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INTRODUCTION Using the Breeze Publish Wizard Macromedia Breeze is a web platform that provides a single solution for delivering rapid training and communication across an organization. It consists of three components: the Macromedia Breeze Presentation platform, the Breeze Training Module, and the Breeze Live Module.
20 MB or larger if you have more than 30 minutes of audio or uncompressed bitmap images). For reasonable upload times, Macromedia recommends using an Internet connection of 56 Kbps or faster. For example, over a 56 Kbps connection, the estimated time for uploading a 1 MB file is about 2 minutes.
Breeze presentations. The Breeze Support Center contains the latest support information, Breeze Support Center including tech notes, Breeze presentation tutorials, and support program details. Check the website often for the latest Breeze support information at www.macromedia.com/support/breeze. Additional Macromedia resources...
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Introduction: Using the Breeze Publish Wizard...
Publishing a New Breeze Presentation After adding audio and synchronized animations to your PowerPoint presentation, you are ready to publish the presentation to your Macromedia Breeze server for conversion into a multimedia web presentation. The steps for publishing a new presentation are as follows: “Step 1: Accessing the Breeze Publish Wizard”...
Step 1: Accessing the Breeze Publish Wizard When you are ready to publish a PowerPoint presentation, the first step in the publishing process is to access the Breeze Publish Wizard. You access it by selecting Breeze > Publish from within PowerPoint.
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Click the Publish to This Folder button. The Edit Information page appears. Navigating to an existing folder in the Content Library When you log in to the Breeze Publish Wizard, you are in your personal user folder in the Content Library. Note: Only your Breeze presentations are displayed in the Content Library.
Creating a Content Library folder You can add new folders to the Content Library to better organize your presentations. Note: You can add folders only if you are a Breeze Account Administrator or if you have manage permissions for the parent folder. To create a folder: Navigate to the location where you want to add a folder.
To set presentation information: On the Edit Information page, enter the presentation and speaker information. The presentation title, speaker first name, and speaker last name are required fields. All other fields are optional. Click the Next button. The Select Features page appears. Step 4: Selecting presentation features The fourth step in the publishing process is to select the presentation features to include in your Breeze presentation.
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If you select the options to include an outline and a speaker photo, the Upload Photo page appears (see “Step 5: Selecting a speaker photo (optional)” on page 15). If you do not select the option to include a photo and you have manage permissions for the folder you are publishing to, the Set Permissions page appears (see “Step 6: Setting presentation permissions”...
At this bit rate, the final audio quality depends on the quality of the audio equipment. Modem users will not experience the higher audio quality. If the Audio Quality drop-down list is not enabled, you can contact Macromedia Breeze Technical Support for information about enabling this feature: www.macromedia.com/go/...
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If you did not choose to have a presentation outline and you have manage permissions for the folder you are publishing to, the next step in the publishing process is “Step 6: Setting presentation permissions” on page Follow these guidelines when including a photo: Use one of the following supported formats: JPG, GIF, BMP, or PNG.
Step 6: Setting presentation permissions The sixth step in the publishing process is to set presentation permissions. This step applies only to users who have manage permissions for the folder to which they are publishing. If you do not have manage permissions, go to “Step 7: Uploading a presentation”...
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Using the default permission setting The default permission setting is Same as Parent Folder. The presentation automatically inherits the same permission profile as the parent folder in which it is published. If the parent folder has permission for public viewing, the presentation also has permission for public viewing. If the parent folder has private settings, the presentation also has private settings.
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Creating a public presentation To create a public presentation, select the Allow Public Viewing option on the Set Presentation Permissions page. To create a presentation available for public viewing: On the Set Permissions page, click the Customize button. Note: The Set Presentation Permissions page appears after “Step 4: Selecting presentation features”...
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Make sure that you select No for the Allow Public Viewing option. Click the Add button. A list of users and groups appears. Select the type of permission you want to assign to specific groups or users from the select box at the top of the window.
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This is a list of all groups or users and their corresponding permission types Permission profile for a specific folder or file. These are the default permissions for the built-in groups and the Group default permissions permissions you set when you create a group. They correspond to the group’s permission type for the Shared Content folder in the Content Library and the Shared Courses folder in the Course Library.
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Content Library capabilities No access/ View Publish Manage Access denied ✔ Download content ✔ Set content file permissions ✔ Create content folders ✔ Move content folders ✔ Delete content folders ✔ Set content folder permissions ✔ View reports ✔ ✔ View My Content View Users Content* Must be a member of the Account Administrators group.
From this permissions page, change the permission type assigned to each group and individual for this folder. Note: To simplify account management, it is best to assign permissions only at the group level, not at the individual level, whenever possible. Step 7: Uploading a presentation The final step in the publishing process is to upload your presentation to the Breeze server.
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Chapter 1: Publishing a New Breeze Presentation...
CHAPTER 2 Updating and Replacing Presentations In addition to creating a Macromedia Breeze presentation with the Breeze Publish Wizard, you can also update or replace an existing Breeze presentation. If you attempt to republish a presentation that has already been Updating a presentation published to the Breeze server, you are given the option to update the existing presentation.
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Replacing a Breeze presentation with no changes to the presentation information When you attempt to publish a presentation that already exists, a Publish Existing Presentation page with three options is displayed. One option is Publish Now. If you select this option, only the differential changes in the presentation are uploaded.
If the presentation does not contain a photo, Click Browse and browse to the file with the ■ speaker photo and then click the Next button. For more details, see “Step 5: Selecting a speaker photo (optional)” on page If the presentation already contains a speaker photo, the current photo is displayed on this ■...
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To replace an existing presentation: On the Set Presentation Location page, click Select New Location. The Select Presentation Location page appears. For new and existing presentations, in the Content Library, navigate to the presentation that you want to replace on the Set Location Presentation page. For more information, see “Navigating to an existing folder in the Content Library”...
CHAPTER 3 Frequently Asked Questions This chapter includes questions frequently asked by users who are publishing Breeze content with the Breeze Publish Wizard. How do I add a new user? You cannot add new users using the Breeze Publish Wizard. A Breeze Account Administrator must add users in the Breeze Manager web application.
Only authorized Breeze users can view private presentations. After you Private presentation finish publishing a presentation, you receive an e-mail notification containing the URL for the website where you can view the Breeze presentation. Anyone who uses the URL to view the presentation is prompted to log in with a Breeze user name and password.
CHAPTER 4 Troubleshooting This chapter presents solutions to problems that some users encounter when using the Breeze Publish Wizard to publish Breeze content. Cannot set permissions for a presentation Only Breeze users who have manage permissions for the folder to which the presentation is being published can set permissions for that presentation.
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