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1. Settings Type Ticker Slider Slider settings wo Move slide Direction to change the speed Speed Align e Trad Exposition time l _ seconds Format Text only w 3 Click to modify the font and font size Click to select background color By adding an RSS feed to your project you can sort the news items that will be displayed Indicate in the corresponding fields how old can the news items be in days hours or minutes before they expire and how many news items should be displayed A3 Filters Show only for latest 8 7 4 Adding a Text Object When you choose to add a text object a window will open offering to select between opening an existing file or creating a new file 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 127 Please make your choice E Create new file Cancel To open an existing file click Open existing file and browse to the file you want to add To create a new file click Create new file This will open the text editor You can add a text object that is already being used in your project To do that click with the right mouse button on the frame with the text object you want to add to another frame Select Copy Than go to the region where you want to add this text object click with the right mouse button and select Paste The following window will appear friendlyway composer You are aboutto paste text o
2. package FOI a Assign Package to Group Click to upload the lading package to the server and curent project tg the selected package to the requ the server Shame iiini kee KX Download package GE Assign package to group Click Upload 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 153 Upload package gt Package to update New pas chage Project name samplel Project folder Description C Documents and Settings coworker 3 DISHET My Documents Meir Click to upload to the server Unload Monitor soe 0 Close when af tsiki se complete successhuly Your project will appear in the list of available content packages Then you should assign your terminal to a group e Create a group of terminals you will add your terminal player station to To do this go to the Content Groups section and click Create group Overs yy 3 J Ee P n ieg bunds CG B p pgrrzer Gi ef brimil onus L i Taea hoaia 7 E l j Ch tbe Wee deie bb to pee ie Gurren mea E Content Packager re erted grown queck and sacle Hamel thestriptioen Lerreat package There rd my date pe lnbde far riar Hahei Cs aee i 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 154 e Specify group name description select your station from list of available terminals and click ae Create content Group E G m
3. meline aaa EE DEE E E IS ERT ew ices HE Dts ce Pech eal MDI E Ee MESA Rcd REN MED sen acca E E LH ee Pier esas NTE es ney Pies er Eade ee E 405 01 00 01 20 O1 40 Oo7 00 02 2 O7 40 o3 00 L x lick to prolong i E ee ee er E E D e SS ee ee ee ia aed EC Ea Region the display time ps Ss Req OP i a 2 bee B admire jpg E a d sign jpg In the timeline you can change object display time e select the object by clicking on it and define the display time in the corresponding field Define the display time 00 01 00 Sail o Regions Ik EEN Lass APL Pe Hold and move to adjust digplay tine NOTE You can only do this for objects that do not have a fixed display time i e for texts pictures and web objects 6 5 Schedule Using the tab Schedule in friend yway composer 7 you can define schedules for when your composer projects should be displayed i e some sequences can be played back e g at a given time on a given day To go to the Schedule click Schedule in the navigation pane or go to the Schedule tab in the ribbon This will open the Schedule view 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 46 o ial CR Mele D fm meriiri Prager Fee rere rees cer Timiga f SEA a j AR te Toggle Schedule schedule view Select sequence to be added to schedule brim re eg resp
4. 2 System Requirements Hardware e Intel Pentium IV or similar with minimum 2 GHz CPU e At least 512 Mb RAM recommended 1 GB and a system managed paging file e A graphics card with DirectX support Software e Windows Vista 32 bit Business or Ultimate SP1 or Windows XP 32 bit Professional SP2 SP3 e Windows Internet Explorer 6 or later The setup program also installs Adobe Shockwave player If you are planning to use TV as a media object in your presentation you will also need to have AbsolutTV installed on your player machine Please contact friend yway for further details 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual Registration 5 3 Registration You can register the product in any way that is convenient to you E Mail sales friendlyway com Telephone 49 0 89 959791 398 Fax 49 0 89 959791 40 For more details on product registration see License Manager 3 1 License types The following license types are available e composer 7 Professional this license type enables all composer functionality e composer 7 Basic this license type has a number of restrictions operation mode Schedule is disabled operation mode Network Services is disabled max 1 sequence per project max 3 pages in a sequence e media object TV is disabled e player this license is to be installed on the PC you want to display your projects on 3 2 License Manager The License Manager will
5. If you tick the checkbox Allow silent update the player will check automatically for newer software versions You can specify the time period when the update download is allowed If your player station is connected to the friendlyway composer network services server one more tab will appear in the Options menu Options Parameters AutoStark Project update Player update Protect Desktop d Use Maintenance Screen Exit password pana Show password 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 95 The Protect Desktop tab provides the ability to use Maintenance Screen a browserbased HTML page in English that will be displayed to the user thus preventing access to the Windows desktop while the application is being loaded Insert the password for exiting the maintenance screen in the Exit password field 7 2 Connect to network services In this chapter you will learn the following e how to connect your player to the friendlyway composer network services e how to disconnect your player from the friendlyway composer network services How to connect the player to the network services Select Connect to network services in Tools menu The window of the License manager will appear Define which network services server is to be used If you use friendlyway s network services server ASP model activate Connect player to friendlyway network services server In case
6. User Manual friendlyway composer 7 for v 4 3 or higher composer 7 user manual I Contents Welcome 3 System Requirements ER Registration 5 LICENSE TYPES ENEE 5 BITTEN 5 Support 8 friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 9 Concept and Terme ET 9 Project hg elef TE 10 Ee 11 E 12 Regions NEE 13 e ant SEH 15 Time Contro EE 16 friendlyway composer User Interface 18 Te NV 0 i 18 Cl ieie7 E 21 Navigation Pane nn 26 Page Designer ee 29 Dockable Pane EE 31 Sequence Properties EE 34 Page Properties EE 35 Region Properties EEN 40 Media gie PIGS EE 42 VK rn NN 44 ed e 1 E 45 Nenwor e Services ET 46 Overview eege 47 Screenshots EEN 52 Caman gole ec ee een ee eee ee eee 53 laien See ele 6 a re ean ere te acre enn ere eee eee eee 57 Geet Pacae to GOUD seers ere eens eee rain emi 62 Media Objects EE 63 EC EE 65 ee GE 67 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual Contents II EL EE 69 re AE EE 71 PowerPoint ama anaeanatunvateteeeaecescaneeucaveeacasscavevessasevssasevsnsasevssetevsisatetsesevetsisatesssevitssenseseensesess 73 Eege 75 Text aceateteteateteccececsucaveceusaveteasavetsasansseasevetsaseveesevevstsavetsesavevisanesensavesssetetssenetsiveviesesensetess 78 Wiese e 1 7 GEN 81 GE 83 WIE EE 85 27 eae eee cee cece ee Seger acces EEE ete coe cece eee 88 friendlyway player User Interface 90 player 0 0 0 gt a 92 Connect to network GGRVICES se erecta
7. Current package the name of the current content package Current version the version of the current content package Next package the name of the next package scheduled for this content group Next version the version of the next content package Terminals the number of terminals included into the current content group View details To view the details of the selected content group select the group in the table and click View details This will open the window with group details 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 54 Group details UU View the information on the terminals of the selected group and relevant content Group name PS Click to switch to Group description editing grop details Editgroup FI Make use of wiewing the currant package for the terminal group and ita settings Current package Content package ck KH Description Version 2 Download time 06 05 2008 10 48 96 Play time 06 05 2008 10 48 06 Click to switch to Play back after download editing package details Edit package Next package Content package Description Version Download tine Play time Play back after download Click to switch to assigning package to group As var package Group name The name of the group Group description The description of the group Current package The current content assigned to the group
8. Fired area Page Background Here you can define a background for a whole page The background can be either an image or gradient fill To add an image as background 1 Click Picture in the Background properties 2 Click and select the file that you want to use as background Background Fill File name E Sizing mode Ea O Alignment 3 Adjust picture alignment by using the Sizing Mode and Alignment settings Stretch to stretch the image to the maximum size that will fit in the page e Original Size to reset to original image size e L Tile to tile the image to cover the whole background For Stretch and Original size you can fine tune image location using the corresponding buttons To apply gradient fill as background 1 Click Fill in the Background properties 2 Select color A for uniform fill by default 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 115 Background Transparent Fill Picture Color A 5 Color B Gradient _ MEN Za A3 Grundtarber WI eal ee Hi EERE ES EEE Ee WI Benutzerdefinierte Farber Damm BEE EERE HH You can also apply gradient fill based on two colors For this you need to select two colors A and B and the direction for gradient fill 9 options are available i Grundfarben Background A E TTE fla Background Transparent Transparent Fill Picture Em RS Fill Picture EAR EEEEEI e 5
