Cataloging the Slides of a Presentation

To catalog the slides of a PowerPoint presentation, you simply catalog the PowerPoint presentation file – using an Asset Handling Set that has the corresponding office AssetStore(s) activated. Then Cumulus will automatically catalog the presentation and all slides contained. A root category named PowerPoint is then automatically created as well as a subcategory with the same name as the presentation. All slides will be assigned to the presentation’s category. If the slides contain embedded pictures or other media and the corresponding Picture or Pictures and Media AssetStore is activated, a record of embedded media will be created. A subcategory for each slide of the presentation file is automatically created and the media’s records are assigned to these categories.

NOTE: No Individual Thumbnail!
If no individual thumbnail was created for a slide’s record – although PowerPoint is installed –, the reason could be that the slides contain one or several media that can’t be opened by the PowerPoint application (e.g. linked images or embedded objects). If such an individual record could not be created, a default thumbnail is used. For PowerPoint 2007 assets (*.pptx and *.ppsx) the slide number is added to the thumbnail embedded in the presentation.