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1. ys ACCORDENT C oe ok AE PresenterPLUS Quick Start 1 1 Overview The following is a Quick Start for Accordent s PresenterPLUS presentation authoring software This document will guide you through installation of PresenterPLUS and using PresenterPLUS to i create a presentation using a local media file residing on your desktop network drive or CD and ii to publish the presentation to your desktop The PresenterPLUS workflow is comprised of five easy steps Selecting Media PresenterPLUS supports several different media formats including RealMedia WindowsMedia MPEG 1 4 MP3 wav avi and more PresenterPLUS enables a content author to use audio video that resides locally is stored on a web server RealMedia only or that is captured live and published on demand For purposes of this Quick Start we will be focused on using a media file that has already been created and is available on your local desktop network drive or a CD Selecting An Interface Once a media source or file has been selected you will use the Skins page to select and customize a presentation interface PresenterPLUS includes several customizable skins and since skins are standards based you can easily create your own using virtually any third party graphics program Synchronizing Assets Use the Sync page to synchronize images including jpegs gifs and PDFs Flash files URLs as well as bookmarks that will enable the audience to jump
2. the Browse button or use the default setting and click Next On the Start Installation screen click Next PresenterPLUS will begin installing As soon as PresenterPLUS is done installing the Successful Installation screen will appear Click Finish 1 3 Launching PresenterPLUS To launch PresenterPLUS first click the desktop Start menu Next click Programs then Accordent and then PresenterPLUS If PresenterPLUS is being launched for the first time the Accordent end user license agreement will appear Click I Agree After clicking I Agree the product registration page will appear Complete the registration page and click Register Immediately after clicking Register the Select Media Source screen will appear See Figure 1 1 Fig 1 1 Presenter Cua Eile C Streaming Media Server Create a presentati th on a str sing a media file hat exists on a g server 2 Getting Started amp Creating A Presentation 2 1 Getting Started Selecting a Local Media File 1 Launch PresenterPLUS Immediately after launching PresenterPLUS the Select Media Source screen will appear On the Select Media Source screen select Local Media File and click Next Immediately after clicking Next the Browse screen will appear On the Browse screen click Browse In the Browse window select a media file and click OK After clicking OK the Local Media file will appear in
3. ch it was synchronized Tip If you have the timings for the synchronized assets you do not have to watch the media to synchronize You can highlight the image enter the time in the TimeBar Timer and click Sync Use this process to synchronize as many images as desired 2 4 Synchronizing URLs 1 To access the URLs screen click the URLs tab Immediately after clicking URLs the URLs screen should appear To synchronize a URL first enter the desired URL in the URL field If you would like to prepare several URLs before synchronizing click Add to List and enter additional URLs in the URL field If you want to synchronize the URL first click Play directly beneath the media As soon as the media starts playing highlight the first URL that you want to synchronize Next use the Target to Region fields to select where the synchronized URL will be targeted You can use the interface thumbnail as a reference 7 When you want to synchronize the URL click Sync An orange hash mark will appear on the Time Bar indicating that you have synchronized an image and the time at which it was synchronized Use this process to synchronize as many URLs as desired 2 5 Synchronizing Bookmarks 1 3 4 5 To access the Bookmarks screen click the Bookmarks tab Immediately after clicking Bookmarks the Bookmarks screen should appear To synchronize a Bookmark first enter the bookmark title in the Bookmark Title fi
4. eld Next click Play directly beneath the media As soon as the media starts playing click Syne Bookmark Use this process to synchronize as many bookmarks as desired Once you have synchronized all of the desired assets click Preview Immediately after clicking Preview the Preview page will appear 2 6 Previewing A Presentation After synchronizing assets around your media file you may want to preview the presentation to ensure that you have synchronized all of the necessary assets and that the synchronization timings are accurate The preview features described below will enable you to preview and edit the presentation 1 2 After synchronizing a presentation click Preview On the Preview page use the buttons located directly above the Preview window to select the preview layout You can use this feature to view an individual target region or multiple target region Note In the same row of buttons is the Un Dock button The Un Dock button is used to release the view windows from PresenterPLUS so that they can be reshaped and placed anywhere on the desktop Once you have selected a view click Play directly below the media player As soon as the media starts playing the timer will start moving As soon as the timer reaches a synchronized asset that asset will appear in the appropriate preview frame As you are previewing a presentation you can edit asset timings and delete synchronized assets e De
