Publishing your Impress Presentation
Publishing your Impress Presentation
Several options are available to publish your Impress presentation.
Distribute an OOo file on some media
Hand out printed handouts
Publish as a Flash animation
Publish as a PDF file
Publish as html on a Web server and send out the link
Publish as a WebCast
Each of these options come with some advantages and some drawbacks.
Distribute an OOo file on some media
Choose File - Save.
+ the recipient can view all effects and animations of your presentation
+ the recipient can edit the file or use it as a template for future own files
- the recipient needs OpenOffice.org to view the presentation
- can be changed easily without your consent (but you can apply a digital signature)
Hand out printed handouts
Choose File - Print. See http://blogs.sun.com/oootnt/entry/printouts_of_your_handouts for details.
+ only the contents are published, not the manufacturing bits and bytes
+ the recipient doesn't need a computer to view the slides
- effects, animations, slide transitions, sounds, and interactions are lost
- no restore option if the printed sheets get lost
Publish as a Flash animation
Choose File - Export. Select Flash file format.
+ can be a nice view on a Web page
+ viewable with every graphical Web browser with Flash plugin
- currently, no effects or sounds are exported and only some slide transitions
- recipients need a Flash viewer plugin or standalone Flash player
Publish as a PDF file
Choose File - Export as PDF.
+ the standard for read-only publications
+ PDF reader available for free for all platforms
- no effects, animations, slide transitions, sounds
- PDF reader uses different user interface than Web browser
Publish as html on a Web server
Choose File - Export. Select HTML Document as file type.
+ the standard for Web sites
+ the HTML Export Wizard guides you to create a nice Web presentation
- you must upload to server space, or you must hand out several files
- no true control over page layout on recipient's Web browser
Publish as a WebCast
Choose File - Export. Select HTML Document as file type. Select WebCast in the wizard.
+ you control when the recipients see every slide
+ the HTML Export Wizard guides you to create a nice WebCast presentation
- you must upload to server space, where some additional software must run
- you need some knowledge of Active Server Pages or Perl
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webcast and search Help for "WebCast" for more information.