CONTENTdm Online Help - Importing Compound Objects into a Presentation

Compound objects that are saved in My Favorites can be imported into your PowerPoint presentations. The first page or image of the compound object will be imported along with the object metadata. Use the Advanced options to modify the import and add additional pages or metadata.

To modify compound objects before import:

Click Advanced shown in the summary screen below.

Figure 6- Summary screen of items in My Favorites

The Advanced dialog box appears.
Click on the thumbnail image of the compound object, in this example our compound object is a book. A dialog box opens listing all pages in the book.

Figure 11. Select pages of a book for import into a presentation.

Check the box next to each page you wish to import, or click the Clear All and Select All buttons to quickly eliminate or add pages for import.
Click OK. This closes the page selection dialog box.
Click OK. This closes the Advanced options dialog box.
Click Finish when you are ready to add the items to PowerPoint. This closes the dialog box.

The compound object metadata is automatically imported with the first page or image. To import the metadata specific to the first page or image, rather than the whole compound object, uncheck the box, Display document description with first page, located at the bottom of the dialog box.

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