9. 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual Support 8 4 Support Our support is available for free on the following issues Download Installation Software configuration Updates Software bugs The support is chargeable in the following cases e When using third party applications with friendlyway composer 7 e When creating a new presentation e Regarding installation and configuration of third party hardware You can contact the friendlyway support service in the following ways 1 E Mail E Mail is the best way to contact us on specific requests Please send your questions and requests at software support friendlyway com We will serve you better if your problem description will include the operating system and the version number of your friendlyway composer 7 2 Telephone For free telephone support please dial 1 866 503 9791 in the USA Canada or 49 89 959791 500 worldwide 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 9 5 friendlyway composer 7 Concepts In the context of friendlyway composer 7 a media presentation is a project that incorporates the following elements media objects pages and sequences See related topics Concept and Terms Project Structure Sequences Pages Regions Frames Time Control 5 1 Concept and Terms As a tool for creating presentations friendlyway composer 7 is closely connected with the
10. In the Package folders pane you can monitor the elements of your content for the selected terminal or re install the content to remove errors or inconsistencies To re install the content on all terminals select check box Apply to all terminals and click Reinstall content The table displays the details of each package unit installed on the terminal Name package name Type the type package Composer Composer2007 Secure Browser Begin download the time at which package download started End download the time at which package download ended Installed at the time at which package was installed Playback since the time at which package was first played back 6 6 2 Screenshots The Screenshots window allows you to view screenshots from the terminals including DirectX surfaces The interval for screenshooting is set either locally in the client service configuration tab Monitoring or at the server from the administration console the Terminals window By default the screenshot interval is set to 120 seconds Screenshots armimal etnte KI Er ihe mordigmg i Cherie r a Appir P sche ba d Tie nae elt Picture per pecs I r pepe Eet Filter the terminals by selecting the appropriate entry in fields Terminal state State monitoring Country Postal code and clicking the Apply button You can also define the number of pictures to be displayed per page 5 10 20 etc For each terminal matching
11. See EI a a c ual Regioni 2 www friendyway com 00 00 30 bs EA http customers frien 00 01 00 F Click to expand EN Regio the region ae Region a i i Sa You can manage the timeline display as needed To do it please use following buttons E A enlarge scale division Al reduce scale division wy A fit the timing ruler to the page total time The timing bars indicate frame playback duration as compared to the other frames of the same region and the whole page For example the first frame duration is 11 seconds Therefore the second frame duration 10 seconds ranges from 11 to 21 seconds r CRS ONL mek EK WEE SES EI a q D m 5s ifs 15s E Cone ca Cone E DE E Cee cca On Oe ee De Fee o E Regioni egal Regions IS arctic jpg GEN apeme Jon Jet d sign jpg 00 00 38 You can automatically prolong the display time of the region media objects and the display time of all objects will be balanced out For this purpose select the region you need and click 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 45 Tin eline Krea Ta nae ret SS DL Dini cca tay Nise se J tel eas lene EE EE Geet eel ee 2 ER JA SI es ee 01 00 01 20 01 40 D Et GES 1 Teen eee Eee Deere bee I A D 20 z 40 03 00 i oe ee De ee Pees ees oe ee eel ee R kon A A PAI a oo EE
12. oe sl g Double click to open J dialog for adding new mm entry l ee a TGHH iI e KR Saini Browse through the calendar and select the required day See Create Schedule for more details on creating schedules 6 6 Network Services To ensure the interaction between composer work station and player work station stations you can use composer network services There are two possible models of using composer network services e You can use composer network services server provided by friendlyway www composernetworkservices com before the composer 7 version 4 3 the friendlyway s composer network services server was hosted at www client manager net In this case you buy licenses for a certain number of clients and use online services from friendlyway without own installation of composer network services server Note that this model also implies that each client machine has internet connection e You can install composer network services on your own server The player machines with client software will connect to your own server In this case no internet access is required if clients are inside of a closed network To switch to the Network Services operation mode click the Network Services tab in the ribbon or on the Navigation Pane Entering the Network Services at first time you should specify www composernetworkservices com as server if you use friendlyway network services server or the name of your server i
13. Click and select the file that you want to use as background Background Fill File name E Sizing mode Ea O Alignment 3 Adjust picture alignment by using the Sizing Mode and Alignment settings Stretch to stretch the image to the maximum size that will fit in the region Di e Original Size to reset to original image size e L Tile to tile the image to cover the whole background For Stretch and Original size you can fine tune image location using the corresponding buttons 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 42 To apply gradient fill as background 1 Click Fill in the Background properties 2 Select color A for uniform fill by default Grundfarber Background A D Transparent Fill Picture EERE EEE fo ee se Se eee eee olor A olor B Gradient Benutzerdetinierte Farber _ Pepe m a em You can also apply gradient fill based on two colors For this you need to select two colors A and B and the direction for gradient fill 9 options are available Background a Background a Transparent Transparent Fill VM Picture Fill Picture Color A Color B Color A Color B Gradient N Gradient F Benutzerdefinierte Farben dll S S u gg ggo E S g sgg JET EE Farben definieren gt gt Abbrechen 6 4 1 4 Media Object Properties Every medi
14. In the main project folder an xml file will be created This xml file contains the link to your subproject IMPORTANT If you want to transmit your main project to another PC manual do not forget to copy this backup copy to the target computer too To edit the linked project click Edit in the dockable pane A3 Source File samplel fcproj The subproject will be opened in a new composer window During you are editing the subproject is the main project window disabled After you have saved the changes in the subproject and closed the linked project windows the following message will appear in the main project window friendlyway composer Click Yes if you want the composer to recalculate the display time properties 8 7 3 Adding an RSS Feed To add an RSS feed to your project click on the RSS button in the ribbon kd de dl P P Flash Linked P Picture PowerPoint TY Video Web Project Insert The dialog window Add RSS will appear Specify the URL in the corresponding field or click e to navigate to the local file 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 124 RSS R55 requires authentication User name Password M Use proxy server Proxy Server User name Password You can specify user name and password if the RSS requires authentication Specify proxy server and user name password if needed Click Apply Please note that proxy
15. Type Custom resolution Le Normal aspect ratio 4 3 Wide aspect ratio 16 9 LUS Apei To Custom resolution R Fired area e Normal aspect ratio 4 3 This is the aspect ratio of a traditional television screen TFT s VideoCubes etc e Wide aspect ratio 16 9 Select this option when using high definition displays such as a plasma display or similar wide screen devices e Custom aspect ratio There is no predefined aspect ratio Here you can set extra width and height of the resolution on the player s side 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 105 e Custom resolution Here you can set custom resolution for your project e Fixed area For your presentation to be displayed in a specific region of the screen specify the exact area in which your presentation will be displayed by indicating its top left pixel width and height Target Screen Type Fixed area MM Lett E pm Width 1280 px Top 2 pe Height 1024 ox Left Set the indent to the right in pixels on the player s side Top Set the indent from the top on the player s side in pixels Width Define display area width in pixels on the player s side Height Define display area height in pixels on the player s side The screen in the Preview area will change according to the selected parameters Target Screen Pierer Type To save display settings click Apply p Jie in a ee m e we
16. by setting this parameter you will get access to http terminal_name Virtual path e Editing content folder Click Edit content folder to open the window for editing content folder 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 62 Edit folder Work options Cake working directory Fobder rime Kersiom Comment tae Client path Kee Mla Spee tcprn Brong Working directory Select the directory by clicking Browse Check out folder Download the content to the local user PC The Upload Monitor will open where you can view the current tasks and their statuses view log information pause resume and abort package uploading Check in folder Upload the content to the server The Upload Monitor will open where you can view the current tasks and their statuses view log information pause resume and abort package uploading Folder name The name of the folder Version The version of the selected folder Content type The type of the content secure browser composer 7 Client path The path for the folder to be installed on a remote terminal If default is selected the folder will be installed to the default directory selected for the content storage for this terminal e Delete content folder To remove a content folder select the folder in the table and click Delete content folder Delete package To remove a content package select it in the table and
17. following essential concepts presentation display player and project Within the context of friendlyway composer 7 a presentation is a project A project in its turn incorporates sequences made up of pages filled with media content Each project element has its own format and timing parameters Projects and their related contents are saved into one project folder which ensures project integrity and search convenience Click on the items in the illustration to see their description User PC Display play Presentation composer f create Project create package O chte Pages sequences 0go 3ds k amp Media objects 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 10 The typical workflow can be presented as a series of the following user steps 1 Start friendlyway composer 7 2 Create new project 3 Open new page 4 Create regions on the page 5 Add one or several media objects to each region 6 Add and design other pages 7 Arrange the pages in sequences 8 Create a schedule for displaying your sequences 9 Save project 10 Transfer a package to the player station played back with a player 11 Playback the composer project on the player station 5 2 Project Structure Within the context of friendlyway composer 7 you need to create a project that will then be Saved as a package to be deployed on a display A pr
