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Keynote - A solid presntation application
Authored by: tshehan on Sep 29, '03 03:57:12PM

ceffe - a question about your posted reply for Keynote.
If I were using an LCD projector with my powerbook, are you saying Keynote allows me to control the video that is sent to the projector separate from what appears on my laptop screen? I don't have the luxury of having an Apple store or reseller within a 200 miles and finding this information on the web has proven frustrating.

What I would like to do is be able to switch the order or slides that keynote would present while it is sending an image to the projector. I don't know if that is even possible yet. I haven't yet purchased the program for fear that I will find a 3rd party solution and would rather purchase that.



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Keynote - A solid presntation application
Authored by: ceffe on Sep 29, '03 07:13:48PM

Well, yes and no.
You can have the workspace with notes and outline viewed on your powerbook screen while having the slides being shown on a second screen (Note this depends also on the graphic capabilities of your computer. I think you would need a Powerbook and I'm not sure all PBs cut it).

However, You cannot work in the app while displaying slides in this way. It is presentation mode on your own "speakers" screen as well.

For what you appear to be wanting, you would need a freeze feature that is available on some projectors, where they can hold the slide shown, regardless of what video data the computer emits at the moment. I've used such a feature a few times for on the fly reorganising of slide order without letting the audience see what I'm doing. <freeze, stop presentation and reorder, go to correct slide, start presentation, unfreeze>

Such a feature is completely independent of KeyNote's ability to present a "speakers note screeen" in addition to the slide show shown to the audience.

Hope this was a clear and useful answer. I'm way past midnight here and needs some sleep.
/ceffe



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