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Enlarging text during presentation
I am an attorney, and during a recent trial the other side had all of their
documents scanned into Powerpoint. As we looked at each document on the screen, the attorney was able to make a box around a specific paragraph, and then that paragraph would pop out of the document and be large enough for everyone to see. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they did this. I have Office Powerpoint 2003. Maybe this is not the right program? Any ideas? Thanks for your time, Laura |
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Enlarging text during presentation
Maybe this add in?
http://officeone.mvps.org/zoom/zoom.html -- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "LauraLumaghi" wrote: I am an attorney, and during a recent trial the other side had all of their documents scanned into Powerpoint. As we looked at each document on the screen, the attorney was able to make a box around a specific paragraph, and then that paragraph would pop out of the document and be large enough for everyone to see. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they did this. I have Office Powerpoint 2003. Maybe this is not the right program? Any ideas? Thanks for your time, Laura |
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Enlarging text during presentation
Thanks John. It does zoom in, but it is quite hard to use. It does not pop
out the text that I am trying to enlarge, but instead zooms in on one square area. Any other ideas? I am beginning to think that they must have been using a different kind of program. "John Wilson" wrote: Maybe this add in? http://officeone.mvps.org/zoom/zoom.html -- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "LauraLumaghi" wrote: I am an attorney, and during a recent trial the other side had all of their documents scanned into Powerpoint. As we looked at each document on the screen, the attorney was able to make a box around a specific paragraph, and then that paragraph would pop out of the document and be large enough for everyone to see. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they did this. I have Office Powerpoint 2003. Maybe this is not the right program? Any ideas? Thanks for your time, Laura |
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Enlarging text during presentation
Are they able to bring up any area, or just specific areas? The reason I ask
is because I would do this with custom animations to highlight just specific areas of the content. To do this, create a second copy of the scan, only this time do it at a higher resolution. Crop it down to just the paragraph you want. Insert that copy on top of the main copy. Give the paragraph an entrance animation of Expand. Make sure that animation is the last one on the animation list for the slide. You could even go tricky and make the expand a triggered animation. If you want to learn more about that, just ask! -- Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived "LauraLumaghi" wrote in message ... Thanks John. It does zoom in, but it is quite hard to use. It does not pop out the text that I am trying to enlarge, but instead zooms in on one square area. Any other ideas? I am beginning to think that they must have been using a different kind of program. "John Wilson" wrote: Maybe this add in? http://officeone.mvps.org/zoom/zoom.html -- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "LauraLumaghi" wrote: I am an attorney, and during a recent trial the other side had all of their documents scanned into Powerpoint. As we looked at each document on the screen, the attorney was able to make a box around a specific paragraph, and then that paragraph would pop out of the document and be large enough for everyone to see. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they did this. I have Office Powerpoint 2003. Maybe this is not the right program? Any ideas? Thanks for your time, Laura |
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Enlarging text during presentation
Thanks Kathy That is what I have done before, but now the attorneys want to
be able to pick out specific portions of a document right in front of the jury to enlarge. Thanks again for your help. "Kathy Jacobs" wrote: Are they able to bring up any area, or just specific areas? The reason I ask is because I would do this with custom animations to highlight just specific areas of the content. To do this, create a second copy of the scan, only this time do it at a higher resolution. Crop it down to just the paragraph you want. Insert that copy on top of the main copy. Give the paragraph an entrance animation of Expand. Make sure that animation is the last one on the animation list for the slide. You could even go tricky and make the expand a triggered animation. If you want to learn more about that, just ask! -- Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived "LauraLumaghi" wrote in message ... Thanks John. It does zoom in, but it is quite hard to use. It does not pop out the text that I am trying to enlarge, but instead zooms in on one square area. Any other ideas? I am beginning to think that they must have been using a different kind of program. "John Wilson" wrote: Maybe this add in? http://officeone.mvps.org/zoom/zoom.html -- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "LauraLumaghi" wrote: I am an attorney, and during a recent trial the other side had all of their documents scanned into Powerpoint. As we looked at each document on the screen, the attorney was able to make a box around a specific paragraph, and then that paragraph would pop out of the document and be large enough for everyone to see. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they did this. I have Office Powerpoint 2003. Maybe this is not the right program? Any ideas? Thanks for your time, Laura |