18. including package name description version download play time Next package The next package assigned to the group including package name description version download play time You can also view details of the content for the selected terminal and terminal details Group terminals H Check stabe of each terminal from this group Terminal Ipt Location Current content Next content dientiss 24 Test Unterfoering Playing webinar v 2 Installed webinar v 2 z Ty Click to WEL lt ge xx amp pege i of i terminal details Terminal ID the unique identifier of the terminal Location the location of the terminal Current content The content currently assigned to the group and the version of this content 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 55 Next content The next content that will be assigned to this group and the version of this content Assign package To assign a content package to a group of terminals click Assign package This will open the window for assigning package Assign content Select the group tor which you Wart to assign content Sor Sean oteni ei ar thea raa Grop Piet fe kd Description i iew Geta s Current package Coenen package We Palo Description Dean eed thra hh Playback time 27 02 2008 11 53 47 Play back after download Next package D mi p rckag Emaily pg kage w Define
19. select any files the report will be generated for all files of the selected media format click Next to view the report Player report ete ded gegen fiat time de ee Tr FH Ded Drog ee nr F Hi H Zesoat bei Fira a Telr some Perla leo Pe eee ee E Comp In the report you will see the type of media file the file name and the display time for that file You can print out the report by clicking Print 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 51 Event log Click Event log and specify the terminal the date and the application secure browser client service or All for which you want to see the event log events being screen upload getting package etc Event If Time App Event Test Ererig 26 08 2007 3 00 ct 1 Screenshot uploaded successhully a5 295 ZP O soft Roz C Terral eherg 220g 8 contacted porer of den rapnnager neg 1fo2m8 J Reeg a059S40 E08 2007 S202 oa JSceeenzbob uptgaded successfully S08 os S41 78 03 2007 3 04 ct 1 Screenshot uploaded successfully apsah 2808 2007 3 06 ot Screenshot uploaded cuctesttully ToS 7eis 26 08 2007 3 07 Terri gl heise cenbagted gerver Ab lent mmnpnngerpeplLID 7m0E J Noki TOSS 28 08 2007 3 09 es 1 Sereanahe uplaaded sutegi Ol ot AS fb OO 2 Lo oF I Screenshot uploaded successfully O05 EtG ZB 09 2007 B12 ed Tamma chent229 1 coptected tarvar of cbent mandger asp 17 1203 Keep 127 e039 2007 Lz GF 1
20. transition direction Select type of effect M ee es Durations DL 00 9 Set transition duration Source File 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 87 You can add to your project every video file that is supported by Windows Media Player on your PC s NOTE the set of Source File Click to change codecs on your composer and player machines should be the same e g in order to be able to use mov files in AVI MVideo 1 avi creating playing back projects you need Apple QuickTime or K QuickTime Alternative installed on your composer PC and on all your player stations The Source File property allows viewing the file name of the current media object and changing the media object file NOTE You cannot enter a file name manually To change the file click Peel to open the file selection dialog Text over Video You can add a text or RSS object that will be displayed over your video object Text over Video A Click Add Text to open an existing file or to create a new one Add Text The corresponding window will appear see alee Adding a Text Object iii Click Add RSS to add an RSS feed Specify the URL in the corresponding field or click gt to navigate to the local file see Adding an RSS Feed PLEASE NOTE This feature is not supported for streaming video Video Video settings include Volume and Aspect ratio T
21. 39 Background a Transparent Fill Picture Color A Color B E m Gradient N P a Benutzerdefinierte Farben E g CET BEEBE nggi ag Farben definieren gt gt Page Audio Background Transparent Fill Picture Color A Color B Gradient e lei any F You can elaborate your presentation by adding an audio track to play during the page display 1 Click to open the dialog for browsing to the file you want to add wav mp3 wma 2 Browse to the audio file and click Open The file will be added to page presentation treci saung iibe Audio L i Click to browse to File name audio file De Phazz pril a Hower M Eo e 4 44 Duration Metow e D Fees My Mebane Eiri of bape AECA R cepane WHAT reas ng Audio A3 File name Audio file added pU e Phazz April Shower mpa p 4 44 Volume cc Loop gt E Durations fat by oe ep Bards Dar epo eg weral You can playback the audio file by clicking d using the volume slider to adjust volume For non stop playback select the Loop checkbox Audio A File name De Phazz April Shower mp To remove the audio file click Gell 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 40 6 4 1 3 Region Properties To modify region properties select the regio
22. AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 25 Element Action Description View Day Switches the calendar to day view Week Switches the calendar to week view Month Switches the calendar to month view List Displays calendar entries in a list Entry New Opens the dialog for adding a new entry to the calendar Edit Opens the dialog for editing the selected entry in the calendar Delete Removes the selected entry from schedule Network Services Design Schedule Network Services Help Address www clientmanagennet Connect User User Password Sever Element Action Description Address URL of the network services server User User name Password User password Connect After you have filled in fields Address User Password click this button to connect to network services Help i Index About composer 7 contents Ed Friendiyway on the Web Help Element Action Description Contents Opens the contents of the friendlyway composer 7 help file Index Opens the index of the friendlyway composer 7 help file About composer 7 Opens the window with general information about friendlyway composer 7 friendlyway on the Web The link to the official Web site of friendlyway 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 26
23. Adding a Page from Internet e Adding a Local Page 8 7 6 1 Adding a Page from Internet To add a Web object to your project click on the Web button in the ribbon O Ae Flash Linked Project Refresh DR Address about 6 hare Enter Web page UAL ZS WholePage 623 100 o agis Address Enter the URL of the Web page you want to display in your presentation Go Click this button to browse to a Web page file saved on your computer Refresh Reload the Web page 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 134 Select the zoom factor for displaying the Web page Whole Page 25 100 400 Once the Web site has been loaded you can define the area of the Web page that will be displayed in the page region Configure Web Pape f Modiiy viewing O agase Whoile Page 25 100 00 Or define the size of the viewing area in the corresponding fields Left Set the indent of the viewing area to the right in pixels Top Set the indent of the viewing area from the top in pixels Width Set the width of the viewing area in pixels Height Set the height of the viewing area in pixels Click OK to add the viewing area to the page region Otherwise click Cancel See Web on modifying Web object properties 8 7 6 2 Adding a Local Page To add a local page to your project click on the Web button in the ribbon 2007 2008 friendlyway AG
24. Inserting an Existing Page into the Sequence Select the Add Existing Page to Sequence command in the Sequence Pages pane This will open a Page Library for you to select the existing page from Click to add an existing page E Add to Sequence Se Rename a Delete Close Pagel duration 00 01 Page duration 00 011 Page duration 00 00 Select the page you want to add and click Add to Sequence The page will be added to the sequence OR 1 Select the sequence to which you want to add a page in the Design panel of the Navigation pane and right click to open the context menu 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 108 Select SEQUENCE se SI Create Mew u cl E Delete From Project Odd New Page Rename 2 Select Insert Existing Page in the context menu This will open the dialog for selecting the page you want to add to the sequence Fre Select page to insert Pagel Ia 00 00 00 Select the page you want to add and click OK The selected page will be added to the sequence NOTE The pages already added to the sequence will be disabled i e you cannot add them to the same sequence twice Adding a Page from Templates To add a page from templates click the arrow in the Add New Page of the Sequence Pages pane toolbar This will open the page templates library 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user ma
25. Level A sequence is a set of pages played back one after another in a defined order Therefore the total sequence duration is a sum of total page durations that make up the sequence Thus to adjust sequence playback duration you need to modify page timing parameters Time Control on Page Level The total playback time of a page equals the longest playback duration of a page region All other regions match up this time by either recurring or auto prolonged playback 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 17 Defining Page Time Control To adjust page timing settings you need to modify the timing parameters of page regions and frames The most convenient tool for fine tuning timing parameters on page level is the Timeline The timeline lists all the regions and frames of a page indicating their playback duration P Click to hide close Ee Ster EE SEET a JE o Timing mler 2 L ei po te 01 00 01 10 01 20 01 30 E Saane parys CPE EN S Se E ee he ee eS eel ch ee l i _wewdriendiyway com _http custemersriendlyway com enfaqaem2naW Si ert Ji 1 i 1 A www friendiyway com 00 00 30 EA http customers frien 00 01 00 z S Ok to expand d the region Ka Region Time Control on Media Objects Level All media objects are categorized into two classes analog and discrete e Discrete m
26. PDF duration is the sum of all Page time values defined in the PDF Properties Transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular Transition A object changes to the next one Three options are available In Slide Out Nore e None e Slide the object slides over the preceding one in the plone SES selected direction Click to select transition Select type e Expand the object expands over the preceding one in the Se 7 o effect selected direction Duration 00 OUHSE Set transition duration Source File The Source File property allows viewing the file name of the current media object and changing the media object file Source File Click to aa A S0UICE E NOTE You cannot enter a file name manually To change the composer userguide pdf file name click to open the file selection dialog K PDF Properties PDF properties include PDE 3 e Start page the page that will be first displayed in the presentation Start page 1a e End page the page that will be last displayed in the a presentation End page ao e Page time the amount of time each page will be displayed on the screen Page time 00 00 01 PDF Preview You can preview your PDF object in the PDF Preview area To look through the pages scroll the slider or define the page you want to jump to in the Page field 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User In