5. ges 1 7 After selecting and customizing a skin click Syne Immediately after clicking Sync the Sync page will appear The sync page contains the Images URLs and Bookmarks tabs If you are not interested in synchronizing images skip to Section 2 4 After clicking Sync the Images screen should be displayed If it is not displayed click the Images tab On the Images screen there are four import buttons that are used to import images PowerPoint slides PDF documents and Flash files Click on the button that indicates the type of assets that you want to import Once you have imported images they will appear in the Preview window You can preview thumbnails or the images or zoom in on a specific image Note You can import as many times and as many file types as you want To begin synchronizing images click Play directly below the Media window As soon as the media starts playing highlight the first image that you want to synchronize Note If you select the auto generate field a bookmark will be automatically generated every time you synchronize an image Creating custom chapters is addressed in Section 2 5 Next use the Target to Region fields to select where the synchronized image will be targeted You can use the interface thumbnail as a reference When you want to synchronize the image click Syne A hash mark will appear on the Time Bar indicating that you have synchronized an image and the time at whi
6. leting Assets Right click on the asset hash mark on the timeline and click Delete e Edit Asset Timings Click on the asset hash mark and drag it to the correct time on the timeline Note If you have automatically generated chapters these chapter may be locked to synchronized images If you want to move or delete one without moving or deleting the other right click on the image and click Undock 2 7 Publishing A Presentation Locally 1 After previewing and editing a presentation click Publish Immediately after clicking Publish the Publish page will appear 2 On the publish page enter a Project name in the Project Folder field Next under Publishing Options se ect Publish Locally 4 Next highlight the Resize Images if you would like PresenterPLUS to resize the images to fit the interface specifications 5 Next use the Conversion Format fields to select whether images will be converted to jpegs or gifs If you select jpegs you can use the Image Compression Quality bar to specify the image conversion quality 6 After selecting an image conversion format click Publish Immediately after clicking Publish presentation content will be generated 7 After PresenterPLUS has completed generating the presentation content you can view the final presentation by clicking Launch Presentation 2 8 Viewing the Locally Stored Presentation 1 PresenterPLUS automatically created a project directory containing the presentatio
7. n assets The project directory will be located in the PresenterPLUS folder which by default is located in your program files unless you chose to install it elsewhere 2 Once the project directory has been located double click on the project directory 3 Inthe project directory double click project cd index html Immediately after clicking project cds links htm a browser will appear with one or more links 4 Click on the link to view the archived presentation Z de_template Microsoft Internet Explorer Presentation Launch Page 299S his video preremation wili passide you Ath a Wont and overview of Anaren FrerentarBhO Bubluhing Plato To View Presentation clicknere O Aranda Tiida gion ma ODE AB Migu Bene
8. the File field If this is the media file that you want to incorporate into your presentation click Begin Immediately after clicking Begin PresenterPLUS will appear The local media file will be accessible in the audio video window in the upper left hand corner of PresenterPLUS 2 2 Selecting An Interface Once you have selected a media file it is next necessary to select the interface or Skin in which the presentation will be displayed Only Skins that are compatible with the selected media format will be available If you select a media file encoded to a different format different Skins will be available 1 By default the Skins page should be displayed If it is not displayed click the Skins tab On the Skins page select a skin by clicking on one of the skin thumbnails displayed in the Skin Preview window Note You can preview a skin by double clicking on a skin in the Skin Preview window After selecting a skin a thumbnail of the interface will appear directly beneath the media player The thumbnail will indicate where the skin target regions are and should be used when targeting synchronized content to different regions of the skin After selecting a skin click the Custom tab Immediately after clicking Custom the Custom page will appear The fields displayed on the Custom page are used to customize the text that is displayed in the skin e g Presenter Name Date etc 2 3 Synchronizing Ima
9. to specific parts of the presentation PresenterPLUS enables synchronized assets to be targeted to different regions of the interface Previewing amp Editing A Presentation Once you have created a synchronized presentation use the preview features to watch the presentation directly within PresenterPLUS You can preview a specific synchronization region multiple synchronization regions and even undock the preview frames to resize them and move them around your desktop If you need to make a change simply drag the asset tags to different locations on the time bar delete tags or add new tags Publishing A Presentation Once you have finished your presentation you can publish it locally to CD or to a web and streaming server all automatically For purposes of this Quick Start we will focus on publishing it locally to your desktop This Quick Start is not a complete manual and does not address many PresenterPLUS features that may be useful for future presentations For additional instructions please see the PresenterPLUS User Manual 1 Installing PresenterPLUS 1 1 Download amp Installation of PresenterPLUS Sl ae oe Se a If you are installing PresenterPLUS from a CD skip to step 3 When PresenterPLUS is downloaded it will be delivered as a self extracting exe file Click Setup setup exe When the Welcome screen appears click Next On the Destination Location screen either select a location for PresenterPLUS using

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