New browser window with no toolbars

[James M. Haberman]

I have created a number of PowerPoint presentations, and had PowerPoint
convert them to HTML for inclusion on our web site. How do I force these
HTML presentations to open in a new browser window without any visible tool
bars, so as to take advantage of the largest possible viewing area?

Thanks!

jim

[Chris Morris]

"James M. Haberman" <jh*******@bestechcorp.com> writes:

I have created a number of PowerPoint presentations, and had PowerPoint
convert them to HTML for inclusion on our web site.
Hopefully you ran them through some sort of cleaning program
afterwards - advantages of this include:
- will work in more browsers
- will be considerably smaller in file size, so loads quicker and
saves your bandwidth bills
- will be much easier to debug if it doesn't look right
How do I force these
You _can't_ force this, and it would be a bad idea to try (consider
someone with a 2048x1536 screen who has more than enough space already
in their browser, for an extreme example, but it could annoy people on
more common resolutions too).
HTML presentations to open in a new browser window without any visible tool
bars, so as to take advantage of the largest possible viewing area?

Open them normally, then tell the browser to display 'full screen'. In
Opera it's F11 to do this, I can't remember off-hand what it is in
other browsers, but it's probably in the respective manuals.

--
Chris

[Harlan Messinger]

"James M. Haberman" <jh*******@bestechcorp.com> wrote in message
news:eyxEd.8807$ig7.27@trnddc04...

I have created a number of PowerPoint presentations, and had PowerPoint
convert them to HTML for inclusion on our web site. How do I force these
HTML presentations to open in a new browser window without any visible tool bars, so as to take advantage of the largest possible viewing area?

Isn't it up to your users to decide whether to alter their preferred
configuration temporarily if they want to increase their viewing area?

[Ben Long]

And to answer the question, you can do the following:

<a href="javascript:void(0);"
onclick="window.open('path/to/presentation.ppt','winName','width=500,height=500, top=50,left=50')">Link
Text</a>

You can call the window.open method may ways. The above is one of the
many possibilities.

The window.open method takes additional properties (besides dimension
and location) - some which specifically controll scrolling, resizing,
toolbars, status bars, etc.

The comments of Chris and Harlan should be taken into consideration. A
user can find it frustrating to have their interface controlled by the
content their viewing.

Cheers,
Ben Long

[Darin McGrew]

Ben Long <be*****@gmail.com> wrote:

And to answer the question, you can do the following:

<a href="javascript:void(0);"
onclick="window.open('path/to/presentation.ppt','winName','width=500,height=500, top=50,left=50')">Link
Text</a>

You can, but you shouldn't. Use the HREF attribute for a real URL, so the
link works when JavaScript is disabled/unavailable. For example:

<a href="example.ppt"
onclick="window.open([...]); return false">
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Darin McGrew, mc****@stanfordalumni.org, http://www.rahul.net/mcgrew/
Web Design Group, da***@htmlhelp.com, http://www.HTMLHelp.com/

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[Mark Parnell]

Previously in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, "James M. Haberman"
<jh*******@bestechcorp.com> said:

I have created a number of PowerPoint presentations

So you said in alt.html.

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