Subj : Re: Power Point
To   : ALAN ZISMAN
From : JAY EMRIE
Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 12:34 pm

AZ> AA> PP came up in conversation tonight with a pastor-friend. What exactly 
is
AZ> AA> involved to get a PP slide show from a laptop onto a big screen?  Is 
the
AZ>th
AZ> CS> e
AZ> AA> output at the external video connector? ...or is it via USB? 
....something
AZ> AA> else?   He would be using OpenOffice, btw  ...and probably needing a 
way
AZ>to

AZ> AA> control the show via "remote".  Is there a special cordless device for
AZ>that
AZ> CS> ?

AZ> CS> The output is taken from the video output (external monitor connector)
AZ> CS> from the laptop via a digital quality cable to the video input of the
AZ> CS> projector.

AZ> CS> The projector becomes an external monitor for all practical purposes.
AZ> CS> The whole process is really very easy to setup and display.  Of course
AZ> CS> for a large audience (church sanctuary) a projector with enough lumen
AZ> CS> output is required so the display will be bright enough to fill a
AZ> CS> large screen and be viewable from the last row.

AZ> CS> Most modern projectors come with a remote that can be used to control
AZ> CS> the show, change parameters, setup, and so forth.  We keep a person in
AZ> CS> our sound booth at the computer terminal to control the Powerpoint
AZ> CS> presentation.   I'm not familiar with the presentation software that
AZ> CS> comes with Open Office but my understanding is that it's file
AZ> CS> compatible with Powerpoint.

AZ>As far as actually projecting, there's not much difference between using 
OO.org
AZ>or PP... (Note that F8 is OO.org's shortcut key to Show a presentation).

AZ> There are a couple of slightly-tricky parts:

AZ>1) What happens when you plug in the projector to the laptop's external VGA
AZ>port varies with the laptop... in many cases, you'll need to restart the
AZ>laptop. In some cases, you need to go to the Display control panel and fuss
AZ>around with settings to enable the external 'monitor'... in other cases, you
AZ>may have to press a key combination-- often the laptop's FN key along with 
one
AZ>of the F keys-- often it will have a rectangle icon on the key (to indicate 
a
AZ>monitor)... you may have to press the proper key combination a couple of 
times
AZ>to enable both the external device and the LCD panel at the same time.

Alan, I am having trouble using my laptop (XP home) with a
InFocus LitePro 580 LCD projector. I haven't been able to get a
simultaneous display on the projector and the laptop. Is there a
possibility that the projector is not compatible with XP? The 580 is
rather old. Further, the desktop image on the projected screen is chopped
off at  the bottom and I haven't been able to change the projector screen
size to prevent this.

Jay

AZ>2) It can takes several (3-5 minutes) for the projector to warm up before it
AZ>shows anything on screen... and if you don't know if the projector is 
working
AZ>AND you're not sure if your laptop is set up to send signal through its VGA
AZ>port, it can be confusing!

AZ>3) If you're looking to purchase a projector, and it will be primarily used 
for
AZ>PP (etc) presentations, you can save a couple of hundred dollars by buying 
an
AZ>800x600 (SVGA) one rather than a 1024x768 (XGA) model... PP presentations 
look
AZ>identical at either resolution.
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