The MS PowerPoint Asset Processor offers a range of parameters to be defined.
Destination File: Enter the name for the presentation to be created.
NOTE: If you enter the name of an existing presentation, the Asset Processors will not replace an existing presentation. It will append the new slides to the existing presentation. However, if included in an Asset Action, it 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.)
Embedding PowerPoint Assets
Presentations – If your selection contains presentations, you can decide whether such presentations are to be included in the new presentation – either the entire asset or on the first slide. Activate the desired options. Remember: The layout of a new presentation is determined by the first asset of the selection for the new presentation. If the first one is not a PowerPoint asset, the layout is determined by the standard layout of PowerPoint (depending on the settings of the PowerPoint installation).
Image Asset Processing
The options for embedding or linking the images determine how the image is embedded in the presentation.
• Embed images – Images will be saved with the presentation.
• Link images placed next to presentation – Images will be saved in separate files in the same folder where the presentation will be saved, and the images will be linked to the presentation only.
• Link 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, and the images will be linked to the presentation only. – 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 new folder.
NOTE: The options for embedding or linking images are disabled if the PowerPoint Asset Processor is used within an asset action. Embedding and linking will not work in this case. PowerPoint always uses the full path to linked /embedded images, but the steps of an asset action are executed in a temporary folder which subsequently is deleted. This would lead to invalid file paths in the PowerPoint presentation.
The next step is to define the area where the images should be placed. The size of the area is defined by margins set corresponding to the slide size. 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. The position of an image within this area is defined by anchor points.
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.
• Image Preprocessing 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 Image Processing option and click the Parameters button, you can set the parameters available for preprocessing. (For details, see “Pixel Image Converter Parameters” .)
