Slides Tab - (Displayed for all 3 Project Types)
After entering Presentation Details on the Details Tab you are now ready to add slides to your project. You may either click the Next Step button (located at the bottom in the Presio Button Bar) OR click the Slides Tab. This tab allows you to import Presentation Slides - which include PowerPoint files, images or screenshots. The slides you add here will be the slides you based your recorded narration on OR synchronize with existing media files (depending on your Project Type).
Note: Slides added on the Slides tab are conceptually different than the slides or images synched when working on the Record and/or Synch tabs. Think of the slides added on the Slides tab as "source" materials you would like to narrate or incorporate with audio/video. Whereas slides synched on Record and/or Synch tabs are what will ultimately be displayed to your end-viewer on a published rich-media presentation. Source slides may or may not be incorporated into the final presentation - it depends on whether or not they are synched as part of the Record/Synch Tab functionality.
Slides Tab - (Functions)
Add Slides Button
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Click this button to Add slides to your project. Clicking this button will open a Browse dialog box. Select either PowerPoint presentations or image files that you would like to include in your project.
Note: You must include at least 1 slide in your project before recording narrations, or synching with media files.
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Screen Capture Button
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This button allows you to quickly grab a screen capture of an existing window or application currently open your computer. The captured image becomes a slide within your project.
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Move Slide Up
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This button allows you to re-order slides from the Presentation Slides list. Choose a slide or PPT presentation from the list and click the Move Slide Up button - the item will shift up one spot in the list.
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Move Slide Down
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This button allows you to re-order slides from the Presentation Slides list. Choose a slide or PPT presentation from the list and click the Move Slide Down button - the item will shift down one spot in the list.
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Edit Slide Properties
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Opens a window that allows you to edit the Slide Title and Slide Notes values for the selected slide.
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Create a New Copy
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Creates and new slide by copying the currently selected slide.
Note: This button is only enabled for Image slides and Screen Capture slides. It is not available for Imported PowerPoint slides.
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Open Image Editor
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Opens the Presio Image Editor tool. Provides an easy way to annotate or "draw" on source Slides before synchronizing and recording audio/video.
Note: This button is only enabled for Image slides and Screen Capture slides. It is not available for Imported PowerPoint slides. When recording you may annotate slides using PowerPoint's built in tools.
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Delete Slide
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Clicking this button will Delete the selected slide or PPT Presentation from the project. |
Preview Slide
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Clicking this button will open a separate window with a zoomed in view of the selected slide.
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Presentation Slides List
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This list displays all slides (images, screen shots, or PowerPoint Presentations) contained in your project. As you use the Add Slides and Screen Capture Buttons slides will display here.
Note: PowerPoint Presentations which contain multiple slides appear as a single item in this list. All slides in the PPT will be available when recording and synching media.
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Slide Preview Area
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This area provides a preview of slides that have been added to the project. Clicking an item in the Presentation Slides List will display a thumbnail preview here. You can zoom in using the Preview Slide button.
Note: PowerPoint presentation containing multiple slides will provide an additional drop-down list along with Next and Previous buttons for previewing the slides contained within.
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How to Add Slides to a project
1. Click the Add Slides... button
2. Select a PowerPoint Presentation or Image file from your computer. Note: You may selected multiple Presentations and/or Images using <CTRL> and Left Click
3. Click Open (slides will be then be processed please wait)
4. Slides will now appear in the Presentation Slides list:
How to Capture a ScreenShot as a slide
1. Left Click and hold down your mouse over the Screen Capture Button
2. While holding down your mouse, drag the Screen Capture Button over a window or application that is currently open on your computer. The window area will highlight with a blue outline and window area will be highlighted. Once you've highlighted the area you wish to capture, release the Left Mouse button. A camera click sound will play (if you have speakers on) and a new slide will appear in the Presentation Slides list.
Highlighting window area you'd like to capture
After mouse release, then new slide is added to the Slide List - (notice captured application behind Presio)
How to Edit Slide Properties
1. Select a Slide (or PowerPoint Presentation) from the Presentation Slides list that you wish to edit
2. Click the Edit Slide Properties button
3. The Edit Slide window will open
4. Enter a new Slide Title or Slide Notes and click the Save button:
5. The new Slide Title will appear in the list:
Note: Slide Title information appears in several places within Presio as well as in a published presentation. It's a best practice to ensure each slide has a meaningful title. When adding a PowerPoint presentation on the Slides Tab, Presio will attempt to read the PowerPoint Title object to determine an appropriate text title, but depending on the template used, the Title object may not be available. So, the Edit Slide window provides an easy way to edit slide titles.