentation on Web:
http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/832/1/5-ways-to-put-Pow...oint-pr
I think this will help you.

Victor Delta · External Since: Mar 10, 2009 Posts: 42

"linky wu" wrote in message

On Sep 16, 1:45 am, "Victor Delta" wrote:
> Can anyone please suggest the best way to share a set of PowerPoint slides
> (just for reading) by email with a group that includes some people who do
> not have any software for opening ppt files.
>
> An additional requirement is not to make the attachment file size too
> large.
>
> Thanks,
>
> V

5 ways to put PowerPoint presentation on Web:
http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/832/1/5-ways-to-put-Pow...oint-pr
I think this will help you.

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Many thanks for everyone's suggestions.

V

j.a.breugelmans · External Since: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2

There are a couple of ways, but the simplest is just saving it as a pdf and sent it to the. The advantage is that it also works for tablets as well. You can see a little demo of a powerpoint file saved as a PDF and sent to a tablet:

http://www.powerpointinfographics.com/blogs/news/6023726-infographics-...powerpo