Powerpoint 2000 question about monitor and projector resolution

[Melissa]

I am setting up a presentation for use at a wedding reception. At this
point, I don't know the resolution of the projector that the church has. If
needed, we can rent one as well.

The system I'm setting it up on is running XP Professional, I'm using PP
2000, and the monitor is set at 1024x768. It is a 1.4ghz system. We might
run the presentation from a PIII 600 portable system running Win98se, also
set at 1024x768.

My question has to do with the projector. (I know next to nothing about
projectors) If the projector doesn't run at the same resolution, are we
going to have problems with the display being cropped or somehow distorted?
I see that there is a projector wizard in PP 2000, but have never used it.

Do I need to set my monitor display at the same resolution as the projector
and have a second presentation saved with those settings?

Obviously we'll be running some practice shows once the presentation is
completed. (It's mostly done now, there is only minor tweaking to do with
some transition timing).

One more question...is there a way to use the "random" transition selection,
but exclude some of the transitions? There are a couple that are so abrupt.
If not, are there any plug in's etc. to use as other choices for the
transitions?

Thanks in advance for any tips or advice.

Melissa

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Just set your laptop resolution to match the projector resolution -
PowerPoint by itself is resolution independent so all slides will show
fullscreen at any resolution.

I don't think you can include random transitions, if you want to exclude
some available transitions. It might be possible to do that with VBA
programming - but not conventionally.

 

[Melissa]

Thanks!

Does PP 2003 offer anything more in the way of transitions that would be
superior to PP 2000?

Melissa

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Yes, many more options, types, styles.

Well worth the price. It allows multiple simultaneous Entrance, Emphasis,
Exit and/or Motion path animations (as opposed to just single sequential
entrance animations for PPT2000)


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[Steve Rindsberg]

My question has to do with the projector. (I know next to nothing about

projectors) If the projector doesn't run at the same resolution, are we
going to have problems with the display being cropped or somehow distorted?

It may depend on the age of the projector; some may autoswitch resolutions,
older ones may not, but even so, you'll want the computer's display resolution
set the same as the projector's.

Do I need to set my monitor display at the same resolution as the projector
and have a second presentation saved with those settings?

Yes to the first, no to the second. PowerPoint will adjust nicely to different
display resolution settings; no need for a second show in 99% of cases.

One more question...is there a way to use the "random" transition selection,
but exclude some of the transitions?

An addin or VBA macro could do this but there's no way to do it directly in
PowerPoint. I don't recall whether anyone's ever published the code to do it
or an addin though.

Maybe somebody who knows of one will pipe up!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

One more question...is there a way to use the "random" transition selection,

but exclude some of the transitions? There are a couple that are so abrupt.
If not, are there any plug in's etc. to use as other choices for the
transitions?

Melissa, this comes up often enough that I decided to have a go at it:

Apply a random transition to every slide in a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00595.htm

This points to some code you can modify to include/exclude the transitions you
want to apply.

 

[Melissa]

Melissa, this comes up often enough that I decided to have a go at it:

Apply a random transition to every slide in a presentation
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00595.htm

This points to some code you can modify to include/exclude the transitions you
want to apply.

Thank you! I'll check that out later when I have the time. I really
appreciate the help.

Melissa