The present invention provides methods, apparatus and systems for defining
variables to be used in a multi-lingual presentation system accessed by
the Internet network wherein a plurality of visual objects such as charts
and/or slides controlled by a third party in a server can be accessed by
any user of the Internet network having a workstation. In an example
embodiment, visual objects are each associated with an audio recording in
any language selected amongst several predetermined languages. This method
generally includes creating a control file having variables defining all
the parameters of a presentation requested by a user of the Internet
network. The variables are defined in the control file previously to the
presentation.