Building a Web Site Part II
Publishing Microsoft Office Components
At times, the perfect vehicle for conveying our information is something other than a web page.  For instance, if we wish to share results of a science experiment, an Excel spreadsheet may be ideal.  We may have created a presentation for a conference and want to share the PowerPoint with the world.  Both of these are possibilities with FrontPage 2000!

Step 1 - Create the file

Create the PowerPoint or Excel spreadsheet to be published to the web.  It isn't a bad idea to have a conventional version saved somewhere to disk for future reference.

Step 2 - Save as Web Page

A screen like one of the two shown below will result:

Publishing a Presentation:

Publishing a Spreadsheet:

 

In either case, click Publish to gain access to the additional controls for publishing that may be needed or desired.  Here are a few of the functions that are controlled after clicking the Publish button:

PowerPoint:
  • Save a selected set of slides.
  • Include the speaker's notes (or don't).
  • Browser support - controls the type of browsers that can view the presentation.
 Spreadsheet:
  • Save a selected portion of the spreadsheet or save the whole thing.
  • Add interactivity so the viewer can change data and see what effects it has on the overall spreadsheet.

 

To complete the process, click the publish button.  

Next, go to FrontPage and open the folder in the web where the PowerPoint is to be published.  Import the newly saved (published) PowerPoint file (it should have an .htm extension and an Internet Explorer icon).  Also, find the new folder with other elements of the PowerPoint in it - it will be named the same as the htm document except with "_files" added to the name.  Import this whole folder to the same place.

Samples:  PowerPoint or an Excel Spreadsheet

 To complete the process, click the publish button.  

After the spreadsheet file has published/saved to its new format as an .htm file, go back to  FrontPage.

In folder view, open the folder where the spreadsheet presentation is to be stored on the web.  Select "Import" from the File menu and import the 

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