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10.3: Use fast user switching for easy demo / presentations System
I do something similar to the earlier hint about using Exposé with PowerPoint, but I use fast user switching and Keynote. I have one user that is "Presentation," and they have the presentation up. Another user that is "Demo," ready for demo use. You switch users, and do the demo, then switch back. If you're using the rotating cube for transitions in Keynote, the rotating cube in fast user switching feels so natural they hardly notice. It's even better if you turn off passwords for those two accounts.

This way is much more powerful, in that the desktop can be setup exactly how you like, and demo cleanly. And many demos should start or interact with the desktop or other apps.
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10.3: Use fast user switching for easy demo / presentations
Authored by: Hes Nikke on Nov 11, '03 11:54:45AM

ohh ohh ohh!!!

you can use an AppleScript embedded in a QuickTime Movie to have it fast user switch at a given point during your demo!!!

/me drools at the possibilities (i'm gonna be showing off panther next week at my UserGroup meeting)

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10.3: Use fast user switching for easy demo / presentations
Authored by: Hes Nikke on Nov 11, '03 11:58:41AM
oops, i meant to include a link to the fast user switch shell script in the comment above ;)

i'll let you applescript and quicktime geniuses fill in the rest :)

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Keynote - Quicktime export for easy switching
Authored by: mryannick on Jan 23, '04 05:50:32PM

I haven't tried embedding scripts into Keynote yet, but I'm not sure it handles them? (Powerpoint does handle links)

I wasn't able to fast-user-switch, Exposé or command-tab during my Keynote presentations either.

So to have an elegant transition from Keynote to the app I'm demoing, I decided to export my Keynote presentation as a Quicktime .mov file. I then present it full screen using Quicktime player. Exposé and command-tab work fine there.

If anyone has a better solution?

Yannick.
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10.3: Use fast user switching for easy demo / presentations
Authored by: Portinari on Apr 13, '04 12:42:19AM

I would appreciate if you could kindly share with me your idea of applescript embedding in quicktime to "fast user switch" from the user running Keynote to a user running a demo.

Best,

Joao



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