27. SSS SS SSeS eS eas Click to remove region and its content Click to split region Click to switch between trames See related topics Project Structure Pages Frames Region properties 5 2 2 2 Frames While regions are the building blocks that help to organize page layout a frame is the concept that helps organize media objects within one region In simple terms a frame can be described as a leaf of a book with a media object on it 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 16 Only one media object can be placed on a frame A region can consist of one or several frames When you add a media object a frame is automatically added to the respective region To switch between frames use buttons Pe and al To remove a frame use the Delete command in the Frames field in the ribbon CO Move Backward Move Forward aa Frames See related topics e Project Structure e Regions e Add media to region frames 5 3 Time Control A media presentation is a dynamic unit that changes in time friendlyway composer 7 provides the necessary time control means Time control implies various settings defining the time parameters for presentation playback Timing parameters can be defined for sequences pages and media objects Specific timing settings depend on the type of element to which they are applied Time Control on Sequence
28. Sereenshot uploaded successfully GF close The event log includes Event ID the unique identifier of the event Time the time at which the event occurred App the application that played back the event Event event type Event type can be I information W warning E error Text event description Terminal details The Terminal Details option allows you to see accurate information on the current content of the selected terminal Terminal details Details Terminal Ir chenj gi 2a Location Test Unteriaering 1 Current package webinar Version 3 Next package Version Package folders Hoen the statisties on the elements of your content for the selected terminal insta r ia ase of e sistanti C Apply to all terminals 3E Reinstall content Mane ype Begin download End download Installed at Playback since webinar Composer 7 D D 20 Torso 3 06 05 2008 10 49 02 06 05 2006 L03903 pag 5 2008 10 49 03 CR Close e ee gt gt gt page tall Terminal ID the unique identifier of the terminal Location the physical location of the terminal Current package the multimedia package currently displaying on the terminal Version the current package version 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 52 Next package the multimedia package scheduled for display after the current one Version the next package version
29. T SB en E aj EE Fei Ka i KH Sec Gradient N Gradient L a Benutzerdefinierte Farben Self RER HHHH ECH TT CET CET Page Transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular page changes to the next one 1 Select the type of effect you want to use Three options are available e None the new page appears above the previous one with no visual effects e Slide the page slides over the preceding page in the selected direction e Expand the page expands over the preceding page in the selected direction 2 Select the transition direction out of 9 options 3 Define visual effect duration i e how fast or how slow the page will be replaced with the next one 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 116 Transition A3 In Slide Out Hone Effect Slide Click to select transition direction of effect Duration 00 UR Set transition duration Page Audio You can elaborate your presentation by adding an audio track to play during the page display To add an audio file to the page 1 Click to open the dialog for selecting the audio file you want to add wav mp3 wma Select the file and click Open The file name will now appear in the File name field and its duration will be indicated under Duration Click to browse to audio file De Phazz 4pril Shower mp ME
30. Web page configuration window A Web object is a static object therefore the preview area will display the viewing area Preview A EE ii i EB n Bale ERT Ro 1 SEI ee i aa DEZ SS oldie S arn Brill 0 apn bt L ar 1 27312 ere ou era ls b Uri ki Sg t ie LE L 3 H 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 90 7 friendlyway player User Interface friendlyway player 7 is the application for friendlyway composer 7 projects playback At the start of the application the following window will offer you to select between two possible options friendlyway player 7 Click Yes bo start client service Click Mo to select content manually eh Client service allows remotely controlling the played content Would you like to start it now ar Yes Click Yes to start client service This application enables your terminal to be connected to composer network services server and allows remotely controlling the played content Click No to select the content manually If so the following windows will offer you to select an existing project Player Selecting project Select existing file Gei Select recent file a Composer Project test presentation feg Start with Windows Select later File friendiyway player T Version 4 3 26175 8 If you want to play back an existing project click to specify the path to th
31. a particular Transition object changes to the next one Three options are available In Slide Out None A3 bene Effect e Slide the object slides over the preceding one in the i selected direction e Expand the object expands over the preceding one in the selected direction Slide hy G Click to select transition direction Select type of effect M CU H Ire Duration OU OU aE nate Set transition duration Source File 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 67 For a flash object acceptable format of the source file is swf and flv The Source File property allows viewing the file name of the current media object and changing the media object file NOTE You cannot enter a file name manually To change the file name click to open the file selection dialog To change the object file click Kuel and browse to the file you want to use instead of the current one Flash Preview To preview your flash file click Start in the Flash Preview area To stop preview click Stop A Preview 6 7 2 Linked Project Click to A3 Source File change source file kp200 vad swt To modify linked project properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane Linked project properties include e Placement e Time e Source File e Preview P
32. an account you can register your terminal on the server Creating account To create an account tick the checkbox I do not have an account on friendlyway network services and want to create my account now and click Next License manager S 3 Peart enter pour network senvices User and Password User Hi Passerord be donot have the account on nerven network services and want lo create my account now The windows with registration form will appear Enter your registration data and select the option 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 97 I want to create 14 day trial license for 2 players click Next License manager Please fil in registration foem First name EE EEE Last name BC Company E Street sier O Ciy eel Postal code sStete Report E Mait Sse M i want to create a 14 day Inal icense foe 2 players In the next window you will be notified about registration Check the email you have specified in the form to receive your User ID and Password Li ense miantger After that you can proceed to terminal registration Registration of terminal Enter your network services User ID and Password in the corresponding fields and click Next 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 98 Please select the kene pou want to use for meha
33. and frames of a page indicating their playback duration the timeline Ais 205 30s d fz Sr i UD ER 10 o1 20 o1 30 Manage timeline display Timing tuler J EA www friendiyway com 00 00 30 EA http customers frien 00 01 00 H E Resia to expand e ES Reg _ the region E Region2 i wb Editing Page Properties Page properties include Page Name the page identifier in the project Sizing Mode the page dimensions for presentation on the display Transition the way in which the page appears over the previous one Audio an audio file played back during page presentation To edit page properties select the page in the Navigation pane or in the Page Designer and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 112 Views modily page properties ia a irp r P hd es IER Messe Foi Carton ped hen bee aes 00 00 CCH 1 hn CC im Za e j For a detailed description see Define page properties Page Preview You can preview your page gt To begin the page preview click on in the ribbon To stop the page presentation press the ESC key 8 5 Define Page Properties You can view and modify page properties on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane They include Page Name Sizing Mode Page Background Transition Audio To view page properties select the required
34. and vertically top bottom or centered Width Be Location and Size SE Object size and location are defined in the corresponding fields Height ale o Time 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 89 A Web object is an analog object i e an object with an Time A indefinite playback duration i e user can easily change it The timing properties for a Web object include Display Time 00 01 00 sl e Display time the amount of time the object will be Refresh Time 00 00 00 i displayed on the screen and WM 2 e Refresh time the amount of time after which the object will be replaced with the next one if available Adjust the timing properties in the corresponding fields Transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular Transition A object changes to the next one Three options are available In Slide Out Nore mene Effect Slide e Slide the object slides over the preceding one in the selected direction e Expand the object expands over the preceding one in the selected direction Web Page The Web Page property allows viewing the file name of the current media object and changing the media object file To open the window for Web page configuration click Configure Preview Click to select transition direction Select type of effect Duration Set transition duration Click to open the
