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It's time now to make our source a document. HTML can be displayed everywhere, so we choose the converter <B><CODE>pp2html</CODE></B> which converts PerlPoint sources into HTML pages. As mentioned before, the converter adds layout. HTML layouts can be configured very fine grained by the various options of <CODE>pp2html</CODE>, or one can use predeclared layouts called "styles". Luckily, <CODE>pp2html</CODE> comes with several example styles, so we take one of those.
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Please remember where you installed <CODE>PerlPoint::Converters</CODE> from (the directory where you called <CODE>make install</CODE>). Let's say it is stored in the environment variable <CODE>$PPCPATH</CODE>. Please ask your administrator for assistance if necessary.
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Assumed the text source was stored in <CODE>coffee.pp</CODE>, you can call <CODE>pp2html</CODE> the following way now:
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pp2html -style_dir $PPCPATH/pp2html_styles -style orange_slides coffee.pp</FONT></PRE></TD></TR></TABLE></UL></UL>
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Several files are made just where you are. To look at the result, open <CODE>frame_set.html</CODE> in a Web browser.
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If you want to try another layout, try
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pp2html -style_dir $PPCPATH/pp2html_styles -style <B>big_blue</B> coffee.pp</FONT></PRE></TD></TR></TABLE></UL></UL>
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and open <CODE>slide0001.htm</CODE>. Notice that with these layouts, a list of contents and navigation elements were automatically added for you, so that a presenter can easily switch between pages.
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