Slide show presentations
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- Subject: [mg45066] Slide show presentations
- From: Goyder Dr HGD <H.Goyder at rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 07:48:12 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I make a slide show using Mathematica and the Mathematica Slide Show palette on my laptop at home. I then fly with my laptop to the other side of the world, plug into the projection system and attempt to show my presentation. The problems 1. How do I ensure that my presentation will fit the screen? 2. How do I know what font size to use when making the presentation? 3. How do I stop myself putting too many lines on a slide when constructing the slide? 4. How do I stop myself making graphics that are too wide or too tall? In general how do I know that when I make my presentation it will be the same size as the screen onto which it is projected and not either a postage stamp size or too big for the screen? Microsoft PowerPoint is good at giving you a preview and then mapping the slide you have made into the projection system (but a disaster with equations). Mathematica does not enable you to do this. The only rule for making slides, I know, is that you can have a maximum of ten lines per slide. I can vary the following: My font size. Note difficulty with text in graphics. My screen area - using the Windows Control Panel / Display Properties / Screen Area (typical size 1024 by 768). The size of the notebook - bottom bar of window. Should I use the Mathematica SlideShow environment or is the Mathematica Presentation environment better? What approach should I take if I am not to have a presentation disaster? Thanks for any comments. Hugh Goyder -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cranfield MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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