35. bermonale mts orm group And pct A bitra Grup iame TEST V Ee Cheacrepticn LF ede ell Current y pat kagi Wergign Heni package Pernice Selected terminal mn Rame i acai bom Z Available Term nasls Hame Locniban e Your player station will appear in the list of selected terminals click OK Selected terminals Mame Location Available terminals Nama Location oe ee a CLT tg H E el if CE Create terminal EK Cencgi Your terminal group will appear in the list of available groups Then you should assign your project to a terminal group e Go to the Assign Package Group section Select your group Assign content II Ag sgg A D se Coren package for the selected group Group TEST Description E il The current asaegnment ef the content package 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 155 Select the content package you added before check the Play back after download option and click OK Next package Content package sa mplei Version 1 De Description Download time 25 08 2008 21 59 18 i Play back after download Going to the Overview section you ll be able to see that your content package is being uploaded or has been already installed on your terminal Overview x Terminal 10 Terminal state w Country ze Postal code i U Apel Terminal Location Country City La
36. composer 7 user manual How to 135 Se dl Flash Linked Picture PowerPoint R55 Text Project Insert A dialog window will open for configuring the media object to be added Configure Web Pape Le x Refresh TOP Adre aboutblank Click to select the local page o WholePage 25 100 400 Click Ei to navigate to the local page you need Select the page you wish and click Open After the page has been displayed in the window click OK The dialog window will appear 2007 2008 friendlyway AG How to 136 composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer Copy files Thefallowing files and folders arefound along with Web Page friendlyway AG Support portal c Cancel You will be recommended to copy into your project all files and folders are found in the directory where your local page is stored Activate the option Copy all specified files into project Important Please ensure that the directory where your local page is stored contains only the files and folders are needing for displaying your local page Click OK Once the local site has been loaded you can define the area of the page that will be displayed in your presentation 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 137 STOCK Web Pape G e Address C New friendiyway AG Support portal custonk Berger eg 6 Whole Pag Or define the size of the viewin
37. composer 7 user manual How to 151 Options Tick to enable the option Parameters AutoStart Project update Player update HDD and NetShare Folders Click to Removable devices USBSCDSDVD specity the Update path Path for Updates Update He ZS Path for Projects Cu Composer Projects am Click to define the storage path In the field Path for Projects specify the directory where the project update will be unpacked and stored by player After you have inserted the removable device the application will identify it and check it for updates If a project update has been found the player will unpack it to the specified directory If the project with the same name does already exist in this directory the player will rename the unpacked project If the folder contains several project packages the player will play back the project with the latest timestamp e On the composer machine Create a project and save it as a package 6 ei Kr Click to save the project as a package New Pre Recent Projects amy composer projects te test presentation feproj Kb Open Project Ctrl O B Lg Save Project Ctrl Click to save the project as a package Save Project As E E Check for Updates Options Exit composer 7 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 152 Save the p
38. help you register your product Several types of licenses are available e Node locked license the software can be used on one computer only The license is locked to Hardware ID e Floating license the software is locked to the hardware ID of the server Every composer work station is connected to the PC where the License Server is installed When you open friendlyway composer 7 the first time after installation the License Manager will open displaying the end user license agreement and several options for you to choose from 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual Registration 6 amp License Manager friendlyway e composer suite 7 Unregistered version Please regester SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY View Hardware ID This friendlyway End User License Agreement EULA is a legal agreement for the friendlyway Software Product in which this EULA is contained which includes computer software and may include associated media printed materials and online or electronic docurnentation collectively the Software Product between you and fendiyway AG U Iendluaau 1 By installing copying or Connect to License Server otherwise using the Software Product you agree to be 7 bound by the terns of this EULA You must indicate your Zz Import License File Cloze View Hardware ID Request License Import License File Connect to L
39. nert package Version we parameters Detcripthons z Download tinme 1106 2008 13 32 54 E Playback time 1106 2008 13 37 54 T Play back after download Cl Select the group to which you want to assign a package In the Next package pane select the Content package Version Download Playback time If you want the package to be played back right after it has been downloaded select Playback after download checkbox Click OK to apply changes The new content package is now assigned to the selected group Create edit group To create edit a group from the available terminals click Create group or Edit group respectively This will open the window for creating editing content groups 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 56 Create content Group Click to add group name group description i DNK eh ee ee EE wm Ae OD Pel e m aff z l a a LET p k T so Grgtut nimi Bb Hee Dee Fides F Echt Current package Version Hest package Version Selected terminals Nome Location Available terminals Name Location _ cber 155 13 QA rocam b 1 J EE Create terminal DE Canoes Group name Assign the group name The name of the group should be unique A group with an empty name cannot be created Current package The current content assigned to the group and the version of the content Next package The next con
40. one Preview To preview your linked project click P in the Preview area To stop preview click e 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 69 A3 Preview p E 6 7 3 PDF To modify video object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane PDF properties include Placement Object Display Time Transition Source File PDF Properties PDF Preview Placement Here you can define object sizing alignment location and e Placement A size 5 Sizing Ch lal Sizing custom object size Alignment Io vi ol 1 4 original object size Pei Ch ENZ Location 299 512 oa object size stretched to fit region size Ley Zoe Left agg Alignment Top Hla The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered _ Cize BER 512 and vertically top bottom or centered i Width EISE Location and Size Object size and location are defined in the corresponding fields Height ale Object Display Time 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 70 A PDF object is a discrete object i e an object with a Tiia RA predefined playback duration that cannot be changed Display Time 00 07 00 i Therefore Object Display Time will display its Original length only that cannot be modified by user
41. source Settings Filters Preview Placement Here you can define object sizing alignment location and size of RSS object Sizing custom object size original object size object size stretched to fit region size Alignment The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered and vertically top bottom or centered Location and Size Object size and location are defined in the corresponding fields Time Placement A Sizing Ch O lol Le Alignment IS Ji Eie Lt Ene Location 0 924 Left 0 Top 924 l Size 1280 x 100 Width 1280 Height 100 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 76 RSS is an analog object i e an object with an indefinite playback duration i e user can easily change A it A The timing properties for an RSS feed include Display Time E e Display time the amount of time the RSS will be SEN displayed on the screen Rees ane E e Refresh time the amount of time after which the RSS will be refreshed Adjust the timing properties in the corresponding fields Feed source For an RSS object acceptable formats of the source file are ATOM 1 0 and RSS 2 0 Feed source A The Feed source property allows viewing the URL of RSS https rss cnn com rss c the current RSS feed and changing of RSS object l R55 requires authentication You can specify user n
42. the Save as dialog window Save Package Saves the current project as a package fcpkg file for automatically transmitting project to the player station s Check for Updates Checks for newer software versions Recent Projects Displays the list of the latest projects To open a project click on it in the list Exit composer 7 Close composer 7 If you have made changes in the project but did not Save them you can do this when closing the program Undo Cancels the most recent action Redo Repeats the most recent action Options Opens the dialog for customizing menu commands Displays the list of cut copy paste operations Options t friendlyway composer options shell opecity default Default Project Folder project folder C My Composer Projects Save AutoRecover info every minutes Number of Recent Files Detine number of recent files to be dizplayed in the File menu Design Design Schedule Network Services Help em Hen er ae ew avenent C Sa OU E DJEIJO gt l Te Onset q e EI e e SE Flash Linked PDF Picture PowerPoint RSS Text TW Video Web Preview Delete oomini ornin Lag Delete Project Page Display Region Frames Insert Page 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 24 Element Action Description Display Opens the window for defining display settings Region Select Selects the regio
43. the selection criteria the most recent screenshot is displayed as well as some additional information on the terminal operability terminal name location state last access time screenshot time If a terminal is turned off or if the screenshooting is disabled the screenshot time is set to O the Out of order screen is displayed If a terminal failed the Terminal failed picture will appear 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 53 6 6 3 Content Groups Here you can organize terminals into logical groups and assign content to the selected group The Content groups window displays the info on the currently existing content groups and provides the following functionality View details Assign package Create edit group Delete group Content groups Available groups D bis T A SZ KR e Sei wh Wb a a d 0 AIGA thee Vig gatans Li n Sp emt si S OI 16 current sta i io Using the A in package E m car aSsIgn a new Content pack age Fum the selected aroung quick and easily Ba view details Bi assign package Namel Description Current package Current version Next package Next version Terminals webinar webinar 2 i TEST GROUP TEST GROUP Empty a zs m g r j k Ad 3 ES H a a A L EH a Errant esL J TG Si Create group Af Eat group Delete group Name content group name Description a description of the content group
