Newsletter Distribution

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I would like to prepare a newsletter to email to business contacts. I
believed that if you prepare a file in Powerpoint (2000) and saved it
as a .pps it was possible for anyone to open it regardless of whether
they have Powerpoint software. Can anyone confirm this is true? - Or
make any other suggestions for distributing a newsletter. It doesn't
have to be in Powerpoint.

Thanks

Turbo
 
Turbo,
I believed that if you prepare a file in Powerpoint (2000) and saved it
as a .pps it was possible for anyone to open it regardless of whether
they have Powerpoint software.
Not True....to view a powerpoint presentation (.ppt or .pps) you need either a full version of powerpoint (or Office
that includes powerpoint)
Or the free powerpoint 'Viewer'

If you save the presentations as "HTML" from powerpoint...most people with a internet connection and a browser can view
it.
Or make any other suggestions for distributing a newsletter.
Make a webpage....email out the address of the webpage
Make a text based newsletter...compose the newsletter in your email software

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
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turbo said:
I would like to prepare a newsletter to email to business contacts. I
believed that if you prepare a file in Powerpoint (2000) and saved it
as a .pps it was possible for anyone to open it regardless of whether
they have Powerpoint software. Can anyone confirm this is true? - Or
make any other suggestions for distributing a newsletter. It doesn't
have to be in Powerpoint.

It depends on your target audience and the topic of the newsletter. For me*,
a plain-text-newsletter with hyperlinks to view and download additional
content has worked very well.

If you are planning to attach a pps, you should consider
- you need to include a link to download the free PPT viewer in the body
text of the mail
- that the mail file quickly becomes quite big (I would not subscribe to
such a newsletter),
- that every attachment might be considered as a potential source of viruses
- that Outlook cannot send mass mailings with attachments.

Kind regards,
Ute

*P.S.: I'm in a team who distributes a monthly newsletter about PowerPoint
(in German language), see www.ppt-user.de
 
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