Publisher Slide Show

I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them together in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being published to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and if
so... how?

Confuzzed wrote:
I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them together in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being published to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and if
so... how?

Publisher is for creating published publications, and PowerPoint is for
creating slideshows. This is why Publisher talks about publications, and
PowerPoint talks about creating presentations, slides, etc.

I suggest you ask how to use PowerPoint in a PowerPoint newsgroup. Or
read the help files and/or a book. The Office Online PowerPoint site
might also help

http://office.microsoft.com/powerpoint/

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

You could use .pdf files for that. Adobe Reader will allow you to go full
screen and would look quite like a PPT slideshow.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Confuzzed" wrote in message
...
I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them together
in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being published
to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and if
so... how?

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
You could use .pdf files for that. Adobe Reader will allow you to go full
screen and would look quite like a PPT slideshow.

I was going to ask if anything made in Publisher could be used/imported
into Power Point (which I know very little about). I decided to open it and
try and found it won't open Pub files (Power Point)

I came back here to ask what one could save Publisher files as, to move
into PP and use in a silde show (just for general information, to know) and
you have apparently already answered it.

Now I'll have to go and try this.

Carrie


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Confuzzed" wrote in message
...
I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them together
in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being published
to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and if
so... how?

A full screen .pdf file looks a heckuva lot like a slide show. Try it with
any .pdf file you have. :-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Carrie" wrote in message
...

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
You could use .pdf files for that. Adobe Reader will allow you to go full
screen and would look quite like a PPT slideshow.

I was going to ask if anything made in Publisher could be used/imported
into Power Point (which I know very little about). I decided to open it
and try and found it won't open Pub files (Power Point)

I came back here to ask what one could save Publisher files as, to move
into PP and use in a silde show (just for general information, to know)
and you have apparently already answered it.

Now I'll have to go and try this.

Carrie


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Confuzzed" wrote in message
...
I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them
together in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being
published to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and
if
so... how?

You could save each page of the Publisher file as a .jpg (File, SaveAs &
scroll down in the Save As Type dropdown almost to the bottom) then create
the slides using PowerPoint's Insert, Picture, New Photo Album feature to
create a nice quick slide show of the various Publisher file pages.

Just remember, by default Publisher files create a Portrait image for
putting on paper while PowerPoint creates a landscape image for display on a
computer or projector. Unless you created your Publisher file in the
landscape format, the images in the PowerPoint show will be reduced in size
significantly.


"Carrie" wrote in message
...

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
You could use .pdf files for that. Adobe Reader will allow you to go full
screen and would look quite like a PPT slideshow.

I was going to ask if anything made in Publisher could be used/imported
into Power Point (which I know very little about). I decided to open it
and try and found it won't open Pub files (Power Point)

I came back here to ask what one could save Publisher files as, to move
into PP and use in a silde show (just for general information, to know)
and you have apparently already answered it.

Now I'll have to go and try this.

Carrie


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Confuzzed" wrote in message
...
I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them
together in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being
published to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and
if
so... how?

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
A full screen .pdf file looks a heckuva lot like a slide show. Try it with
any .pdf file you have. :-)

I can't get a pdf file to open in Power Point. It says it can't open that
type of file.
I haven't done much with PP, but now, looking over it, I see it seems to
do alot more than just make slide shows/presentation (like I see it says
"save to CD" which looks interesting)

I think I'll have to find the PP newsgroup, I will probably see you there.

Carrie

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Carrie" wrote in message
...

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
You could use .pdf files for that. Adobe Reader will allow you to go
full screen and would look quite like a PPT slideshow.

I was going to ask if anything made in Publisher could be used/imported
into Power Point (which I know very little about). I decided to open it
and try and found it won't open Pub files (Power Point)

I came back here to ask what one could save Publisher files as, to
move into PP and use in a silde show (just for general information, to
know) and you have apparently already answered it.

Now I'll have to go and try this.

Carrie


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Confuzzed" wrote in message
...
I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them
together in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being
published to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and
if
so... how?