44. 1 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 122 Select the channel you like and click OK A TV pictogram will appear in the region to which you added the TV object 8 7 2 Adding a Linked Project To add an existing composer project to your project click on the Linked Project button in the E IO POF Picture PowerPoint R55 Text TW Video Web Insert NOTE After you have added a linked project to your presentation you will not be able to upload this project using Network Services This function will be available in the next software version only Specify the path to the required composer project and click OK The dialog window for action selection will appear friendlyway composer 7 What kind of content do you wantto display from inserted project O Schedule If you choose Default Sequence only the default sequence of the subproject will be played back in your main project If you choose Schedule the sequences of the subproject will be played back according to the schedule of the linked project In the Time field of the dockable pane you can switch these options as and when required 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 123 A3 Time Display content Default Sequence Schedule Adding a project a backup copy of the linked project will be created in the directory where the main project folder is stored
45. 30 00 i 4 5 6 DO a 47 dn d ad en 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 142 OR Select the area in schedule view and click with the left mouse button on it and click New 45 Sunday up Monday 1720s Tuesday Sequencel Sequencel Sequencel F Turn off Monitor F Schedule Entry Sequence 00 01 00 i Set As Default Sequence Bar color 08 00 00 id _ Repeat Gupratior O2 00 00 ing 10 00 00 Define recurrence J Userecurrence SNE EE pattern Recurrence pattenn Daily Monthly Define range of TeuitenCe Range of recurrence i start 6 16 2006 2 No End Date End after id 5 orourenre End by 6 26 2008 In the dialog you can define e General entry settings e Recurrence pattern e Range of recurrence 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 143 General entry settings Sequence Sequence 00 01 00 SetAs Default Sequence Click to open drop down list of Sequences Click to open color palette Click to open 120 5 times calendar far selecting date Start at 05 00 00 Repeat Start after Duration ee 7 End 10 00 00 General entry settings include Sequence Select the sequence you want to add to schedule from the drop down list Date For selecting the date to which y
46. 6 3 Navigation Pane The navigation pane is located to the left of the work area and is typically split into two panels the bottom panel provides the interface for switching between 3 operation modes Design Schedule and Network Services and the top panel that will look different depending on the current operation mode e Design navigation e Network Services navigation e Schedule navigation sn pee Click to select the sequence and view its contents and properties Click ta select the page and view ts contents IN aal s pas WIR KH _ between operation modes Design Navigation obese bei ieee pee pee i ge Cee ee ET EL and properties d i The navigation pane for the operation mode Design is split into two panels e the top panel displays the list of sequences created in the project e the bottom panel displays the list of project pages making up the selected sequence To view the pages that make up the sequence select the sequence The pages linked with the selected sequence will be displayed in the bottom panel of the navigation pane 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 27 Design jaa WC Sequence duration OR 00 LT TEI Fey EE Sequence duration 00 0000 The bottom panel lists all pages of the selected sequence in the form of thumbnails You can change the ord
47. 8 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 21 6 2 Ribbon REST Serr F pm SN pee LE Leg e ee ee ER SS FEDS Shoe Lo 27 02 2000 bce Lexteg eg 37 4 4 op D 2008 L i ee emie senar v SE SET r Kaes W wee d A ee Ai e it oS Z ai Fa a 7 d Ey i il D ct i p nt oS TE M H Sty P deck P em i The command buttons and icons are organized in tabs and presented in the form of a ribbon 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 22 New Project Ctri N Open Project Ctrl O Save Project Ctri 5 Save Project As Save Package Check for Updates 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 23 Element Action Description New Project Generates a new empty project with a default structure and user defined name A project folder will be automatically created on your computer where the project file fcproj and all the media sources used in the project will be stored Open Project Opens an existing project Specify the path to the project in the Select project dialog window Save Project Saves the current project under the current name Save Project As Saves the current project under a custom name in a selected directory Enter project name in
48. Audio sec Sound be L i File name Duration 4 44 igs Met oottn Fis eege Hard by no pd My Miota Fia oF be Bards Bar a og wes Click ti to remove the selected file Audio A3 File name Audio file added De Phazz 4orl Shower mp WEE Duration 4 44 Volume os Loop gt E You can playback the audio file using the volume slider to adjust volume For non stop playback select the Loop checkbox 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 117 Audio A3 File name Adjust volume Chick to play Flick ta atop oauback d Loop Set non stop T playback 8 6 Split Page into Regions Regions are the key element in organizing page layout Page content media objects is added to regions De Phazz April Shower mos Duration 4 44 V Adding a New Region When you create a page it has only one region that equals the size of the page All other regions are created by means of splitting the existing region in the selected direction To activate page splitting tools click in the top left corner of the initial region E w Me Click to select e region Put media object here Add media abject here sa Fee Each region has four splitting tools To split the region from top click H To split the region from bottom click To split the region from left click nl To split the region from ri
49. Delne next package parameters 5 Select the group to which you want to assign a package In the Next package pane select the Content package Version Download Playback time If you want the package to be played back right after it has been downloaded select checkbox Playback after download 59 Click OK to apply changes The new content package is now assigned to the selected group Editing content package To open the window for editing content package click Edit package The following window will appear 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 60 Edit content package Package details Fame La i Ayler Were ten KA Data of creeties 1 Kae Lebier k Package folders Aarne Mersin Ire Virtual Path ati ban j Cangas ek Or fog lr ee ore ite BR Cee Sere fone a Soe id Core d Le z 4 Content package details include Package name The name of the content package Description The description of the content package Author The author of the content package Version Select the version of the content Date of creation The date when the content package was created Main folder The key folder is the start folder i e unit to be played back Apply Assign the key folder for the content package Package folders A list of all folders of the content The list displays Name folder name Version the vers
50. In real time we deal with various types of screens In the Display Settings user can define the type and size of the screen for which the presentation will be prepared There are two main modes for presentation display 1 The presentation is stretched over the whole display In this case you need to define display Aspect Ratio When this mode is selected the player will stretch the presentation so that it takes up the whole screen area 2 The presentation is displayed in a certain part of the screen only To enable this mode you need to define the location of the top left corner of the area in which your presentation will be played back as well as its height and width in pixels To configure display settings go to the Display tab in the ribbon aay Design Schedule Network service Click to configure display settings The Display Settings window will display the panel for defining Target Screen parameters and a Preview area 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 104 uty ee BEARNESAS Preview Select type of target screen Target Screen Type Custom resolution S oe Horizontal 1750 lt px select to apply to Vertical 1024 px existing pages In the Target Screen area select the required aspect ratio displayed width divided by its height or display resolution type in the drop down list By default Custom aspect ratio is selected Target Screen
51. MA EE Ever weekday e O Monthly Weekly recurrence pattern To activate the weekly recurrence pattern select Weekly in the radio group For the weekly pattern you can indicate the interval number of weeks and the days of the week for displaying the sequence Indicate the interval at which the sequence will be displayed O Daily Recur ever E ech week s on BEE ne EE E Monday d Tuesday Wednesday VW Thursday Friday Lm Saturday Select the day of the week on which the sequence will be displayed Monthly recurrence pattern To activate the monthly recurrence pattern select Monthly in the radio group For the monthly pattern you can specify the numerical day of the month and the interval number of months for displaying your sequence Detine the day of the month Daily o Day 23 _ ob every 4 monthis Weekly The fourth Sg Define the interval d month s 6 Monthly for displaying the Or you can use the days of the week to define the monthly recurrence pattern for your sequence 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 145 Day 37 o every d months Define the interval The E m tuesday _ of every 3 71 month s s first Click to oper list of second days of the week x Range of recurrence The range of recurrence is the period during which the sequence will be displayed The period is marked by a
52. Use the slider to modify volume Video S To change aspect ratio open the Aspect ratio drop down list TE and select from the following Velume CR e Original e 4 3 This is the aspect ratio of a traditional television screen TFT s VideoCubes etc Aspect ratio Original e 16 9 Select this option when using high definition displays such as a plasma display or similar wide screen devices e Custom A user defined aspect ratio Preview To preview your video file click in the Preview area Adjust the volume using the preview controls 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 88 Preview A3 Click a Jaylist pauze 4 Click to mute Aa i H La Bi o EN Click to stop Pr Adjust volume 6 7 10 Web To modify Web object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane The properties for a Web object include Placement Time Transition Web Page Preview Placement Here you can define object sizing alignment location and i Place size S Sizing Sizing custom object size original object size Pia ef object size stretched to fit region size men 23 S o ee Alignment In l OF ae Le Location 299 512 Left 299 Alignment Top D The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered m Sg l Size 683 512
