powerpoint 2010 gives you lots of ways
to enhance or even change the way you
deliver your presentation how do you
reach a viewer for example who isn't
there with you how about hundreds of
viewers scattered across the country
that's where I find myself today getting
ready to broadcast my slide show live on
the web so viewers can watch it remotely
it's easy all you and your viewers need
is an internet connection just go to the
slideshow tab choose broadcast slideshow
and then start broadcast when you're
ready to begin the process now
PowerPoint is preparing your broadcast
this step can take a couple minutes
depending on your internet connection
the result is a link anyone with this
link can watch your slideshow remotely
so you can copy it or send it to your
viewers in an email when you're ready to
begin the broadcast all you have to do
is start slideshow and then present as
usual there are limitations though most
importantly the fact that you can't use
PowerPoint to speak to your audience
while broadcasting you'll need to pre
record your narration or even better
plan to communicate on something like a
conference call the pen and highlighter
tools are also disabled let's skip ahead
to the end of the slideshow
when you're finished giving your
presentation all you have to do is press
escape on your keyboard then click the
button here to end the broadcast which
will disconnect any remote viewers who
are still using the link an alternative
to broadcasting is to save your
slideshow as a video so viewers can
watch it anytime these videos can be
shared online in an e-mail or even
burned to a DVD everything you need can
be found in the backstage view under
save and send and then create a video
start by selecting a size and quality
depending on what you plan to do with
your video I'm going to share mine
online then decide if you want to use
recorded timings and narrations making
your presentation less like a slideshow
and more like an actual video when you
might watch on YouTube for example if
you don't have or don't wish to use
timings you'll want to set the amount of
time the video should spend on each
slide
when you're ready click create video and
then save you can keep an eye on your
progress using the status bar in the
bottom right corner when the bar is
completely green your video is ready to
view send or upload one of the last
things I'd like to show you is how to
tailor your presentation to different
audiences I'll do that by going to the
slideshow tab to create a custom
slideshow how does it work well if you
have to give your presentation to more
than one group creating different
versions can help you adapt to things
like having less time to present or each
group having different needs or
expectations just click custom shows
then new to create one for the first
time give the show a name for example
short version then identify the slides
you want to include in your custom show
by selecting them and adding them to the
list on the right I'm just going to add
a couple more you can even change the
order of the slides using the arrows
here when you're done click OK and
choose show to view your custom show
right away or close to exit finally I
don't know about you but when I'm
listening to a presentation it sometimes
helps me to have a printed handout of
some kind so I can follow along and take
notes
I think I'll print some for the group
I'm going to be presenting to in person
all we have to do is go backstage to the
print pane now open the page layout menu
and choose one of the handouts in this
section I like this one because it has a
place to write your own notes or
comments click the print button and
you're all set from handouts to videos
to broadcasting live PowerPoint gives
you so many ways to share your
presentation and meet the needs of your
audience including the viewers at home
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