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Publishing an Unzipped Presentation

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation.
2. Select Adobe Presenter>Presentation>Publish.


Publishing Presentations

3. Select the Location where you want to publish the presentation within My Computer.
4. If necessary, adjust the Settings and Slide Manager options.


Output Options & Slide Settings

5. Make sure the Zip package check box, under the Output options section, is not checked and the “View output after publishing” check box is checked.
6. Click Publish.
7. When the file has completed publishing it will automatically launch in your web browser.

Publishing a Zipped Presentation

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation.
2. Select Adobe Presenter>Presentation>Publish.


Publishing Presentations

3. Select the Location where you want to publish the presentation within My Computer.
4. Uncheck the “View output after publishing” check box first, then select the Zip packages check box under the Output Options section.


Output Options

5. Adjust Settings and Slide Manager options if desired.
6. Click Publish.
7. The Publish window will close when completed.

Extracting Zipped Presentations - Using WinZip Extraction

1. Navigate to the exported Zip folder, then right click on the folder and select Open with WinZip.


Open with WinZip

2. Select Extract from WinZip menu.
3. Select the folder to save the files into, such as in My Presenter Presentation. You may also create a subfolder to save the extracted files so that the files are grouped together in a same folder.
4. Select Extract.


WinZip Extraction

Extracting Zipped Presentations - Using the Extraction Wizard

1. Navigate to the exported Zip folder, then right click on the folder and select Extract All.
2. Select Next in the Extraction Wizard window.
3. Navigate to the folder where you want to extract the files into.
4. Select Next again and the file extraction will begin.
5. Once the extraction process is completed, select Finish.

Playing a Published Presentation

1. Double click on the index file, which will open the presentation in a Web browser.
2. Select the play button to play each slide.


Adobe Presenter Playbar

Publishing a Presentation to Adobe Connect Pro Server
Note: To publish to the Adobe Connect Server you must have Meeting Creator access privileges.

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation.
2. Select Adobe Presenter>Presentation>Publish.


Publishing Presentations

3. Select the tab “Adobe Connect Pro” on the left side of the Window.
4. If your server URL or server name is not showing in the Server Configuration window or in the list (click small down arrow) then click on Edit Servers.


Editing Adobe Connect Pro Servers

• This will take you to the Adobe Presenter>Application>Preferences>Servers tab.
• Click Add.
  
  Adobe Connect Pro Settings
• Enter a unique name for each server you want to access. For example: Penn State users might call the server “Penn State Adobe Connect Server.”
• Enter the Adobe Connect Server address. For Penn State users it would be https://breeze.psu.edu.
  
  Adding Penn State Adobe Connect Server
• Click OK.
• The name will appear in Adobe Connect Pro Settings window. Click OK to close the Adobe Presenter – Preferences window.
• The name and URL should now appear in the in the Server Configuration window.
  
  Adobe Connect Server Configuration
5. If you have included Audio, Video, or Attachments in your Presentation, make sure to check each of the boxes by Clicking the appropriate Output Options and Upload source presentation with assets options.
6. Click Publish.
7. When the files have completed processing, you will be taken to the Adobe Connect Server Login home screen.
8. Click on Login and login to the server using your Penn State Access Account.


Adobe Connect Server Login

9. After completing the Login you will be taken to your User Content screen.


User Content

10. (Optional) Click on the name of the folder or create a new folder where you want to publish the presentation into. You can select and publish to any folder listed as long as you have the proper access privileges. In this example the file will be published to the Adobe Presenter Content folder. Observe in the following graphic the path to the location where the file(s) will reside.


Adobe Presenter Content Folder

11. Click the Publish to This Folder button.
12. Complete the Content Information screen.
• Title and Language are required fields.
• Custom URL: You may enter a unique URL in the text box, or leave the field bank for a system-generated URL.
• For more information about setting permissions, please visit http://meeting.psu.edu/createnew.
  
  Content Information
13. Click the Next> button to set access permissions.
14. Click the Next> button to complete the publishing process.
15. The Content Information Screen will appear and the Adobe Presenter Dialog stating you successfully published your file. Note the URL for Viewing to distribute to meeting participants.


Project Published to the Adobe Connect Pro Server

16. Click OK in the Adobe Presenter Dialog.
17. To exit Click OK in the Adobe Presenter – Publish to Connect Pro window.

Note: The uploaded Adobe Presenter Presentation is now available to be used in an Adobe Connect meeting room. Meeting host could broadcast the Presentation to the participants by selecting the Presentation from the Content Library in a Meeting Room Share Pod.