53. a Objects A media object is a multimedia file placed on the presentation page A media object has attributes describing its placement appearance and time behavior that can be configured on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane With friendlyway composer 7 you can add the following media files in your project 7 Flash swf flv PDF 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 64 Picture any format PowerPoint ppt pptx RSS ATOM 1 0 RSS 2 0 Text rtf txt Web html htm al Each media object has a number of properties that can be modified to suit the presentation Linked Project fcproj 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 65 Media Object Object Properties Placement Time Transition Web Page Preview Placement Placement Time Feed source Settings Filters Preview Placement Time Source File Settings Text Editor Preview Placement Time Transition Channel Output Settings Placement Object Display Time Transition Source File Preview Placement Object Display Time Transition Source File PDF Properties PDF Preview Placement Object Display Time Transition Source File Preview Placement Linked Project Time Source File Preview You can see a
54. a S i i An J i 2 bas E 7 TS 15 1617 18 19 20 21 fo Une days on which a presentation has been 29 30 scheduled are July 2008 highlighted in bold type SMT WT RG scroll down up to browse through 12 3 4 9 months 6 7 o 91011 12 13141516 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 A 20 29 30 31 Switching between Operation Modes Click Design in the navigation pane to open the Design Click Schedule to open the Schedule Click Network Services to switch to Network Services ne e Page iar eead rs J DEBI Thy Click to switch To Design view T Schedule tay Network Services 6 4 Page Designer The Page Designer is where you create your presentation page by page It consists of a work area a page timeline and dockable pane 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 30 Properties RS Puremend Serg tea Aiginan OF fi Ls beton 0 567 In pe 13m ST Thee R Dita Tene 10 01 00 een Tine bode eo ee E 8 H Wee Eie Hide Direction Els e Tie teg E Aa e E TE EE gheet ea ZER e Ratatat eaten tana atta ata geg S tz I e GE Sieg De emm ban be E Ve 2 i j beten Seen Day far e Csg amnfreeck Zeen Gade ered bk dc Coben S veckteeM xga gn g ie ue Tropa ieem Cnbg edged craris Ge Morh i Ss ae TE ee E TE LEES ee TT TE a E EECH E Fill bed pound el a Tintin a WR a e SI iis is Orth OFS it
55. a background for a whole page The background can be either an tmage or gradient fill To add an image as background 1 Click Picture in the Background properties 2 Click and select the file that you want to use as background 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 38 Background Fill Picture File name KE Sizing mode Ea O Alignment 3 Adjust picture alignment by using the Sizing Mode and Alignment settings f ce Stretch to stretch the image to the maximum size that will fit in the page e Original Size to reset to original image size e GN Tile to tile the image to cover the whole background For Stretch and Original size you can fine tune image location using the corresponding buttons To apply gradient fill as background 1 Click Fill in the Background properties 2 Select color A for uniform fill by default Grundfarber WI eel WPS Background A Transparent Fill Picture E D iz D x D Color A Color B tot _ olor A olor B a 5 E E E g f Iech Im Gradient Benutzerdetinierte Farben SS epee ee et nem BEEBE SS gem You can also apply gradient fill based on two colors For this you need to select two colors A and B and the direction for gradient fill 9 options are available 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface
56. a object has specific properties See related topics PowerPoint RSS Text e oe oe e e a O ct G CD 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 43 e IV e Video e Web To modify object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to its properties on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane The properties are presented in the form of groups Every properties group can be collapsed w ry we expanded by clicking its heading or and For example to change Source File open the Source File group by clicking S Click to open the dialog for file selection Source File Click to change a source file IMG_ 2 sb pg Select the file and click Open The file will be added to the frame instead of the previous one 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 44 For the changes in properties to take effect click Enter or move to the next properties group Clicking Esc will cancel the changes and the values will be reset 6 4 2 Timeline The timeline is a tool for defining timing parameters of the media objects and regions making up the page The timeline displays the list of regions and their settings with respective media objects Click to hide close the timeline RTE 01 00 01 10 01 20 01 30 Manage timeline display Himel jl ji w i
57. ame and password if the RSS requires authentication User name Specify proxy server and user name password if needed Password To change the feed source specify the new URL or navigate to the local file and click Apply SE Proxy Server User name Password Settings 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 77 In this field you can customize settings for RSS object depending on Ticker or Slider mode Settings R e Direction RSS move direction can be right to left Be Ticker Slider or left to right Ticker mode right to left left to Ticker settings right bottom to top and top to bottom Slider mode Direction e Speed movement speed of the RRS feed use the slider to change the speed SE i e Align the RSS Feed can be aligned verticaly top de bottom or centered Align Tre es e Background You can choose the background color from the color box or you can disable the option Fill background In this case the background of the Title font W Arial 18 Bold frame will be transparent and the RSS Feed will appear directly over the region background selected Description fant W Arial 12 in the region properties e Gap specify the number of pixels after which the beginning of the RSS Feed will start rotating again EE m l W G You can specify color font and font size of news title Ti SS and description To customize the app
58. and location are defined in the corresponding Height ale fields WER Object Display Time 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface Text is an analog object i e an object with an indefinite Time playback duration i e user can easily change it The timing properties for a text include Display Time eDisplay time the amount of time the object will be Refresh Time displayed on the screen and Refresh time the amount of time after which the object will be replaced with the next one if available Adjust the timing properties in the corresponding fields Source File For a text object acceptable formats of the source file are txt rtf Source File The Source File property allows viewing the file name of the Text3 rtf current media object and changing the media object file NOTE You cannot enter a file name manually To change the file name click aml to open the file selection dialog To modify the text click Edit This will open the Text Editor Settings The text can be displayed in two modes Ticker and Slider Ticker Mode In the Ticker mode the text is displayed as a creeping line For this mode you can define e Direction the text movement direction can be right to left and left to right e Speed movement speed of the text use the slider to change the speed e Align the text can be aligned verticaly top bottom or centered Backg
59. atting operations Save changes before closing the editor for the formatting to be applied to the text in the page 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 83 Editor Action Action Description File Save Saves the changes in the text The changes will be applied to the text object in the region Save and Close Saves the changes in the text and closes the Text Editor The changes will be applied to the text object in the region Close Closes the Text Editor Before closing a message will appear asking if you want to close the text without saving If you want to close the editor without saving the changes click Yes Otherwise click No Edit Undo Cancels the most recent action Redo Repeats the most recent action Cut Removes the selected object and places it into the clipboard Copy Copies the selected object into the clipboard Paste Inserts the object from the clipboard Select All Selects all objects on the page Insert Image Opens the dialog for selecting the image to be inserted into text Text Opens the dialog for selecting the text to be inserted into the current text The new text will be inserted right before the first character of the current text Format Font Opens the dialog for defining Font Font Style Size Effects Color Script Bullets Inserts a bul
60. ayer 7 After you have selected a project file it will be displayed in the field Project To start the presentation playback click Play or use the hot key Ctrl P tnendlyway player 7 File Action Tools Help Project CAMy Co test presentation feproj Press Ctrl F to play Ctrl 5 to stop 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 92 7 1 player Options Select Option in Tools menu to open the dialog window with 4 tabs e Parameters e AutoStart e Project update e Player update The Parameters tab allows you to define shortcuts which will be used for playback start and playback stop Options Parameters AutoStart Projectupdate Player update Start key Ctrl P Stop key Ctri You do not need to type the required shortcut letter by letter but to press the necessary combination of keyboard buttons the field will be automatically filled in The AutoStart tab allows you to configure autostart parameters 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 93 Parameters AutoStark Project update Player update Stark with Windows Auto stark project CMY composer projectet Test presentation est presentatio v Auto logon Uzer name Uzer Fazzword HHHNHNHNHNMNHN Domain Servename Cancel Start with Windows If this option is enabled the friendlyway secure brow
61. bjectfrom Clipboard What do youwantto do with related text file 9 Create a copy ofthe file Text object will refer to this new copy Do not create a copy of the text file Text object will refer to the original text file If you choose the first option Create a copy of the file your new text object will refer to the new file All the changes that will be made to this text object will not be reflected on the first text file If you choose the second option Do not create a copy of the file every change of the original text file will be reflected on this text object and every change of this text object will be reflected on the original text file 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 128 8 7 5 Adding a PowerPoint Object Before you add a PowerPoint presentation to your project please ensure that the PowerPoint itself is installed on your computer To add a PowerPoint presentation to your project click on the PowerPoint button in the ribbon ZER ae i CH Flash Linked TY Video Web Project Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard will appear In the first step select the required ppt file To do this click on the Browse button to specify the file path and then click Next fe Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard our Step 1 Select PowerPoint presentation PowerPoint presentation Glenn Jest ppt ppt In the next step choose between 2 options possible for the Pow