"LVTravel" wrote in message
...
You could save each page of the Publisher file as a .jpg (File, SaveAs &
scroll down in the Save As Type dropdown almost to the bottom) then
create the slides using PowerPoint's Insert, Picture, New Photo Album
feature to create a nice quick slide show of the various Publisher file
pages.

Just remember, by default Publisher files create a Portrait image for
putting on paper while PowerPoint creates a landscape image for display on
a computer or projector. Unless you created your Publisher file in the
landscape format, the images in the PowerPoint show will be reduced in
size significantly.

That's good to know, and now that Ithink of it most ofwhat Ido in Publisher
is portrait. Even the tent card, that are printed landscape (well 2 to a
page) are still printed portrait (I was just thinking how anyone reading
that who hasn't experienced it would think that was gibberish (LOL)

I think I need to find the PP newsgroup.

I've never done much with PP, though I've gotten slide shows people have
sent to me and know what it is. Now I've seen a bit of it, it looks
fascinating.

Carrie

"Carrie" wrote in message
...

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
You could use .pdf files for that. Adobe Reader will allow you to go
full screen and would look quite like a PPT slideshow.

I was going to ask if anything made in Publisher could be used/imported
into Power Point (which I know very little about). I decided to open it
and try and found it won't open Pub files (Power Point)

I came back here to ask what one could save Publisher files as, to
move into PP and use in a silde show (just for general information, to
know) and you have apparently already answered it.

Now I'll have to go and try this.

Carrie


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Confuzzed" wrote in message
...
I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them
together in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being
published to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and
if
so... how?

LVTravel wrote:
You could save each page of the Publisher file as a .jpg

Or you could use a PNG and avoid smudging all your text.

I completely fail to understand the world's obsession with JPEGs.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org

PPT can be fun but *please* don't go adding animations and sound anywhere
you can just because you can. My boss had me edit a slideshow that looked
like whoever created it was saying "Look what I can do!". It was hideous!
One slide talked about how one of the connector types was developed by Jim
Cannon (of Cannon Electric). The text on that slide shoots out from the
right to the left with the sound of a rifle firing. Get it? Cannon...rifle.
sigh Half of the pages had crap like this. My boss hated it but had to use
it for a class in best practices. We're in the process of rewriting the full
slide deck but in the meantime, he now has a version without the stupid text
tricks or sound.

The same advice goes for Publisher documents or web sites (regardless of the
program). Keeping it simple is *always* best. Unless you're in some sort of
competition to create the worst of whatever. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Carrie" wrote in message
...

"LVTravel" wrote in message
...
You could save each page of the Publisher file as a .jpg (File, SaveAs &
scroll down in the Save As Type dropdown almost to the bottom) then
create the slides using PowerPoint's Insert, Picture, New Photo Album
feature to create a nice quick slide show of the various Publisher file
pages.

Just remember, by default Publisher files create a Portrait image for
putting on paper while PowerPoint creates a landscape image for display
on a computer or projector. Unless you created your Publisher file in
the landscape format, the images in the PowerPoint show will be reduced
in size significantly.

That's good to know, and now that Ithink of it most ofwhat Ido in
Publisher is portrait. Even the tent card, that are printed landscape
(well 2 to a page) are still printed portrait (I was just thinking how
anyone reading that who hasn't experienced it would think that was
gibberish (LOL)

I think I need to find the PP newsgroup.

I've never done much with PP, though I've gotten slide shows people have
sent to me and know what it is. Now I've seen a bit of it, it looks
fascinating.

Carrie

"Carrie" wrote in message
...

"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
...
You could use .pdf files for that. Adobe Reader will allow you to go
full screen and would look quite like a PPT slideshow.

I was going to ask if anything made in Publisher could be
used/imported into Power Point (which I know very little about). I
decided to open it and try and found it won't open Pub files (Power
Point)

I came back here to ask what one could save Publisher files as, to
move into PP and use in a silde show (just for general information, to
know) and you have apparently already answered it.

Now I'll have to go and try this.

Carrie


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Confuzzed" wrote in message
...
I have created several publisher documents and I want to put them
together in
a slide show, how do I do that? Its not anything that is being
published to
the web, its strictly for a presentation. Should I use PowerPoint and
if
so... how?