User Guide

6 Chapter 2: Introduction
• Organize your entire presentation library.
• Give users the ability to search for and find information quickly.
• Control access and permissions to your presentations.
• Add and delete users to your account.
Delivering presentations Effectively deliver presentations over the Internet.
• Present full multimedia presentations to Netscape Navigator (version 4 and later) and Internet
Explorer (version 4 and later) browsers.
• Give customers, partners, employees and vendors access to your presentation information
anytime, anywhere.
Macromedia Breeze is available as an enterprise solution or as a hosted application service. To
learn more about Breeze, please visit www.macromedia.com/products/breeze and sign up.
Getting started
Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint offers a simple approach to using the features:
Record audio You can add audio and synchronized animations to your PowerPoint
presentation, creating a complete multimedia version for delivery over intranets and the Internet.
For more information, see “Recording audio” on page 12.
Preview a presentation You can view your animated multimedia presentation before
uploading to Macromedia Breeze, ensuring you have recorded the right messages for your
presentation.
Publish a presentation You can upload your presentation from your desktop PC to
Macromedia Breeze Training or Macromedia Breeze Manager, where your presentation is
converted to the appropriate online formats, including Macromedia Flash and streaming audio.
For more information, see “Logging in and publishing a presentation” on page 16.
Manage your account You can manage your complete presentation library, including adding
users and setting presentation viewing permissions. For more information, see “Managing your
account” on page 28.
Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint also offers a set of commands for editing and importing your audio
and animations, including the following tools:
Import files You can import external audio files using the Breeze plug-in. For more
information, see “Importing audio” on page 19.
Edit timings You can redo your animation timing without re-recording your audio. For more
information, see “Editing animation timings” on page 20.
Edit audio and animation timing This powerful new tool allows you to graphically edit your
audio and animation timing. Instead of using an external audio program, you can now perform
basic editing using the Breeze plug-in.
Breeze Plug-In for PowerPoint also includes a powerful feature that allows you to quickly add
quizzes and surveys to your PowerPoint presentations.