Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2000

Creating and Running an Online Broadcast

The first step in starting a presentation broadcast is to schedule the broadcast. This step prepares PowerPoint to broadcast your presentation, and it sets up a special Web page (called a lobby page) that your audience will use as an online gathering place before the presentation starts.

As part of setting up a schedule, you can also send electronic mail to people whom you'd like to view the presentation, inviting them to the show and telling them how to view it. We'll give detailed directions on how to do all these things later in the chapter.

Creating a Broadcast

The first step is to tell PowerPoint you want to organize a presentation broadcast. Load up the presentation you want to broadcast, and choose ...