So you have your lesson all set out in PowerPoint with your explanations ready. Now you want to show a website as part of your lesson. Normally that would mean closing the PowerPoint show and switching to your web browser to show the page you want, which takes time and could detract from your flow.

There is an alternative. Using a special PowerPoint plugin it is possible to have a live web page appear in a PowerPoint presentation. This is not just a screen shot, but acts just like your web browser and allows full navigation of whatever web sites you want.

The plugin is called LiveWeb and is available as a free download. When it has been installed (which is done as with any other program) you will see two new options at the bottom of the ‘Insert’ menu in PowerPoint. It is then easy to add a web pages to your Presentation as follows.

1. Click on ‘Web pages…’ in the PowerPoint ‘Insert’ menu.

2. When the LiveWeb dialogue appears, enter the address of the web page(s) you want and click add and when you are ready click next.

3. You then have the option of having the web page update when you visit the slide and eliminating page flicker when the web page is loaded.

4. On the next page you can choose how much space the wb page will take on the PowerPoint slide (so you can add other things like a title or notes) and the position on the slide.

5. When you are happy with the settings click finish to exit the dialogue.

After you have added a web page you can change the settings via the ‘Edit page property’ option in PowerPoints ‘insert’ menu.

You can download the LiveWeb plugin from its website. Make sure you get the correct version depending on which version of PowerPoint you have.

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