User manual ADOBE OVATION

[. . . ] User Guide Copyright Notice: The Ovation software and documentation are © Copyright 2005 Serious Magic, Inc. This manual may not, in whole or in any part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable format without prior written consent from Serious Magic, Inc. Content included as part of the Ovation software, including without limitation, all music, sound effects, images, animations, video effects, 3D objects or font files ("Content") is licensed to You for Your personal use only and is subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Limited Warranty and License Agreement accompanying the Ovation software ("License Agreement"). Bitstream® SwissTM, Bitstream® Mister EarlTM. Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Getting Started 1 5 7 Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] So, for instance, the block for a 4 minute slide will be twice as wide as that for a 2 minute slide. If you're right on schedule, you'll transition from one slide to the next just as the Progress Bar passes the line separating the two slides on the Current Position Bar. The Progress Bar will turn from blue to red if you start falling behind, indicating at a glance that you need to pick up the pace. Spending about the same amount of time on each slide is a good general goal, but since material rarely breaks down that evenly, Ovation lets you independently set the time budgeted for each slide. Just click the time or "--:--" on the slide's tab in the Slide Navigation Bar along the bottom of the window. If you've set a target show duration, then Ovation will calculate times for slides that you haven't set times for. When you import a show for the first time, Ovation will apply any slide times that you set in PowerPoint. It can also learn slide timings as you rehearse the presentation or deliver it for real. PointPrompterTM The PointPrompter is a like a stack of virtual note cards that can operate as a teleprompter just like television newscasters use to speak more confidently. You can use the PointPrompter to show an outline of key points or a verbatim script, and you can move about in it manually using the scrollbar or have it scroll at the speed that you set. Ovation imports notes from PowerPoint if you've entered them in the Notes field, which sits below the slide preview in the Normal and Notes Page views. To learn more about the PointPrompter, please consult Setting Up/Preparing the PointPrompter and Presenting/Scrolling the Note Card, Rolling the TelePrompter in the Advanced Features section of the online help. 13 Special Purpose Slides As a rule, Ovation works with slides that you created in PowerPoint. Ovation allows you to add four types of special purpose slides: · The Walk-In and Walk-Out slides are like bookends for your presentation--pleasant graphics for your audience to look at as they're assembling beforehand and dispersing afterwards. You can add a few words of greeting or perhaps a brief message to pique their interest, whet their appetites, and get them thinking. Since these two slides may be shown for an undefined period, they do not have slide times and are not included in the show duration or represented on the TimeKeeper. · The Introduction slide displays the title or topic of the presentation as well as your name and contact information. · Intermission slides not only carry the PowerLook through scheduled breaks but also show how long until you resume. Each PowerLook has variations on its theme to give these bonus slides a unique look. Adding these slides through Ovation has the advantage that they're not in the slideshow on the PowerPoint side when you go to print handouts. You add these slides and enter their text through their own tab under Options. To learn more about them, please consult Adding Special Slides in the Advanced Features/Setting Up section of the online help. 14 Adding Your Own Graphics to the Look So you're enraptured by Ovation's stunning PowerLooks but want to work your own logo or branding into the mix?Perhaps policy calls for your company logo or university seal to be displayed. On the Customize Look control panel under the Options Tab, you can add your own graphics. [. . . ] You can switch these assignments independently on General tab of the Application Settings dialog. To switch the full screen display on and off, press the Escape key. 31 Index A Adding a Look to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5 12 7 11 20 19 29 20 15 12 23 22 I Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Screen Refresh Rate for Full Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]