(Last Updated On: November 27, 2018)

In the previous tutorial, you’ve learned how to add YouTube videos to your project. Today’s tutorial will show you how to add web objects to leverage web-based resources.

Inserting Web Objects

Web objects allow you to embed a website directly within an ActivePresenter slide. Thus, you can interact with the website as normal during the lesson.

Perform the steps:

Step 1: Click the Annotations tab > Web Object Add web objects to leverage web-based resources.. A dialog appears to let you embed web content by either using a web address (1) or embedding code (2). The latter is very useful when you want to control the size of the window or its relative position on screen.

Add web objects to leverage web-based resources.

Step 2: Do either of the following:

  • Type the URL of the website into the field (3).
  • Switch to Embed Code and type the code.

Add web objects to leverage web-based resources.

Step 3: Click Preview (4) or press ENTER to load and preview the web content within the dialog.

Step 4: Specify scrolling and scaling behaviors (5) for the object.

  • Scrolling: Allow scrolling down the content.
  • Disable Scaling: Keep embedded content the same when scaling a slide (for example, in the AutoFit mode of the presentation, when zooming and panning).

Step 5: Click OK (6) to finish.

Working with Web Objects

After embedding a website within an object in a slide, you can resize the web object to the desired size. In case you aren’t satisfied with the change and want to go back to the original size, right-click the object > Restore Original Size.

Add web objects to leverage web-based resources.

You can also update the thumbnail to the latest thumbnail and to the current object size in ActivePresenter. To do that, right-click the object > Update Thumbnail.

To change a web object, click the Properties pane > Size & Properties > Web Object > Edit.

Add web objects to leverage web-based resources.

Note: Web object only works in HTML5 output, in other outputs it will be exported as image.

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