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Enlarging text during presentation
Three solutions come to my mind:
- Microsoft has a new Zoom tool: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...es/zoomit.mspx The magnified area fills the whole screen, you can move around with the mouse to other areas; start it with Ctrl+1 (or custom-defined shortcut) - Virtual Magnifying Glass, http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/, a freeware tool that draws a frame around a part of the screen, you can adjust magnification factor; insert an action button on the slide master to start it - Microsoft has a new line of mouse types, that have a built-in Magnifyer; started with a key on the side of the mouse; price nearly the same as for other mice. Best regards, Ute -- Ute Simon Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team und PowerPoint-User-Team Tipps, Tricks und Kostenloser Newsletter: www.ppt-user.de "LauraLumaghi" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Thanks Kathy That is what I have done before, but now the attorneys want to be able to pick out specific portions of a document right in front of the jury to enlarge. Thanks again for your help. "Kathy Jacobs" wrote: Are they able to bring up any area, or just specific areas? The reason I ask is because I would do this with custom animations to highlight just specific areas of the content. To do this, create a second copy of the scan, only this time do it at a higher resolution. Crop it down to just the paragraph you want. Insert that copy on top of the main copy. Give the paragraph an entrance animation of Expand. Make sure that animation is the last one on the animation list for the slide. You could even go tricky and make the expand a triggered animation. If you want to learn more about that, just ask! -- Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived "LauraLumaghi" wrote in message ... Thanks John. It does zoom in, but it is quite hard to use. It does not pop out the text that I am trying to enlarge, but instead zooms in on one square area. Any other ideas? I am beginning to think that they must have been using a different kind of program. "John Wilson" wrote: Maybe this add in? http://officeone.mvps.org/zoom/zoom.html -- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "LauraLumaghi" wrote: I am an attorney, and during a recent trial the other side had all of their documents scanned into Powerpoint. As we looked at each document on the screen, the attorney was able to make a box around a specific paragraph, and then that paragraph would pop out of the document and be large enough for everyone to see. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they did this. I have Office Powerpoint 2003. Maybe this is not the right program? Any ideas? Thanks for your time, Laura |
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Enlarging text during presentation
They may have been using a program called Trial Director. It has this
feature -- or at least something very similar. http://www.indatacorp.com/Products/T...lDirector.aspx -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ "LauraLumaghi" wrote in message ... Thanks Kathy That is what I have done before, but now the attorneys want to be able to pick out specific portions of a document right in front of the jury to enlarge. Thanks again for your help. "Kathy Jacobs" wrote: Are they able to bring up any area, or just specific areas? The reason I ask is because I would do this with custom animations to highlight just specific areas of the content. To do this, create a second copy of the scan, only this time do it at a higher resolution. Crop it down to just the paragraph you want. Insert that copy on top of the main copy. Give the paragraph an entrance animation of Expand. Make sure that animation is the last one on the animation list for the slide. You could even go tricky and make the expand a triggered animation. If you want to learn more about that, just ask! -- Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived "LauraLumaghi" wrote in message ... Thanks John. It does zoom in, but it is quite hard to use. It does not pop out the text that I am trying to enlarge, but instead zooms in on one square area. Any other ideas? I am beginning to think that they must have been using a different kind of program. "John Wilson" wrote: Maybe this add in? http://officeone.mvps.org/zoom/zoom.html -- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "LauraLumaghi" wrote: I am an attorney, and during a recent trial the other side had all of their documents scanned into Powerpoint. As we looked at each document on the screen, the attorney was able to make a box around a specific paragraph, and then that paragraph would pop out of the document and be large enough for everyone to see. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they did this. I have Office Powerpoint 2003. Maybe this is not the right program? Any ideas? Thanks for your time, Laura |
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Enlarging text during presentation
"LauraLumaghi" wrote: Thanks Kathy That is what I have done before, but now the attorneys want to be able to pick out specific portions of a document right in front of the jury to enlarge. Thanks again for your help. I'd wonder what circumstances the attorneys want to be able to magnify anything. If it's in response to some discussion they can't forecast then it's far more difficult than show a magnified version of pre-selected words. If you watch TV documentaries you'll see that a document is shown and then a box opens with a few words in it. If juries are used to this method they'll be more likely to follow it in the courtroom. Dave. |
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