PPT2000: Cannot View Web Page Using Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer 3.x

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

If you save your PowerPoint presentation as a Web page using the default save options, you will not be able to view the Web page using a Netscape Navigator browser or an Internet Explorer 3.x browser.

MORE INFORMATION

When you save or publish a Web presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, the file is saved in HTML format, which is optimized for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. This format provides the best fidelity, fastest performance, and smallest file size. However, if your Web presentation will be viewed using any version of Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, you can do the following to allow your presentation to be viewed by any browser:

1. On the File menu, click Save as Web Page, and then click Publish.



2. In the Publish as Web Page dialog box, click All browsers listed above (creates larger files).

• You first receive a warning page with the following text:

  This presentation contains content that your browser may not be able to show properly. This presentation was optimized for more recent versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
  
  If you would like to proceed anyway, click here.

  This page is included automatically when you create your Web site with PowerPoint 2000.



• Animations, including slide transitions, are not supported (except animated GIF pictures).



• GIF pictures might not be animated if the presentation is saved with a screen size setting of 640 x 480 or less. Click Web Options on the General tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu), and then click to select the Screen size check box on the Pictures tab.



• The slide is not scaled to fit the Web browser window. It stays at a fixed screen resolution based on the screen size setting that you selected when you published the presentation. Click Web Options on the General tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu), and then adjust the Screen size option on the Pictures tab as necessary.



• The presentation cannot be viewed full screen.



• You cannot open or close frames.



• The active slide title is not highlighted in the outline pane.



• The mouse does not highlight elements in the outline pane.



• Sounds and movies do not play.



• Some graphics will not look as good as they do in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.

REFERENCES

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Additional query words: html xml save export web options change view better worse ppt9 ppt2k 2k 9.0 powerpnt powerpoint ppt2000

Keywords          : kbdta kbhtml 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb 

Last Reviewed: July 13, 1999