Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002

Publishing to the Internet

The World Wide Web has taken the world by storm. Everyone wants either to receive or to disseminate information via the Web. PowerPoint makes it easier than ever to convert your presentation into a format that can be viewed by Web browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

Before doing so, however, you should consider the following:

• A Web version of your presentation can be viewed by anyone who has access to your Web server. Unless your server is limited to your company (such as a corporate intranet), anyone from anywhere in the world can look in.

• A Web version enables your viewers to see the presentation at their convenience. This can be particularly important for global audiences in vastly different ...