 The
Presenter-to-Go driver provides a button icon on the PowerPoint
application toolbar that looks like:
It can be found at the far right of the toolbar.
Complete your PowerPoint presentation as you normally would, taking
notice of the note below.
Note: Presenter-to-Go does not support any slide-transitions,
animation, or audio/video features available in Microsoft PowerPoint®.
Only static slides are supported. Remove any un-supported features
from the presentation prior to pressing the Presenter-to-Go icon.
Click on the Presenter-to-Go icon and the following occurs automatically:
- Conversion of PowerPoint file into the compressed mobile presentation
format. The Presenter-to-Go "Presentation Name" will
be pre-filled with the same name as the PowerPoint file.
- The "Presenter-to-Go Creator" dialog box will appear.
Fig 5.2 Presenter-to-Go Creator dialog box
The Presenter-to-Go Creator dialog box allows you to Change the
name of the presentation. To change the name, simply change the
name in the "Presentation Name" box. Press the "Create"
button, to create a mobile presentation.
In order to append the presentation to a presentation in the "Presentations
List", select a presentation from the "Presentations List".
That name will automatically appear in the "Append To"
line. Clicking on the "Append" button will now append
the current mobile presentation to the existing presentation listed
on the "Append To" line.
Documents previously transferred to the Visor are saved in the
Archive List. To append a new document to an archived document,
click the "Archive List" button. A list of previous presentations
will show in the "Archived Documents" area of a new window.
You can view and delete items in the archive list by using the "View"
and "Delete" buttons. To copy an archived document to
the current "Presentation List", press the "Copy
to Desktop" button. Now you can use this presentation like
any other presentation in the "Presentation List".
Pressing the Create or Append button will bring you to the "Presenter-to-Go
Desktop" dialog box.
Fig 5.3 The Presenter-to Go Desktop dialog box
Your presentation will appear in the "Presenter-to-Go Desktop""
Presentations List".
This list shows all the presentations that are ready to be transferred
into the HotSync bin for the next HotSync operation into your Visor.
The button functions are described below:
Queue - Transfers the selected presentation into the queue for
the next HotSync operation into your Visor.
View - Allows you to view the contents of the selected presentation.
Delete - Allows you to delete the selected presentation.
Change Users - Lets you select which users get the "Queued"
presentations on that user's next HotSync. If only one user is registered
on the Visor, then that user name is automatically placed in the
"HotSync for these Users" list.
Archive List - Retains a list of all presentations that have been
previously transferred to the HotSync bin.
Close - Closes the Application.
Help - Opens the Help document to understand requirements of this
dialog box.Note: The buttons offer context- sensitive tool-tips,
meaning that if you slide the cursor over the button, an explanation
of the button -function will appear.
If the user has the HotSync software and a Visor Cradle installed
on the computer, then all that is required to move all of the presentations
selected into the Visor is press the "Queue" button and
do a HotSync.
Note: If you have Queued a presentation but prior to HotSync decide
that you don't want that presentation, it can be removed in the
Palm Desktop Application by clicking on the Install icon, an then
highlighting the file you don't want to transfer and selecting REMOVE.
Note: If you Created a presentation but did not Queue it before
quitting, you can get that presentation by selecting START then
Program Files then Margi then Presenter-to-Go. This will bring up
the "Presenter-to-Go Creator" window with the presentation
saved in the "Presentations List". |
