PowerPoint in Netscape?

[tshad]

Is there a way to make Powerpoint work in Netscape?

We want to put a powerpoint presentation in our pages, but Netscape can't
seem to handle them. IE handles it fine.

We set our page with an IFRAME like so:

<iframe name="I1" src="brochures/BankPresentation.pps" width="531"
height="318">Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently
configured not to display inline frames.</iframe>

Is there anyway to make this work? I've seen other sites with powerpoint.

Thanks,

Tom.

 

[Sybren Stuvel]

tshad enlightened us with:

Is there a way to make Powerpoint work in Netscape?

Powerpoint is a program, not a file.

We want to put a powerpoint presentation in our pages, but Netscape
can't seem to handle them. IE handles it fine.

You seem to be talking about a Powerpoint slide that has been saved as
HTML.

Is there anyway to make this work? I've seen other sites with
powerpoint.

There are much better ways to put information on a website than in
powerpoint-like slides.

Sybren

 

[brucie]

In alt.html tshad said:

Is there a way to make Powerpoint work in Netscape?

even if you get it working with NS how is it supposed to work if you
don't have power point? convert it to a web friendly format.

 

[Steve Pugh]

Is there a way to make Powerpoint work in Netscape?

Just link to it. If the user has Powerpoint (or some othe software
that can view ppt files) then they will be able to view it.

On the other hand, convert it to HTML and they won't need any other
software,

We want to put a powerpoint presentation in our pages, but Netscape can't
seem to handle them. IE handles it fine.

We set our page with an IFRAME like so:

<iframe name="I1" src="brochures/BankPresentation.pps" width="531"
height="318">Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently
configured not to display inline frames.</iframe>

That's useless fallback content. Even if their browser doesn't support
iframes they might still have Powerpoint installed, so a link to the
file would be useful.

Is there anyway to make this work? I've seen other sites with powerpoint.

<a href="brochures/BankPresentation.pps">Powerpoint presentation</a>

Steve

 

[Toby Inkster]

<iframe name="I1" src="brochures/BankPresentation.pps" width="531"
height="318">Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently
configured not to display inline frames.</iframe>

<object data="brochures/BankPresentation.pps" width="531" height="318"
type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint">

<p>Your browser is unable to render inline Microsoft PowerPoint™
presentations. please download the <a href="brochures/BankPresentation.pps"
type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint">bank presentation</a> and view it
using Microsoft PowerPoint™. If you don't have Microsoft
PowerPoint™, then download either the free <a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?categoryid=9"

Microsoft PowerPoint™ viewer</a> or the Free <a

href="http://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org Suite</a> to view the
file.</p>

</object>

 

[DU]

In alt.html tshad said:




even if you get it working with NS how is it supposed to work if you
don't have power point? convert it to a web friendly format.

Like this:

<object data="brochures/BankPresentation.pps" width="531" height="318"
type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint">
<object type="text/html" data="path/webfriendlyformat.html"
width="531" height="318">
<a href="path/filename.html">Simple link to the webpage for UAs
not supporting &lt;object&gt;</a>
</object>
</object>

This will work (content degradation; accessibility to content) even in
HTML 4.01 strict for old browsers or textual browsers.

DU

 

[brucie]

In alt.html DU said:

Like this:

<object data="brochures/BankPresentation.pps" width="531" height="318"
[...]
</object>
</object>

This will work

no it doesn't. i still don't get the pp presentation if i don't have pp.
convert the pp to a web friendly format.

and stop using pp. it makes you stupid.
http://www.presentations.com/presentations/delivery/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000482464

 

[DU]

In alt.html DU said:

even if you get it working with NS how is it supposed to work if you
don't have power point? convert it to a web friendly format.

Like this:

<object data="brochures/BankPresentation.pps" width="531" height="318"
[...]
</object>
</object>

This will work

no it doesn't.

I have not tested this but the code I provided should work accordingly
in/with HTML 4.01 compliant browsers.

Bug 109082: Outer most OBJECT element is rendered even if unknown
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109082

13.3.1 Rules for rendering objects
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#h-13.3.1

i still don't get the pp presentation if i don't have pp.

Correct. But then you should access its content via a web friendly format.

convert the pp to a web friendly format.

and stop using pp.

That's another issue.

it makes you stupid.

http://www.presentations.com/presentations/delivery/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000482464

DU

 

[brucie]

In alt.html DU said:

I have not tested this but the code I provided should work accordingly
in/with HTML 4.01 compliant browsers.

i wasn't referring to the markup not working but the pp

Correct. But then you should access its content via a web friendly format.

it should be in a web friendly format in the first place.

a) the author doesn't need to double their work load.
b) browser support issues are gone
c) smaller download
d) everyone gets to see the same thing