Share a Presentation Online

2009-05-31T01:38:00.000-07:00

How to Share a Presentation Online with OpenOffice.org

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Ever wanted to create a slideshow of images, text and audio? Perhaps you want to create a simple video but don't want to get involved in video editing software. Presentation software is an alternative that might work for you. This article will show you how to make a presentation with OpenOffice.org Impress, which you can easily export to flash (the most common video format online) so you can share it with others.

Steps

Launch OpenOffice.org Impress and the wizard should appear.
Choose type (empty presentation, from template[1] or open existing presentation) and click Next.
Choose a slide design (presentation backgrounds or presentation templates), leave output medium as screen and click Next.
Choose a slide transition (effect and speed) and click Create.
Click Insert then add text or a picture.
Click Insert then Slide to add the next slide.
Click Insert then Video and Sound.
When you've finished, click File then Export.
Click in the Filter box and choose Macromedia Flash (SWF) (.swf). Type in a filename in the Location box and choose a directory to save it to.
To Upload to Youtube an SWF file will need to be converted unless you can upload it to youtube via FTP.

Tips

Save your presentation as OpenDocument Presentation (.odp) after you created it and before you export it, if you want a backup.
Microsoft Office Powerpoint requires third-party plugins to export to flash.

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Sources and Citations

OpenOffice.org

↑ http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/templates

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