This article explains why PowerPoint presentations can't be streamed on a Finalsite website, including the recommended way to distribute a downloadable copy through File Manager.
đź’ˇQuick answers
- Can PowerPoint presentations be played directly on a website? No; Multimedia Manager doesn't support streaming PowerPoint presentations, and even videos saved from PowerPoint lose their transitions and custom animations.
- What's the best way to share a PowerPoint file on the site? Upload the file to File Manager and post a link to it on a webpage so visitors can download and view it in their own copy of PowerPoint.
- Do animations and transitions survive when hosting a PowerPoint file? Yes, but only if the file is offered as a download; the presentation itself won't be viewable or animated directly on the website.
This article refers to our legacy product, Multimedia Manager. For the best Finalsite experience, we recommend using our newest product, Resources, which is already available to you in left navigation by clicking on the folder icon. Learn more at "Resources overview."
PowerPoint presentations are not supported by Multimedia Manager, and cannot be streamed as a presentation when posted to the website. Even when saved as .MOV files with PowerPoint's "Save As Movie" command, presentations lose their transitions and custom animations when uploaded and viewed on a website.
Publishing a link to your presentation
The easiest way to distribute a PowerPoint presentation would be to upload it to File Manager, and then post a link to the file on a webpage. Users would be able to download a copy of the file and view it on their own computers, provided they have a copy of PowerPoint. This would allow you to preserve any custom animations, slide transitions and timing in the presentation, but the presentation itself would not be displayed on the website.
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