Using GoClick to publish PowerPoint Presentations

GoClick has changed how you can save documents for the web. Now you can publish Word, AppleWorks, PowerPoint presentations and more to the Internet without the fear that different browsers and platforms will all see a different product. GoClick creates an HTML file or files that accurately represent the document in its respective application.

This job aid will help you set up your computer to output PowerPoint presentations and then present them in a popup window (an example of this format can be found at the Thinking Visually with WebQuests page, click on the slides link below the top image). If interested in outputting a word processing document, you can use the default settings.

There are three parts to this process

  1. Set up GoClick to output your slides correctly. You will only have to do this part once.
  2. Publish the presentation from PowerPoint.
  3. Link the presentation to your main web page. You will have to add some special HTML code to make your presentation appear in a separate window.

Part 1: Set up GoClick

1. Select GoClick in the Chooser (the Chooser is located in the Applemenu).

2. Launch your PowerPoint presentation and then go to file and down to page setup.
 

3. Then on the Page Setup Menu, click the Options button.

4. Once the GoGlick Settings Menu appears, select New.

It will then ask you to give the new setting type a name, type SLIDES or POWERPOINT.

5. Next, click on the Page pop up window and select custom size.

6. Change the width to 7 inches and the height to 5 inches.

7. Select Options on the GoClick Settings Menu. First change the Made with GoClick option to I'll think about it. This way you won't get the icon showing up on each document. Then select the Options popup menu (now on General) and select Multipage Documents.

8. On this new menu, first change the Start a new Web page section to 1.

9. Then decide if you want links at the top and bottom or just one location.

10. Next, put in a web address for the home button. This is a one time setup, so if you select an address for a specific project, you will need to change it when you do your next conversion. The simple solution is to just select an general address, like your school or triton.

11. Select the Options popup menu again and go to Page Layout.

12. Change the Layout to HTML Tables.

You are now done with the settings.

Go to Part 2: Publishing a Presentation

Written by Dan McDowell for the San Diego City Schools Patterns Project.
Last updated July 25, 2000.