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Any way or application to make text appear and stay on top of all windows open in Windows?

I want to make it so that there is the text "Display 1" at the top right corner of the secondary display on my computer regardless of the number of applications I have open. No matter how I move the ...
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Mac software for live concerts\events

I have a Mac, a projector and a lot of sound equipment. I need at the time – according to the scenario – run different sounds, videos and pictures, also maybe live video from a camera, but I can not ...
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.ppt file created on a Mac using PowerPoint 12 can't be opened in OpenOffice or NeoOffice

Is it possible to save a file in Microsoft PowerPoint 12 in a format that can be opened by OpenOffice or NeoOffice? I get the error message "Input/output error" when I try to open the file with ...
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How can I change the bullet point indentation/nesting level in Microsoft PowerPoint?

I am doing a presentation and I need to customise my bullet points so they are indented in the following manner: heading 1 ....heading 2 ....heading 3 .........heading 4 heading 6 ....heading 7 ...
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Keynote Presenter's view, open in windowed mode

How could I open the Keynote Presenter's view in windowed mode on the presenters computer? That means I could browser the web and do other stuff while controlling the actual presentation.
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How to print a presentation (ppt) file in the most economic way?

I have a presentation with several images and a dark background. So it should be very expensive printing it. Is there a way to printing in a "toner saving mode", ie, just black/gray color font over ...
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Different display on laptop's screen and projector screen?

I saw a lecturer using PowerPoint to present his lecture, however, I notice that although the projector only show the PowerPoint's slides, his laptop screen show different things. How can I do that?
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Which software is used by Gary Hamel for his Presentations? [closed]

You can see a Video on YouTube http://youtu.be/aodjgkv65MM Did he use PowerPoint??
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Alternative ways to create good looking documents (as Prezi does for presentations)?

Recently I found Prezi to be a great tool for making presentations, not only for it's easy of use and fancy results, but because the way concepts and ideas can be organized and expressed. I was ...
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Looking for software to mix up photo slideshows with up to two tracks of audio/include text, etc

I've been messing around with Picasa and PowerPoint to create brief, 1-4 minute slideshows with text slides, images, and a music background. I'd like to take that one small step forward and have two ...
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How do I do a PowerPoint presentation without PowerPoint available?

I often use PowerPoint for presentations. Confronted with such disadvantage: PowerPoint is not installed on each computer. Advise me an alternative solution, as you can get without having to install ...
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How to show the laptop screen content both on a projector and the laptop screen?

My laptop is Lenovo T400, and my OS is Ubuntu 10.10. I connect my laptop to a projector to do presentation. By hitting the functional key "Fn + F7". the laptop screen content will be shown by the ...
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Suggestions for a Computer Security presentation? [closed]

We have to do a presentation for my computer security class. It can be a demo or just a normal PowerPoint presentation. One of the kids in class is doing on cracking WEP. He is going to demonstrate to ...
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Sophisticated PDF presentation on a secondary display [closed]

I am using MacTeX (LaTeX or XeTeX, depending on the task) with Beamer class to generate my presentations which are hence in a PDF format. I would like to run presentations just as in Apple Keynote – ...
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How to present a PDF with notes on presenter screen?

I want to show a presentation such that the slides are shown on the projector while I see slide-related notes on my laptop screen. I am using Windows. Which program can I use to show such a split ...
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How to optimize colors for video projectors?

as I am doing my first conference talk, I want to prepare as best as I can. I often encounter problems that make my images looking on laptop/workstation screen perfect, but you can't see anything or ...
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Tools for presenting PDF slides with presenter notes on second display

I made a presentation using the latex beamer class. Now I have a problem displaying notes only on my screen while presenting the slides to the audience. Beamer notes produce very wide pdf pages, each ...
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How do I open an apple keynote file in windows?

I only have the .key presentation file and cannot ask the author to export it to ppt nor do I have an Apple computer available.
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What software should I use to display an elegant looking take-out menu on an HDTV monitor? (data pulled from local MySQL server)

My mom owns a small take-and-bake market, and she's been keeping her menu and inventory on an ugly and messy set of whiteboards behind the counter. I've developed a database that lets her check ...
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Which software and tools i should use to create software presentation like this one?

I want to create a screen captured audio (microphone) - video presentation of my software. So i'm looking for best screencasting softwares out there which should allow me to edit recorded audio and ...
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OpenDocument Presentation Viewer

In lines of Powerpoint Viewer from Microsoft is there any free viewer for Open Document Presentation(ODP) files? I prepare my presentations in LibreOffice in Ubuntu and am looking for an option to ...
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A way to use iPad as a sketching device during presentations (without cables)? [closed]

I would like to use an iPad as a sketch board during some presentations. Idea is quite simple. I draw on the iPad and the people can watch it on the big screen. One way to do it its plain simple. Just ...
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Standalone PowerPoint/Impress replacement?

I often use AbiWord for word processing, since it has a better UI than OpenOffice. Considering that there's also a standalone spreadsheet - gnumeric, is there a standalone presentation editor/viewer ...
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Change all text fonts in Libreoffice Impress presentation?

Anyone got any idea how to change the font of all text boxes in an Impress presentation? Applying a Master slide doesn't appear to have any useful effect.
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Software to import, queue and play video clips

This is a pretty niche request so Im hoping someone can help :) Im looking for software that allows importing of video clips burnt from DVDs or downloaded from web (inc. youtube). I also need to ...
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What presentation/animation software will do this?

