How Can I Display Embedded Equations in PowerPoint?

[Cyber_Calc_Teacher]

I am finding that my embedded equations are being stripped from PowerPoint presentations when i show them in the classroom and I am looking for a way to preserve them  (I share to the classroom via either Shared Content or My Content).  I am using Math Type to embed equations in PowerPoint, but colleagues are reporting that Equation Editor inputs are also not displayed.

Thanks in advance...

WIN 7/64

connect 9.1

office 2007

[sameer_puri]

Hi Cyber Calc Teacher,

Can you try and publish your PPTX files using Adobe Presenter? Uploading a PPTX file directly in Connect without using Adobe Presenter leads to loss of these objects.

Thanks

Sameer Puri

[Cyber_Calc_Teacher]

Hello again, Sameer!  When I upload the .pptx file, I get a brief screen that says Adobe Presenter and gives the revolving "wait" or "working" icon, then the slides become visible.  I assume that means I am already using A.P.  If not, I stand ready to try the technique(s) you suggest.

Through additional experimentation, we think we might have found a labor-intensive way around the annotation stripping.  If you upload the slides to the meeting room, then go back to adobeconnect manager, and "move" the slides to the appropriate "shared content" or "my content" folder from your "uploaded content" link, the annotations appear to be preserved.  The file listing in that case also includes the .pptx extension, where the "stripped" files uploaded using the normal method do not have the .pptx extension.

Hope this helps troubleshoot...

[sameer_puri · Accepted solution]

Hi Cyber Calc Teacher,

I am glad you could figure out a way around the issue. This happens beacuse when you upload a PPTX file in a meeting opened in Connect addin, it (internally) gets converted to PPT before finally getting displayed to you in the form of SWF. In the other case where you face the issue, PPTX is directly converted to SWF without first getting converted to a PPT. In addition to the equations there are some other objects too that are dropped in the case which you tried 1st. You can get all the related information here: http://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-connect/kb/best-practices-sharing-pptx-files.html.

In simple language, you can understand that there are a few things that work in PPTX and there are few other objects that work in PPT. To make sure that everything(weel, almost) you have in your PPT/PPTX is displayed correctly and in the same form inside a meeting, you should use Adobe Presenter to publish your content to Adobe Connect.

Adobe Presenter is a authoring tool that comes as a Powerpoint addin. It helps you to add quizzes, videos, audios etc in your PPTX file and then publish to Connect. You can donload trial version of Presenter 9 and try your hands on that.

Thanks

Sameer Puri