The Office Open XML Presentation Asset Processor offers a range of parameters to be defined. The parameters are grouped by tabs:
• File Options Tab – parameters referring to the entire new presentation
• Slide Handling Tab – parameters defining the slides created from presentation assets
• Image Handling Tab – parameters defining the slides created from image assets
File Options Tab
Define how the created presentation is composed. Decide on the name, the format and whether images are embedded or linked.
File name – Enter the name for the presentation to be created or enhanced. If you enter an existing presentation, the new slides will be appended to the existing presentation
NOTE: The Asset Processors will not replace an existing presentation. They will append the new slides to the existing presentation. However, if included in an Asset Action, the Asset Processor will not append slides, as the Delivery module of the Action will save a new presentation (name of the existing one extended by a number.)
Format
Define the format of the presentation to be created:
• Presentation (*.pptx) – Creates an Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation, which is an XML-enabled file format.
• Show (*.ppsx) – Creates an Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation that always opens in Slide Show view rather than in Normal view.
Media Handling
The options for embedding or linking the images determine how the image is embedded in the presentation.
• Embed media – Media such as images will be saved with the presentation.
• Link media – Media such as images will be linked to the presentation only.
If you decide on linking the images, following options are available:
• Save presentation and link media in same folder – Images will be saved in separate files in the same folder where the presentation will be saved.
• Save linked media images, placed in folder next to presentation – Images will be saved in separate files in a subfolder of the folder where the presentation will be saved. – Folder name – Enter a name for the subfolder where the images should be saved – either an existing folder or a new one. Entering a new name will create a folder. – Append name of presentation – The name of the presentation will be added to the name of the folder (existing or new).
• Make presentation usable on any computer – The created presentation is prepared to work on other computers. The path information for the linked images are changed from absolute to relative paths. This enables the presentation to find the linked images relative to its location. – Create ZIP archive containing presentation and linked media – The presentation and its linked media are compressed to a ZIP archive.
Slide Handling Tab
Define how to handle presentation assets (entire presentations or single slides).
Presentations
If your selection contains presentations, decide on how to handle entire presentations.
• Embed entire presentations – All slides of the presentations will be included in the new presentation.
• Embedfirst slide only – Only the first slide of a presentation will be included in the new presentation.
• Ignore – Any selected presentations are ignored and will not be included in the new presentation.
Master and Layout
Define master and layout for the slides included in the new presentation.
• Keep slides as they are (no changes) – Each slide selected to comprise the new presentation keeps its original master and layout.
• Use from previous slide – Slides added will adopt master and layout from the last slide of the existing presentation. Example: If you are adding slides to enhance an existing presentation, the last slide of the existing presentation will determine Master and Layout of the slides added.
• Use from other presentation – Enter the name or use the Browse button. If you want to use the same presentation master and layout as employed for slides created from images (Image Handling tab), the Same as Image Slide button makes this easy for you. It inserts the name of this presentation into the File field.
Image Handling Tab
Define how image assets are processed before they are placed on separate slides, where they are placed, how they are scaled, and the master and layout for the slide.
Image Processing
Images can be processed before they are used for the presentation to be created. The Cumulus Pixel Image Converter is employed for the preprocessing, so you can have a filter run, rotate and crop the image. If you activate the PerformImage Processing before insertion option and click the Parameters button, you can set the parameters available for preprocessing. (For details, see “Pixel Image Converter Parameters” .)
Image Placement
Define the area where the images should be placed. The size of the area is defined by margins set corresponding to the slide size. The position of an image within this area is defined by anchor points.
To define the area for the images on the slide, you determine the margins from the top, bottom, left and right edges of a slide. You can choose from different measurement units to determine the margins.
You can scale the images placed in the area up or down so that they fit within the area.
• Scale down larger images – The images that are larger than the area are made smaller. Proportions are constrained.
• Scale up smaller images – The images that are smaller than the area are enlarged. Proportions are constrained.
Master and Layout
Define master and layout for slides created from image assets.
• Use from previous slide – Image slides added will adopt master and layout from the last slide of the presentation. Example: If you selected Slide 1, Image 2, Slide 3, and Image 4 (in this sequence) to comprise a new presentation and decided on the Keep slides as they are option for Master and Layout under Slide Handling, the slide for Image 2 will look like Slide 1 and the slide for Image 4 will look like Slide 3.
• Use from other presentation – Enter the name or use the Browse button. If you want to use the same presentation master and layout as employed for the other slides (Slide Handling tab), the Same as Slides button makes this easy for you. It inserts the name of this presentation into the File field.