Do’s (Recommended for best user experience)

• Make sure the maximum size of your file is less than 1 GB.
• Add audio using PowerPoint's ‘Add Narrations’ feature; or add ‘Sounds on animations’.Remember authorSTREAM does not support ‘Sound on Slide transition’ or a ‘Pre-recorded audio file’ embedded in your PowerPoint.
• If you are looking to add a pre recorded file to the presentation, use authorPOINT
• Make sure that you mark the presentations you intend to protect as Private.
• Avoid using rare and exotic fonts or ‘Read Only’ Embedded Fonts in your PowerPoint.
• Avoid using inappropriate content, or copyrighted text or images.

Don’ts (For successful upload to authorSTREAM)

• Don’t add a password to your PowerPoint.
• Don’t enable the ‘Submit for Review’ or ‘Reply with changes’ option in your PowerPoint.

• Use the ‘Upload’ form made available on the homepage for Guest Upload; OR Login to authorSTREAM and click on the ‘Upload PowerPoint’ link made available to you all pages.
• The Upload page is divided in three sections.
• First section allows you to browse and select the presentation to be uploaded.

• Remember authorSTREAM supports a maximum file size of 1 GB.
• It should not be ‘Password protected’ or marked ‘Read Only' in the attributes.
• Presentation should not contain Read Only Embedded Fonts. If you have used Read Only Embedded Fonts in your presentation, a message pops up at the time of saving informing you that all changes might not be saved.
• The ‘Submit for Review’ or ‘Reply with changes’ option should not be enabled in the PowerPoint to be uploaded.
• The second section allows you to enter the title and an explicit description of the presentation. Select the language used in your presentation. Enter the tags or the keywords used to describe and search your presentation. If you are entering more than one tag, separate them with a comma or space.
• In the field ‘Display’, you can mark your presentations as ‘Private’. Check the checkbox. This ensures that your presentation will be seen only by the people whom you hand pick.
• The third section lets you select the category within which you intend to include your uploaded presentation. Be careful while selecting the category as the category into which you place your presentation is a part of its description too and influence the chances of your presentation hitting peoples' searches. Select the language of your presentation.
• Click on ‘Ok’.
• Once your presentation has been added successfully, it is added to Latest Uploads on the home page. An email is sent to you on your email address on successful conversion.

• Express explicitly about your presentation.
• Use clear and precise description in complete sentences.
• Make sure it includes such content that helps people search it easily and distinguish it from other presentation.
• Categorize correctly as the category into which you place your presentation is a part of its description too.
• The description should be such that it identifies the presentation to the category under which you have uploaded the presentation.
• Be sure to include as much info as you can, but be careful not to include something that shouldn’t be displayed publicly, e.g. copyrighted material.