For those considering inclusion of Adobe® Presenter software in their web communications implementation, here are answers to some key questions.
General information
- What is Adobe Presenter?
- Adobe Presenter enables anyone in your organization to transform Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into rich experiences complete with voice-over narration and multimedia content, including video, animations, and product simulations. Even nontechnical users can create compelling content without ever leaving the PowerPoint authoring environment. Presenter converts the presentation to the Adobe Flash® format and publishes it online for your audience to view at their convenience.
- Who should use Presenter?
- Anyone who needs to communicate with or train people online should use Presenter. This typically includes managers of training, sales, channel readiness, marketing, corporate messaging, partner relations, and human resources.
- What are the system requirements to view a Presenter presentation?
- Presenter content plays back in any standard web browser with Adobe Flash Player 6 or later installed. Please review the full Adobe Presenter system requirements.
- Does Presenter support Flash files in a PowerPoint presentation?
- The Presenter plug-in for PowerPoint makes it easy to fully integrate a Flash file into a PowerPoint presentation for delivery through the Adobe Presenter content viewer.
- Can I use Presenter with my existing PowerPoint presentations?
- Yes. Presenter solutions provide the fastest way to get your existing PowerPoint files on the web, either for self-running, on-demand presentations or as part of online meetings and seminars.
- Does Presenter support streaming audio and video?
- Presenter offers adaptive streaming audio and video and intelligently preloads presentation content for a great viewing experience. It also supports streaming "talking head" video, which enables authors to import prerecorded FLV files to increase the impact of Adobe Presenter presentations and self-paced training.
- Is the Presenter content viewer customizable?
- The Presenter content viewer can be fully customized and provides total control over colors and logos to match corporate brands. Corporate color, logo, and presentation viewer layout settings can be saved as a theme and shared to help ensure consistency across all presentations.
- Does Presenter provide quiz and survey authoring?
- Yes, subject matter experts can easily add quiz and survey questions to presentations to test understanding and assist in knowledge retention. Presenter provides all major question interaction formats: multiple choice/multiple answer, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blank, short answer/essay, and rating scale (Likert).
- Can I use Adobe Captivate® demonstrations and simulations with Presenter?
- Yes. The Flash (SWF) files generated by Adobe Captivate can be included in Presenter presentations with the Insert Flash feature in Presenter. Presentations can include linear Adobe Captivate demonstrations to show users how to perform a task and interactive Adobe Captivate simulations to allow users to practice completing tasks.
- Is Presenter integrated with Adobe Acrobat® Connect™ Pro?
- Yes, Presenter presentations can be played within an Acrobat Connect Pro meeting as either a static click-through presentation or a self-running, narrated presentation.
- Is Presenter integrated with Acrobat Connect Pro Training?
- Yes. Presenter is the authoring application that enables you to convert PowerPoint presentations into rich media eLearning courses. From PowerPoint, you can publish directly to the Acrobat Connect Pro Server content library for immediate use in Acrobat Connect Pro Training courses and curricula.
- Is Presenter integrated with Acrobat Connect Pro Events?
- Yes. Presenter presentations can be used with Acrobat Connect Pro Events. Acrobat Connect Pro Events provides advanced registration and reporting capabilities for Presenter presentations, which is useful for sales and marketing situations in which you want to track users who view a Presenter presentation on an externally facing website or as part of the sales process.
- Is Presenter integrated with third-party learning management systems?
- Yes. Presenter creates AICC-, SCORM 1.2– and SCORM 2004–compliant content that can be used with third-party learning management systems.
- What are my content publishing options with Presenter?
- Presenter content can be published either to a local or hosted version of Acrobat Connect Pro Server or to a content author's local computer. Locally published content can be posted on any web server or to a learning management system.
