Adobe Presenter 7

Preview a presentation

If you want to check your work, preview presentations at any time by publishing to your local computer. Previewing is an easy way to see how a presentation will look to users.

When you preview a presentation, it appears in your default web browser. All of the functionality in the presentation, such as audio and quizzes, works exactly the way it will in the Presenter viewer. The presentation appears with all of the theme settings and colors you have chosen.

  1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).
  2. Select Adobe Presenter > Publish.
  3. Select My Computer on the left side.
  4. (Optional) Click Choose and navigate to a different save location for Presenter files.
  5. (Optional) Select View Output After Publish to open the index.htm file in your default web browser when the publishing process is complete.
  6. (Optional) Select Zip Package to add all presentation files to a Zip file. A zip package is useful if you need to give or send the files to someone else to preview. (The View Output option is not available if you select Zip Package. To view the files, use Windows Explorer to navigate to the published file folder.)
  7. (Optional) Select CD Package if you are going to distribute the presentation on a CD‑ROM after previewing. (If you select this option, you can burn the presentation onto a CD‑ROM, and when it is opened, the presentation automatically begins playing.)
  8. Click Publish.

    When you publish, a new folder with the same name as the presentation is created and placed in your My Documents\My Adobe Presentations folder. The new folder contains all of the presentation files, copies of attachments, and any audio, video, and image files that are part of the presentation.

  9. If you selected the view output option in step 4, the presentation appears in you default web browser.
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    Published presentation with sidebar shown

    A.
    Slide preview

    B.
    Viewer sidebar

    C.
    Panes

    D.
    Toolbar

    E.
    Show/Hide sidebar

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    Published presentation with sidebar hidden