Can you open a copy of the original file in a more modern version of PP? that might be all that Google is pitching a fit over.
YMMV. On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > Not Fox, but kinda Fox. > > Google has started complaining about some of the older pages on my web > site, which are *ancient* (1997, 98, 99) converted PPT files which MS > Office helpfully converted into "state of the art" web pages that > Google has decided it can no longer parse, and throws what they call > "soft 404" pages: framed web pages that internally redirect, or > non-standard HTML it will no longer parse. > > So, I'd like to open these files up and re-publish them, as a > historical archive, not necessarily of any great value. The slides are > pretty much curt outlines, where the questions are presented, but the > answers were usually at the talk, and hopefully in the associated > white paper. So, yeah, mixed feelings. Folks who saw the presentations > might grin at seeing the old retro slides with funky themes. > > I would like to: > -- publish the stuff on my website, so don't bother recommending > Slideshare. > -- preserve the graphical presentation, ideally in a responsive format > (big on big screens, small on small screens) with simple (cursor > keys?) and accessible navigation. > -- offer a simple alternative view as text outline, likely one > not-that-long page. > -- valid HTML/CSS/JS of course. > > Here's an example: my 1998 presentation on HTML Help was converted by > "Internet Assistant for Microsoft PowerPoint 97" > > view-source:http://www.tedroche.com/Present/1998/Dev-14/sld013.htm > > and makes pretty atrocious HTML (hey, it was 20 years ago, I did too!) > > the "main page" is http://www.tedroche.com/Present/1998/HTMLHelp.htm > but that redirects to > > http://www.tedroche.com/Present/1998/HTMLHelp_files/error.htm > > with the laughably arrogant error message, > > "This presentation contains content that your browser may not be able > to show properly. This presentation was optimized for more recent > versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. > > If you would like to proceed anyway, click here." > > Considering this was generated with PowerPoint 97 and I'm looking at > it in Google Chromium 46, you gotta chuckle. > > I thought I could do this in LibreOffice, as it has a nice Web export > wizard, but I'm getting a bizarre I/O error exporting media. I'll try > to debug that Python wizard in parallel, but would welcome suggestions > if anyone else has tried to do something like this. > > > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMY+yVFjk5=naeb_vigJOgZ_cGMKTWgt8N5mrOd=j4mq...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
