Autorun CD Links

Note: This stuff is WYSIWYG. I have not used most of these programs. Some are more expensive than others. If you can, try before you buy.

If you call MS and ask how to make an autorun CD with PPT, they'll also steer you to the third-party solutions that are available. If you've read through the Viewer-CD and LST File articles and still can't get your CD to work, then you need to use one of the third-party options. Trust me, they'll make your life a lot easier.

Here's the list

Do it yourself (instructions)
http://www.echosvoice.com/autoruncd.htm
http://www.globalrendering.com/cdrom/faq.html
http://www.utmb.edu/oto/HowTo.dir/CD-slides.html

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Do it yourself with some help (commercial products)

Autorun Starter/Launch Programs (some PPT-specific, some not)

PowerLink, PowerLink Plus, Autorun CD Project Creator Pro:
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/tutorials.htm

RunIt (or RunIt Plus Enabler if your recipients don't have PPT installed):
http://www.creativemindsinc.com/runit.htm

AutoPlay Menu Studio http://www.indigorose.com/autoplay/index.html
with tutorial at
http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppautorun.html

Mastro:
http://www.pollensoftware.com/autorun/maestro.html

GST Power Launch:
http://www.autorun-autoplay-tools.com/powerpoint.htm

ROM With a View:
http://www.moonvalley.com/products/romwithaview/default.htm

StarterFile:
http://www.trah.co.uk/starterfile/

EZ-ROM:
http://www.ez-rom.com/quick.php

Autorun PPT Made Easy:
http://online-wealth.com/appme.htm

Stardust Autoplay Teaser:
http://www.stardustsoftware.com/autoplay/

Multimedia Builder:
http://www.mediachance.com/

Autoplay:
http://gucc.org/greene/software/autoplay.htm

Many More Are Listed Here:
http://www.buildorbuy.org/autoplay.html

PPT to Flash

Articulate Presenter (There's also a server product available):
http://www.articulateglobal.com/main.html

impatica (This actually converts to Java):
http://www.impatica.com/

Macromedia Breeze (Used to be Presidia):
http://www.macromedia.com/software/breeze/

Macromedia RoboPresenter (purchased RoboPresenter):
http://www.ehelp.com/products/robopresenter/

Latude Communications MeetingPlace iCreate (purchased Wanadu):
http://www.latitude.com/prod_svc/icreate/

PresentationPro PowerConverter:
http://www.presentationpro.com/PowerPRESENTER/PowerCONVERTER.asp

IceSLIDE:
http://www.iceweb.com/site1/pages/iceslide.cfm

Macromedia FlashPaper (used to be FlashPrinter) distributed as part of Macromedia Contribute:
http://www.blue-pac.com/products/flashprinter/
http://www.macromedia.com/software/contribute/

Lots of XYZ-to-Flash products listed here.
http://www.actionscript.org/software/converters_to_swf/

DMS Presentation Pro:
http://www.morainemultimedia.com/DMSPRESPRO.html

Rick Turoczy has a tutorial on converting PPT to Flash by hand at http://www.flashgeek.com/tutorials/09_ppttofla_01.htm Animations aren't preserved and will have to be manually recreated in Flash. The programs listed above preserve most PPT animations.

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Let someone else worry about it (authoring and conversion services)

http://www.abest.com/~mediacs/mcshp.html
http://www.americanmedia.com/production.htm
http://www.desertislandmedia.com/
http://www.alaska.net/~details/cddrama.html

http://www.presentationplus.co.nz/newsletter/

http://www.graphlabs.com/servicesuk.htm

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