Automatic advance to next slide

By using an automatic redirect script and some of PPT2HTML's little tricks, you can create a web-based slide show that automatically advances to the next slide. Include this script in the header of your template:

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="5; URL=:next:">

When you create and view your HTML presentation, it will automatically advance to the next slide every five seconds.

If you want to get even slicker, try this:

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content=":Slide.AdvanceTime:; URL=:Nav.Next:">

:Slide.AdvanceTime: picks up and inserts the Slide Advance Time you set in PowerPoint when you created your presentation, so the advance times in the web version of your presentation will be the same as those you see when you view your PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint or the viewer.

Advice to the unwary
Autoadvancing shows are slick as all getout, but keep one thing in mind: I may be a lot less interested in the contents of a given slide than you think I'll be. Or I might be a way fast reader. Zip, flip, new slide, read it, got it. Now I'm tapping my fingers waiting for you to get on with it.

Or you may have me totally captivated with your graphics and prose, and five seconds just isn't enough time to fully appreciate and admire the magnificence of each slide.

Either way, it always pays to include Back and Next links so the viewer can control the show if they don't like the pace your auto-advances set for them.

Last updated 8/23/2002 6:00:57 PM

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