office 2007 Re-Presenting PowerPoint’s Presenter

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A New Old Feature
I’m going to make a wild guess here. You’re probably reading the PowerPoint and Office Art blog because you’re looking for ways to make your presentations and other documents look better. But you may not know that PowerPoint has some features that are specifically designed to make you look better! in front of an audience scares most people. One of the reasons PowerPoint is a popular application is that it supports you during your speech. PowerPoint keeps you on track with supporting information,microsoft office 2010 pro cd key, and makes it easy to add illustrations and diagrams that help your audience follow your reasoning. But PowerPoint can also be an an invisible partner; secretly providing you with tips and hints during your speech. This partner, this collection of features, are all assembled in a window called Presenter View. of Presenter View has been knocking around since Office ’97. The most recent iteration is available today in PowerPoint 2003, and it’s a pretty good feature. View hasn’t gotten a real makeover for several releases – it was overdue on that account. Additionally, we’ve gotten a lot of user feedback on the feature, and collected some good ideas on how to make it even more useful. Still, many people who have already discovered Presenter View love it and use it regularly to good effect. for Office 2007?
Of course you can use Presenter View in PowerPoint 2003, it's just a little tricky to get going (one of the things we're working on now!) Here's a quick run-through on using it today. Presenter View requires two monitors, you’ll need to be using a laptop that can hook up to an external monitor,buy office 2010 Home And Student, or a desktop with a video card that can support two monitors. A typical configuration is a recent model laptop, with a projector connected to the external monitor port. to turn Presenter View is located under the Slideshow menu, in the Setup Show dialog. The Multiple Monitors section includes a checkbox to Show Presenter View. You can also choose which of your monitors will display the slide show, the other will be used for the Presenter View dialog. avoid turning this into a PowerPoint 2003 tutorial by directing you to the Question mark icon at the top of the Setup Show dialog. That button launches a help screen that includes a topic “Running a presentation on two monitors.” Reading that should help you get up and running with the current version of Presenter View. this is already a cool and useful feature. How could we improve on that for Office 2007? best feature is no good if you can’t find it…”
It’s particularly painful when we spend a ton of development time on a feature we know will solve a real customer problem, but for some reason the customer just isn’t aware of it’s existence. Presenter View tends to be just such a feature because its “hidden” in a dialog that most people just don’t open. If they do open the dialog, they often don't notice Presenter View because is is typically a disabled control, because their system isn’t currently set up to support a second screen. been reading other posts in this blog, or articles about Office 2007 in general, you’ve probably jumped right to the solution to this problem; The new Office 2007 Ribbon. The ribbon puts all the commands at surface level; a series of tabbed controls laid out in ribbons, each aligned with a general task, like writing, designing, reviewing, etc. No surprise that in PowerPoint, one of our ribbons is called Slide Show. And that ribbon clearly displays the controls that let you easily set up and activate Presenter View. Improved Private View
The Presenter View command will help set up your monitors by opening the Windows Displays control panel, and simultaneously displaying a help pane with advice and guidance. Once you’re properly configured, launching slide show will put your presentation on one of your monitors (usually a large monitor or projector) and display the new Presenter View on your private display, such as your laptop. what you'll see... minus those red number dots of course. walk through the new and improved features: notes: each slide has it’s own set of notes. Use those as you would any good set of crib notes for the speech. control: Make your notes as large or small as you like. Easier to read or more on the screen - you choose. Sizeable window: You can make the Presenter View window smaller, like any normal window, which gives you access to other applications, folders, or items on your desktop during the presentation, again out of sight of the audience. thumbnails: “What’s coming up on the next slide?” “Where’s that slide with the pie chart? I need to show that one again to answer an audience question!” The thumbnails provide information on where you are in the presentation, and gives you one-click navigation to any slide in the presentation. and duration display: “What time is it?” “How long have I been talking?” One of the big mistakes presenters make is losing track of time. Now, its always right there in front of you. Any pane,microsoft office 2010 pro 64 bit, any size: The panes are adjustable – if you want larger thumbnails, smaller slide display,genuine microsoft office 2007 generator, and more room for notes, just move the borders around and you’ve got it your way! Oversized navigation controls: When you’re concentrating on talking, it helps to have larger buttons. They’re easier to hit when your mouse starts shaking for no good reason… Professional: Presenter View Makes It A Little Easier to Pull Off
Presenter View is an incredible aid to anyone trying to add a bit more professionalism to their presentations. The benefits are numerous: have private details that the audience cannot see: This lets you look like you’ve got many more details memorized. There’s no fumbling about with loose sheets of papers or notebooks – the details you need are displayed with the slide you’re discussing. know what’s coming up: A common presentation mistake is to cover the next slide’s content while on the prior slide, and then when you advance to that slide, realizing you have nothing left to say. Awkward. The thumbnails give you context in the presentation, reminding you what you’ve covered, as well as what’s next. can go anywhere, smoothly, quickly: The same thumbnails give you one-click access to any slide in the presentation. If you need to go back to a prior slide, you go there quickly and easily. And you return the same way. It feels like magic. You look like a pro. your audience in the eye – or appear to be doing so: One of the fatal sins of presenting is the speaker who spends too much time looking over their shoulder reading slide information to the audience. The less you look, the better you look. It’s true! is it finished now?
There’s no doubt that this is our best Presenter View ever. But, we still have lots of ideas on how we could improve it, and other ways in which it could be used in the future. What are they? Well,microsoft office 2007 Pro Plus key, that’s a topic for another day. For now, we’re focused on getting this version finished and into your hands. And of course, we're always interested in hearing your feedback. Bretschneider
6/26/2006