Publish your Presentation in Adobe Presenter 7

This How To explains how to Publish your presentation using Adobe Presenter 7.

After you have configured your presentation settings and preferences, added your audio and/or video, and made any last changes to your presentation, you are ready to publish.

Saving the Presentation and Associated Audio

In order to make future changes to your presentation, you will need to save the PowerPoint file. When you save the PowerPoint a new folder will be created, in addition to the .ppt or .pptx file that is saved. The folder will be given the name you used for the PowerPoint file. This folder will contain a .ppc file and all the related audio. If at any time you need to move this PowerPoint presentation to another folder or drive, you will need to make certain that you copy both the .pptx file and the corresponding folder.

Publishing

Once you have the presentation saved, you are ready to publish. To do this, click the Publish option from the Presentation group on the Adobe Presenter tab.

At this point, you have some decisions to make, and you can still make some changes.

You will want to publish to your computer. At this time we do not have an Adobe Connect Server established for Presenter files.
- Select My Computer from the menu bar at left
- Click Browse to locate the folder where you want to store the presentation along with all the audio files
- You may want to make a new folder to store all of these files
You can elect to create a zip file of all of the essential files by checking the “Zip package” check box. This will create a *.zip file in the location you choose in the Location: box.
If you anticipate that you will be burning this presentation onto a CD, check the “CD package (with autorun for CD)” box. This will create the file so that it will play when the CD is opened.
On the right, you will see the Project Information.
- You can verify that all the information is correct, or you can change/edit/delete information by clicking the link or the Settings or Slide Manager buttons.
If you check the “View output after publishing”, the presentation will automatically launch and play after it is published.
Click the Publish button and wait for the publish process to finish.

NOTE: If you make changes to the content of the source PowerPoint, you will need to publish the presentation again. If you publish to the same folder (recommended), you will be prompted to replace the existing folders. Answer “Yes” and the new version will be created in the same location.

Below is a description of the files and folders you can expect to see once you have published your presentation. The files and folder you will see will be different depending on the publishing options you choose.

If you choose to publish the presentation and DO NOT choose to create a Zip or CD package (as shown below), you will see the following files and folders in the location where you choose to publish the presentation.

If you choose the “CD package” option, you will see the following files and folders in the location where you choose to publish the presentation.

Regardless of which publishing options you choose, there will always be a data folder. This folder contains the slides, animations (*.swf, *.fla), movies, attachments and other needed files for the presentation. When you transfer this to a web server or personal web space, you must remember to transfer the entire presentation folder.

Opening a Zipped Published Presentation

If you choose the “Zip package” option, instead of seeing a folder of files you will only see one *.zip file in the location where you choose to publish the presentation.

Once created, a zip file will need to be expanded before you can view the published presentation. To expand a zip file:

Navigate to folder with*.zip file
Double-click on the *.zip file or right click and select Expand
The expanded folder should appear in the same location as the *.zip file
You MUST copy all the files from the zipped folder into a new folder before you can view your published presentation