Adobe Connect Community

Adobe Presenter (formerly Breeze Presenter) is an optional plug-in for Windows that provides an easy means of adding narration to PowerPoint presentations. Narrated PowerPoint files created with Presenter are small in size and work in ANGEL. The Presenter plugin works only with MicroSoft PowerPoint for Windows. A Macintosh version is NOT available.

Adobe Presenter allows embedded Flash objects, such as Flash video, animations, and Captivate. Adobe Presenter is also compatible with ANGEL’s (V.7.1) version of SCORM-compliant quizzing (V.1.2).

How to Obtain the Adobe Presenter Plug-In
Please Note: Adobe Presenter V7.1 and later only works with Microsoft Office 2007 or later. If you have an earlier version of Office (i.e. 2003) you will need to use Adobe Presenter version 6.0. Both Versions are compatible with Adobe Connect V 7.0 or later.

The optional Adobe Presenter plug-in is sold through the Penn State Computer Store. You can search for Adobe Presenter at the Penn State Computer Store Web site at: http://computerstore.psu.edu. Orders are through departments only.

The Adobe Presenter Plug-In to PowerPoint is only available for the Windows platform. For additional information on the system requirements for authoring with Presenter, see http://www.adobe.com/products/presenter/productinfo/systemreqs/.

You may also be interested in this one-page description of Adobe Connect and Adobe Presenter to attach to your departmental purchase order as justification for your purchase: AdobeConnectProDescription.pdf

New with V.9 of Adobe Acrobat, Adobe is including the Presenter V.7 Windows PowerPoint plugin as a separate installation. The plugin only works on Windows, not Macs, and is available when you purchase the "Extended" version of Adobe Acrobat Pro V.9. Purchase of Adobe Acrobat is NOT limited to just departments -- anyone with an active Penn State Access Account is able to purchase it at the special Penn State rate.

Here's what you need to know when ordering Adobe Acrobat 9:
SLWNSR047 Acrobat 9 Pro Extended Win License..........$81.00 (includes the V.7 Presenter plugin)
SLAPSR043 Acrobat 9 Pro Mac License............................$56.00 (does not contain the Presenter plugin)
SLWNSR046 Acrobat 9 Pro Win License............................$56.00 (does not contain the Presenter plugin)

The Penn State price for Acrobat 9 is about the same as for the plugin by itself, so it's probably a better buy to purchase Acrobat 9 Pro Extended since you get a lot more for the money than when you purchase just the plugin.

How to Use Adobe Presenter
Get Started Using Adobe Presenter (V.5): presentertutorial.pdf
Presenter Manual (PDF from Adobe): breeze_presenter.pdf
Adobe Presenter 7.0 Users Manual (PDF from Adobe): Adobe Presenter 7.0 User Guide
V.7 Video tutorials from Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/resources/acrobatconnect/presenter/?trackingid=CZZZ...

Adobe Presenter Support
Have a question or need a little one-on-one help? The following people have agreed to be available to answer questions from Penn State faculty and staff about using Adobe Presenter:

Qi Dunsworth .....................Behrend
Matthew Bodek ..................Delaware
Julie Meyer ........................Great Valley
Mary Lynn Brannon ...........Worthington/Scranton
Carol McQuiggan ................Harrisburg
Suzanne Shaffer ................York
Deborah Sillman .................New Kensington
Mary Ann Mengel ........................Berks
Robin Gill ............................DuBois
Jackie Ritzko .......................Hazelton
Linda Evans ........................Dickinson
Cheryl Tkacs .......................Fayette

At University Park:

Amy Garbrick .....................IST/UP
Mike Hofherr ......................Smeal/UP
Glenn Johnson ...................EMS/UP
Ann Luck ...........................EMS/UP
Suzanne Bienert .................Ag/UP
Tom Iwinski .......................Engineering/UP
David McNaughton..............Education/UP