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hi guys, need little help here
how embed a powerpoint file (.ppt) in xhtml?
if a .ppt file opened using IE, it will be in full screen
open it using ff, it redirected to powerpoint
google it already and didnt find anything useful
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In ten years of using and building on the web I have NEVER seen a reason why you would ever want to do this.
Can't you just offer it as a download like everyone else? -
I thought so, but ppl suggest me to do it like that, it's a better experience for user
so instead of input plain text, they can just input ppt file, then the learner just open the ppt in our web
fyi, im developing a web application to learn and share knowledge (elearning) -
Powerpoint is evil :/
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so instead of input plain text, they can just input ppt file, then the learner just open the ppt in our web
Trying to get that to work involves a huge number of variables. (Operating system, browser, and "do they have powerpoint installed at all", just to start with. Not to mention potential network setup and security issues (anyone else remember all those office macro viruses that went on in the 90s? The WMF hole from a couple months ago?).)
I guess I'm just trying to say it's more than I'd consider reasonable for a project.
If you could get them to switch formats and use S5 or PDFs instead you'd stand a MUCH better chance, IMHO. -
Michael -
>>If you could get them to switch formats and use S5 or PDFs instead you'd stand a MUCH better chance, IMHO.<<
Couldn't agree more. PDF would probably be the best solution.
Kevin -
If you PDF the slideshow, you could virtually guarantee it will display the same regardless of the browser, OS, or experience level of the visitor.
That's my 2 cents. :^{> -
You're better off just using xhtml to represent the slides, css to style, and you could easily through in some scripting to pretty it up where available. That way you're guaranteed everyone, everywhere, on anything can access the data. Accessibility ftw : )
And if not PDF's would be the next bet. Not only is it more supported it looks a hell of a lot better than powerpoint.
Down with Powerpoint >.<; -
Kanashii: try taking a look at that S5 link i posted above. It's pretty much exactly what you described. A whole system just for doing presentation slideshows in XHTML/CSS with a bit of JS for slide switching. ;)
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I should be more observant : ) S5 is the way to go, very nice looking
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thx for the help guys, i think i'd go for S5
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