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How do I setup a smooth AutoCue?
so far I created 1 slide ( blue background )
1 text box ( text in Arial 40, the text for every 'player' in a different color, so it's readable from a distance ) colors & lines : no fill; no line size : HxW = 285cm X 26cm position : horiz. 0cm from top left ; vertic. 5 cm from top left added effects to the text box : motion path = up ; start=on click ; speed=very fast and this repeated for about 20 times - every time starting from the previous ending. when running this AutoCue, after clicking 3 or 4 times, the text on the screen dissapears, although there is still a lot more text in the text box... what am I doing wrong? using XP home SP2, PP 2003 SP2 I'm willing to send the .ppt - 43kB - regards, PapaDox |
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How do I setup a smooth AutoCue?
Send me the file and I'll see if I can fix it.
-- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials-http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "PapaDox" wrote: so far I created 1 slide ( blue background ) 1 text box ( text in Arial 40, the text for every 'player' in a different color, so it's readable from a distance ) colors & lines : no fill; no line size : HxW = 285cm X 26cm position : horiz. 0cm from top left ; vertic. 5 cm from top left added effects to the text box : motion path = up ; start=on click ; speed=very fast and this repeated for about 20 times - every time starting from the previous ending. when running this AutoCue, after clicking 3 or 4 times, the text on the screen dissapears, although there is still a lot more text in the text box... what am I doing wrong? using XP home SP2, PP 2003 SP2 I'm willing to send the .ppt - 43kB - regards, PapaDox |
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How do I setup a smooth AutoCue?
I would think from the description that this is most likely a resource
problem, rather than a program problem. To quickly test this, try the presentation on a really good machine and see if it still fails in the same places. If it fails differently, it is likely to be too little CPU cycles, too little Graphics abilities, or too little RAM. If you try this on a different computer and it fails the same, I would be interested in seeing the file. Could you email it to the address in my signature. -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com .. "PapaDox" wrote in message ... so far I created 1 slide ( blue background ) 1 text box ( text in Arial 40, the text for every 'player' in a different color, so it's readable from a distance ) colors & lines : no fill; no line size : HxW = 285cm X 26cm position : horiz. 0cm from top left ; vertic. 5 cm from top left added effects to the text box : motion path = up ; start=on click ; speed=very fast and this repeated for about 20 times - every time starting from the previous ending. when running this AutoCue, after clicking 3 or 4 times, the text on the screen dissapears, although there is still a lot more text in the text box... what am I doing wrong? using XP home SP2, PP 2003 SP2 I'm willing to send the .ppt - 43kB - regards, PapaDox |
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How do I setup a smooth AutoCue?
Bill,
I think it's a fairly strong machine I've tried this on, so I'll send the requested file to you and to John (Wilson) Regards, Peter "Bill Dilworth" wrote: I would think from the description that this is most likely a resource problem, rather than a program problem. To quickly test this, try the presentation on a really good machine and see if it still fails in the same places. If it fails differently, it is likely to be too little CPU cycles, too little Graphics abilities, or too little RAM. If you try this on a different computer and it fails the same, I would be interested in seeing the file. Could you email it to the address in my signature. -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com .. "PapaDox" wrote in message ... so far I created 1 slide ( blue background ) 1 text box ( text in Arial 40, the text for every 'player' in a different color, so it's readable from a distance ) colors & lines : no fill; no line size : HxW = 285cm X 26cm position : horiz. 0cm from top left ; vertic. 5 cm from top left added effects to the text box : motion path = up ; start=on click ; speed=very fast and this repeated for about 20 times - every time starting from the previous ending. when running this AutoCue, after clicking 3 or 4 times, the text on the screen dissapears, although there is still a lot more text in the text box... what am I doing wrong? using XP home SP2, PP 2003 SP2 I'm willing to send the .ppt - 43kB - regards, PapaDox |
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How do I setup a smooth AutoCue?
OK, from the example you sent, I see the problem.
You have a very tall text box. In fact it is over 112" tall. PowerPoint usually will only render an area about 1 screen out from the visible portion of the slide, so most of the text box lays outside of the rendered area. I would suggest that you rework the slide using multiple text boxes. Each textboxes' animation can "push" the previous one up. In essence, each textbox will have 4 positions (base + 3 motion animations): off screen below, on lower screen, on upper screen and off screen above. If this does not make a whole lot of sense, post back and I'll try to explain better. -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com .. "PapaDox" wrote in message ... Bill, I think it's a fairly strong machine I've tried this on, so I'll send the requested file to you and to John (Wilson) Regards, Peter "Bill Dilworth" wrote: I would think from the description that this is most likely a resource problem, rather than a program problem. To quickly test this, try the presentation on a really good machine and see if it still fails in the same places. If it fails differently, it is likely to be too little CPU cycles, too little Graphics abilities, or too little RAM. If you try this on a different computer and it fails the same, I would be interested in seeing the file. Could you email it to the address in my signature. -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com .. "PapaDox" wrote in message ... so far I created 1 slide ( blue background ) 1 text box ( text in Arial 40, the text for every 'player' in a different color, so it's readable from a distance ) colors & lines : no fill; no line size : HxW = 285cm X 26cm position : horiz. 0cm from top left ; vertic. 5 cm from top left added effects to the text box : motion path = up ; start=on click ; speed=very fast and this repeated for about 20 times - every time starting from the previous ending. when running this AutoCue, after clicking 3 or 4 times, the text on the screen dissapears, although there is still a lot more text in the text box... what am I doing wrong? using XP home SP2, PP 2003 SP2 I'm willing to send the .ppt - 43kB - regards, PapaDox |
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How do I setup a smooth AutoCue?
Thanks,
I suspected this already. but it is nice having some experts to confirm this. with your solution and the example that John has send to me, I'm sure I can make it work. ( he came up with a similar solution ) -- Regards, Peter "Bill Dilworth" wrote: OK, from the example you sent, I see the problem. You have a very tall text box. In fact it is over 112" tall. PowerPoint usually will only render an area about 1 screen out from the visible portion of the slide, so most of the text box lays outside of the rendered area. I would suggest that you rework the slide using multiple text boxes. Each textboxes' animation can "push" the previous one up. In essence, each textbox will have 4 positions (base + 3 motion animations): off screen below, on lower screen, on upper screen and off screen above. If this does not make a whole lot of sense, post back and I'll try to explain better. -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com .. "PapaDox" wrote in message ... Bill, I think it's a fairly strong machine I've tried this on, so I'll send the requested file to you and to John (Wilson) Regards, Peter "Bill Dilworth" wrote: I would think from the description that this is most likely a resource problem, rather than a program problem. To quickly test this, try the presentation on a really good machine and see if it still fails in the same places. If it fails differently, it is likely to be too little CPU cycles, too little Graphics abilities, or too little RAM. If you try this on a different computer and it fails the same, I would be interested in seeing the file. Could you email it to the address in my signature. -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com .. "PapaDox" wrote in message ... so far I created 1 slide ( blue background ) 1 text box ( text in Arial 40, the text for every 'player' in a different color, so it's readable from a distance ) colors & lines : no fill; no line size : HxW = 285cm X 26cm position : horiz. 0cm from top left ; vertic. 5 cm from top left added effects to the text box : motion path = up ; start=on click ; speed=very fast and this repeated for about 20 times - every time starting from the previous ending. when running this AutoCue, after clicking 3 or 4 times, the text on the screen dissapears, although there is still a lot more text in the text box... what am I doing wrong? using XP home SP2, PP 2003 SP2 I'm willing to send the .ppt - 43kB - regards, PapaDox |
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