[senit] Powerpoint and touchscreen/whiteboards

Hi

Ann
You might want to check your file associations that the settings on your
laptop for video files and Powerpoint presentations are the same as your
desktop

Are you running the same OS on both?

Alex

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From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ann
Sent: 13 March 2007 09:51
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: RE: [senit] Powerpoint and touchscreen/whiteboards

Hi All
This is a related problem that I have been 'living with' as I could not
resolve it and wondered if anyone could help..... 
I was given a very useful Powerpoint presentation that includes video clips.
On my desktop, these clips play in full screen within Powerpoint; on my
portables, the video plays within a Windows Media Player window that opens
up automatically - any idea why?? I have looked at every setting I can find
to compare the two systems but can't see a difference (that would explain
this).
I would love to resolve this as the presentation would be much better if it
looked like the desktop version.

Thanks

Ann McDevitt 
Independent IT and SEN Consultant 

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[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Richard Walter
Sent: 12 March 2007 19:55
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: Re: [senit] Powerpoint and touchscreen/whiteboards

If I understand what you correctly:
In the insert menu on the Top bar in 
Powerpoint
Insert, Movies and Sounds, Movie 
from file
choose the video clip from your computer
reply no to the question "Do you 
want your movie to play 
automatically in the slide show...."
The movie clip will only play when 
the clip is clicked on with the 
mouse (or mouse switch).
A click on the video clips starts it 
another click pauses it

Further things you can do.
You can resize and reposition the 
video clips on the page as you want.
You can turn off clicks on other 
parts of the page doing inconvenient 
things (like ending the show) by 
unticking the Advance slide on mouse 
click in the slide transition window 
or by running the show "Browsed at 
Kiosk" in set up show.
You can insert as many clips onto 
the page as you want (things  might 
slow down if your running too many 
concurrently).

You can connect buttons to play and 
to pause the video clip in the slide 
show menu Action buttons, choose an 
Action button movie and in custom 
Animation for the button you can add 
precise controls for playing the 
movie If you want only the play 
button to play the movie and not 
clicking on the video clip itself 
you need to uncheck the object 
action in the Action settings for 
the movie.
You can also arrange the videos on 
the timeline for them to be shown in 
sequence.

Rereading your question I'm not sure 
that I've even got close to 
answering it.
Is it that whatever video your 
playing in Powerpoint it comes out 
full screen?
You can resize any video in 
Powerpoint and drag it to any 
position on the page.
The resolution of your projector and 
your computer can effect how much of 
the screen a Powerpoint slide will 
show. Projectors should show exactly 
what's on your computer screen, some 
old ones won't and some will need 
setting up.

Richard Walter
Meldreth Manor School

Williams Anne (CYPFS) wrote:
> Hi
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone know how to set Powerpoint up to play through a Touchscreen or
> interactive whiteboard which keeps the same screen as displayed on the
> powerpoint presentation. When I play the video at the moment the whole
> screen is displaying the video, and I want it to look like the
presentation
> which is on my laptop, thus allowing  the child the chance to select
another
> button which takes her back to the previous screen, where she is making a
> choice of the four videos she wants to play.
> 