I am presenting phase changes for a product and the phases are being released at different times in different regions.
I have my base presentation complete. Can I create a new presentation and add in my existing Engage files with narrations? Once inserted, can I save make changes to the Engage files and narration and re-save as a new name? I'm afraid that I'll make edits and it won't be as easy as it sounds... I don't want duplicate work, but I also don't want to mess up the first presentation.
Do I want to extract the files to the new location/change/save, or extract them and then copy and save the files as a new name to represent the new file?
If they're coming from the Articulate package, it doesn't matter because I still have the original files in the original folder?
Don't change the names of the files themselves or you will break the connection between the PPT and the PPTA files. What I would do is place them in a folder with a unique name like Project 1, Project 2, etc...
For the Engage interactions, you should actually change the names if the interactions are changing. So if your first project has an Engage interaction called Interaction1 that you need to update for your second project, in the second project folder you would want to rename the interaction file and also delete the interaction slide and then reinsert it.
Sorry to ask so many questions, I should place the extracted files in a new location and then I'm ok to change the information and rename as a new file without changing any of the original information?
You should not rename the PowerPoint file or the PPTA file. You should only rename an Engage interaction file if you are planning on changing it in anyway from the original.
If you create a separate folder that contains your modified presentation, you won't need to change anything then. Just make sure the new project is not in the same folder as the old project.
The directory structure of your project files won't have any impact on the directory structure of your published presentations because you get to choose the title and location of your published output. The folder that is created that contains your published output will have the same name as the title you give your presentation in the publishing wizard.
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You can create multiple versions of the same presentation. Here's how:
http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/kb/?p=2673
Regarding your interactions, you are going to need to create unique interactions if they are going to be different in each presentation. Here's how:
http://www.articulate.com/support/engage09/kb/?p=615
ok! Very good! Thank goodness I asked!
Hi Justin -
Do I want to extract the files to the new location/change/save, or extract them and then copy and save the files as a new name to represent the new file?
If they're coming from the Articulate package, it doesn't matter because I still have the original files in the original folder?
Don't change the names of the files themselves or you will break the connection between the PPT and the PPTA files. What I would do is place them in a folder with a unique name like Project 1, Project 2, etc...
For the Engage interactions, you should actually change the names if the interactions are changing. So if your first project has an Engage interaction called Interaction1 that you need to update for your second project, in the second project folder you would want to rename the interaction file and also delete the interaction slide and then reinsert it.
Sorry to ask so many questions, I should place the extracted files in a new location and then I'm ok to change the information and rename as a new file without changing any of the original information?
You should not rename the PowerPoint file or the PPTA file. You should only rename an Engage interaction file if you are planning on changing it in anyway from the original.
I was hoping to make small changes to the entire PowerPoint.
If you create a separate folder that contains your modified presentation, you won't need to change anything then. Just make sure the new project is not in the same folder as the old project.
Do you have any suggestions to avoid confusion between the files? I'll be sending the files to be mass produced on CDs.
The directory structure of your project files won't have any impact on the directory structure of your published presentations because you get to choose the title and location of your published output. The folder that is created that contains your published output will have the same name as the title you give your presentation in the publishing wizard.
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