I have an idea in my imagination for a slide, to be a part of a presentation I will be giving. I will decide on the presentation software to use (Open Office/Prezzie, Power Point, etc.) based on ...
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Question and Answer software for use during presentations

I'm looking for software that will allow an audience to collectively formulate and vote-up questions during a presentation which can be relayed back to the speaker either during or after the talk. The ...
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mirror monitors with split screen?

I want to mirror half of my laptop's screen to the VGA output going to a projector, so I can see and control the other half, but the audience can't. The point is to create presentation notes (I'm not ...
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animation in presentation

I am looking for animation tools to make my presentation, the goal is to create something like this: A Youtube video of an animated clip Well, the animation in powerepoint reach its limit when i am ...
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Align a PowerPoint presentation (non-standard resolution) to the top of the screen when presenting

I need to display a PowerPoint presentation the covers only the top say, third, of a screen. The presentation will be used in an assembly where the projector screen is only lowered a small amount to ...
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How can I apply a uniform format after finishing a presentation?

I realize that the slide master dictates a certain style on any new slides that are added to the presentation. However, users are free to override the style dictated by the slide master. Once all of ...
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Does anyone know of an alternative to MousePose for Windows?

I am a teacher and do presentations every day. I've seen MousePose but it is Mac only. It can focus the attention of your audience by creating a spotlight around your mouse. Is there a similar product ...
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OSX: Text to Slides

I'm looking for a Mac OSX app that simply takes a text file I've written and converts it to pretty presentation slides, preferably as a PDF. A simple markup language in the style of Markdown would be ...
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Is there an OSX build-in alternative for Windows 7 Presentation mode?

On Windows 7 there is a Presentation mode, which can be turned on using the Windows Mobility Center (press winkey-x to open it). The Presentation mode disables the screensaver, screen dimming, ...
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What presentation software could have been used to make this video?

What software do you think was used to create this video?
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Utility to show live keyboard and mouse status for teaching and screencasts

looking for a windows alternative to Keyboard Status Monitor (key-mon). currently for linux only. i do not need to record the screen just pop up the key pressed. i can probebly do it in auto-it but ...
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What software is available for showing keystrokes on the screen?

I will be demoing software which is very shortcut driven and it would be helpful to the audience if they could see what keys I am pressing. I need something that will show keystrokes on the screen. A ...
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How do I publish a Power Point Presentation that is High Quality and no lag on the Web?

I have a ~22MB Power Point Presentation (2007) that I need to be presented on a website for viewing. The file contains audio over several slides and some embedded images. What is the best ...
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Where have the corner handles gone in keynote?

If I add a text box in keynote then I can only resize it horizontally. If I create a new slide and apply a master style with bullet points or text then I get a box with corner and vertical handles as ...
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Looking for a video of a presentation/talk related to technology employing many slides in a fast manner [closed]

This may be OT but I hope some of you have seen the talk and remember what it was about so I can find it. The presentation was given by a male human, about 30, and cut between a video of him speaking ...
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I'm done with Microsoft PowerPoint, what to do now? alternatives? [closed]

Possible Duplicates: Microsoft Office alternative for Windows? Free or open source software for slide presentation? So, that's pretty much it, I don't want to use PowerPoint any more, I'm ...
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LaTeX vs Powerpoint for presentations

I had been wondering what are the advantages of using LaTeX (specifically the presentation packages: beamer or texpower) over powerpoint for presentations. The advantages which I have seen on the web ...
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Windows phone 7 How to Display on Projector

I'm doing some app for Windows Phone 7. I will have to present it for group of people. The best way to do it will be to show display on wall via Projector. I've seen on that guys from Microsoft can do ...
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Record Powerpoint presentations with voice over [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Free desktop recording / screencasting on windows I need to record (video) a Powerpoint presentation with an audio voice over. Do you have any software suggestions? ...
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How to hide subheadings from powerpoint presentation (when in show mode)?

I have a slide containing text: This is a heading this is a subheading this is a subheading This is a heading this ia a subheading this is a subheading When putting this slide on show, I would ...
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What software is Hans Rosling using in this presentation?

In Hans Rosling's presentation on Human Development Trends he shows a scatter plot which explodes in to subsets of data. Does anyone know what software was used to create this presentation? I have ...
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Flash Presentation Maker, Slides

I'm looking for a "Flash Presentation Maker", script or software similar in functionality to the one used on this page: http://www.daptiv.com/ppmtour/index.htm Unsure if this is the correct site for ...
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How can I smoothly switch between a presentation and another data source?

In the next couple of weeks, I'll be giving a lot of presentations using PowerPoint on Windows. Problem is, a lot of the data I want to cover doesn't belong in a PowerPoint slide. I'll be doing ...
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Excel Formula: trouble with the low % values not showing up in an in-cell chart? (image included)

I've a few tables that have % values like -4.5%; -16%; 15%; 6%; 2.5%. I'm interested in creating some in-Cell charts that show positive and negative values. My smaller values aren't showing up, so ...
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Apple WWDC 2010 - software used for presentation

Wondering which software Apple have used to create presentation slides for WWDC 2010.

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