ILINC PowerPoint™ to 
ToolBook™ Converter
The ILINC PowerPoint to ToolBook converter provides LearnLinc™ authors and instructors with a quick and easy way to convert their PowerPoint content to a format that is shareable in the LearnLinc environment. 
Installing the PowerPoint converter
Run llp2tins.exe to install the converter. Change the default installation directory if desired.
To use the converter, you must have the following installed on your workstation:
•	LearnLinc 1.6 or higher
•	PowerPoint 7.0 or higher
•	ToolBook ™ 4.0 or higher, or ToolBook Runtime 4.0 or higher

Adding the converter templates to your name service
When you installed the converter, three converter templates that are properly sized for use with the PowerPoint to ToolBook converter were also installed on your system. 
The template files have been sized for various screen displays:

TMPL800.ili:		Sized for 800x600 displays
TMPL1024.ili:	Sized for 1024x768 displays
TMPL1280.ili:	Sized for 1280x1024 displays

Using the full version of ToolBook 4.0 or newer, you may modify the sizes of the templates or create new templates of any size you desire. To work correctly with the PowerPoint to ToolBook Converter, templates should have an aspect ration of 4:3 width to height.

Before using the converter, you must create resource capsules for these templates in the LearnLinc name service.

1.	Log-in to LearnLinc and open the resource browser. Click new to create a new resource capsule. The New dialog will appear.
2.	In the "New" dialog, select "book" and click ok. The "LearnLinc Book Editor" will appear.

a. Enter all of the descriptive information about the capsule, and 
    click browse to locate and select the template file.

b. Click save to store the capsule in the name service.
3.	Follow the same procedure for the three remaining converter templates.

Using the PowerPoint converter
1.	Log-in to LearnLinc and open the resource browser. Select a converter template and click invoke to launch it.

2.	Run the PowerPoint converter by selecting it from the Windows® 95 Start menu.

3.	Follow the on-screen directions to convert your PowerPoint presentation to a ToolBook book.

4.	When the conversion process is complete, the save as dialog will appear. Name your book and save it with the ILINC ".ili" extension. 

Adding a LearnLinc navigator to your book
1.	Select set navigator from the LearnLinc menu. The "Select a navigator for this book" dialog will appear (fig 1.1).

2.	Enter the name of the navigator you wish to use or select browse. The "Select Navigator" dialog will appear.
3.	Highlight the desired navigator and click select. The default navigator is "Resource.Navigator.Default."
4.	Make sure "Enable Navigator" is checked and click ok. 
The navigator will appear at the top of the book. 

Tips for converting your PowerPoint presentations to ToolBook books
1.	When selecting the image format for your book (24 bit, 16 bit, or 8 bit color) keep in mind that higher bit depths produce better quality images, but with a larger file size.
2.	The converter preserves the aspect ratio of your presentation by scaling it to fit the ToolBook book by height. This means that the book may be wider than the PowerPoint images. You can correct the book size by selecting background properties from the Objects menu in ToolBook and adjusting the page size.
3.	The resolution of the screen on the computer running the conversion must be high enough so that the ToolBook book that you are creating will fit completely on the screen.