62. ble Pane Removing a Media Object from a Region To remove a media object from a region select the object and use the Delete command in the context menu A message will appear 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to Click Yes to remove the object otherwise click No friendlyway composer 8 7 1 Adding a TV Object The workflow of adding a TV media object involves the following steps UO BR GAMM kA When you select to add a TV media object the following dialog will be opened Choose a channel Channel list C Documents and Se DigitalgetLivel Channets ch Channels Mame 15T BALTIC MUSIC CHANNEL LITHUANIAN Tye IK 157 BALTIC MUSIC CHANNEL EBS EUROPE BY SATELLITE SE ae eeee GLOBAL WATCH GOD CHANNEL ES NORGE Eo NORDEN KANAL 10 LITHUANIAN TY PROTY INTL SIRIUS CHANNEL o SP TC A Are vou sure vou want to remove media object Freguency 11843500 11843500 11843500 11843000 11725000 11725000 EE 1 Select channel 11881000 12092000 11956000 11881000 11843000 12456000 11956000 11956000 141045980 Install AbsolutTV on the player please contact friend lyway for further details Run TV channel scanner on the player and save the results in a channel list file chl Export the channel list to composer 7 Build the project in composer 7 Select the channel from the channels list Deploy the project on the player 12
63. ck to upload ho server Halasi Cancel Download package Select the package from the list you want to download from the server and click Download package amp Upload package ii Assign package to group Name Last version Description Total units Use count L Di d J i black angus 1 i 1 cower 1 1 dvb t 1 1 d z209 1 1 g Bi 2 i 1 best for robert x l E Edit package x Delete package SE ta gt D page 1 or WC The downloaded project will be opened in operation mode Design Assign package to group To assign a content package to a group of terminals click Assign package to group This will open the window for assigning package 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface Assign content gt P A sel H F Bram kb TT ar 0m D ew content D sCkKate fo 2 Specs Grip Group Tast H Ke Description Current package Conieni package heal 24 Version Det crigteor Download tips F e LI Playback time 27 02 2008 11 53 47 Play back after download Select the group tor which you want to assign content ear eae View current package foe fa ceed ol Fr DI I Le D Se f Sen Bei a d L Next package Conlent package Emoty package Wersion K L eszcrigrttor Doepnioad timia 11 06 2006 13 52 54 L O6 2008 las Playback time Play back after download Cl S
64. click Delete package Please note that you can only delete a content package that is not assigned to any group 6 6 5 Assign Package to Group To assign a content package to a group of terminals click Assign package to froup This will open the window for assigning package 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 63 Assign content which you want to H Assign a new content package far the i assign content Select the group tor Growp Test H vw Description men view detniis e current as B E content packag Ey Current package bm k View curent Conieni package ant 24 version package Det crigteor Dawn load thine 27 U2 2008 11 55 47 a bar fa e LA Playback time 97 907 2008 1 Play back after download d Asygn tre Toiiowpa content package for ine seleczerp groug Next package Coben package Ermoty package w Define nert package Version we parameters LDescrigttor p Download tine 11 06 2006 13 32 54 E Playback time 11 06 2008 13 37 54 m Play back after download Cl Select the group to which you want to assign a package In the Next package pane select the Content package Version Download Playback time If you want the package to be played back right after it has been downloaded select checkbox Playback after download Click OK to apply changes The new content package is now assigned to the selected group 6 7 Medi
65. click the Set as default button 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 35 Set default Duration 00 05 00 NOTE If a sequence is already default this button will be disabled and the This sequence is default message will be highlighted Minimal Display Time Minimal display time of a sequence is the sum of display time of all pages that make up this sequence Minimal display time is a constant value that cannot be changed Minimal display time is also displayed for each sequence in the Pages list Minimal display time ab BEDE S ilen Se DER ea duration 00 00 00 uration 6 4 1 2 Page Properties You can view and modify page properties on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane They include Page Name Sizing Mode Page Background Transition Audio To view page properties select the required page in the navigation pane 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 36 A vb e Www Seep pf lan ges PE bee aes 00 00 CCH TTT A bas ol i rape i Views modify page Page properties Masse Fa Sege mole aire repito Weit L Hada iat DEI ger E rard A T eiia D Fe properties File riire Page Name By default pages are assigned a number based on the order in which they are added to the project You can ass
66. e area where your presentation is being made up of media objects e Dockable Pane with 3 tabs e The Properties tab where all sequence page region and media object properties can be set up or changed e The Content tab displays all files used in the project independent of the page or pages they are assigned to e The Search tab provides the filters for searching media objects on your computer e Timeline a tool for defining timing parameters of the media objects and regions making up the page The layout of Schedule operation mode has the following appearance Click an area in the workspace image to switch to its detailed description 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 20 Ki Dai Schenck is Hamer even Her E a er denn bar OTe Ree i tas Navigation Pane Work Panel ie ar 18 la 02 at ZO Ab 3252 20 Ce ee i abot Leip i ie E 7 E 1101113 IG We 171815 Al a a AE a n m E E Paglu MEN SM Twrere a Babe PES t 1 12141415 16 171819 20 2 22 aa 2025 6 27 2 a 1 According to your wishes the work panel in Schedule mode can look like a calendar in different viewing modes Day View Week View Month View or List View The layout of Network Services operation mode has the following appearance Click an area in the workspace image to switch to its detailed description 2007 200
67. e composer project file you need You can select the project from the recent files list on double click In order that the player application starts at each Windows startup enable the option Start with Windows If you want to start the playback of the selected presentation click Play To go to the player options click Select later The following window will appear 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 91 tnendlyway player 7 Eile Action Jools Help Project Press Ctrl F to play Ctri 5 to stop Element Action Description File Open Opens an existing project Specify the path to the project in the dialog window Recent files Displays the list of the latest projects To open a project click on it in the list Exit Closes friendlyway player 7 Action Play Starts the playback of the before selected project Stop Stops the playback of the current project Tools Options Opens the windows for customizing player options Connect to network services Opens the window for connecting your p ayer to friendlyway network services Help Content Opens the contents of the friendlyway composer 7 help file Registration Info Opens the License Manager window Check for Updates Checks for newer software versions About Opens the window with general information about friendl yway pl
68. e new project e Open existing project e Open recent project Select Create new project and click OK 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 102 friendlyway Composer OR click New Project in the File menu of the ribbon This will open a dialog box for creating your project Create new project Project name Location CMY Composer Projects Select location for Saving your project 2 Type the name of your project in the Project name field and browse to the directory in which you want to save your project in the Location field Click OK to save the project or Cancel to cancel project creation The project will be saved in the selected directory and the project name will appear in the title bar 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 103 test presentation fcproj friendlyway composer 7 Page Designer CO Move Backward vd 5 a EF aj ty de T EC KI Move Forward gP P d E gt Flash Linked D picture PowerPoint R55 Text wW Video Web Preview T Lg Delete Project Page Insert Page Now you can proceed to the actual process of designing your presentation Create project Configure display settings Add new pages Edit existing pages Add media to region frames Create sequences 3 Save your project by clicking the Save project command in the File menu of the ribbon 8 2 Configure Display Settings
69. e playback of the current presentation will be stopped and the new project will 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 149 be played back This method of project transmitting implies some action on the composer machine as well as on the player machine e On the player machine Start the friendlyway player 7 and go to the player options on the Tools tab On the Project update tab tick the option Check for Updates and leave the option HDD and NetShare Folders enabled In the field Path for Updates specify the folder which should be checked for updates by player Options Tick to enable the option Parameters Autostart Project update Player update M Check for Updates Seite nEEEERREEE ER RRE EE EE EEEE ER EE EEERE RER E EEEE ERR EEE EE EE EER RRE EE ERR E EE be O Removable devices USB CD DYD Click to specify the Update path Path for Updates Server userdata SHARED DATA New package Path for Projects My Composer Projects Click to define the storage path Cal ze In the field Path for Projects specify the directory where the project update will be unpacked and stored by player If the project with the same name already exists in this directory the player will rename the unpacked project If the folder contains several project packages the player will play back the project with the latest timestamp e On the composer mach
70. earance of the news ticker click Advanced settings Advanced settings See related topic Adding an RSS Feed Filters You can sort the news items that will be displayed Filters A3 Indicate in the corresponding fields how old 7 Show only for latest can the news items be in days hours or minutes before they expire and how many news items should be displayed F Show only first 1 dayis e Preview To preview your RSS feed click Start in the Preview area To stop preview click Stop 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 78 A3 Preview Tha mjii fat oa familiar Latic NM ord god ara Click to start preview 6 7 7 Text To modify text properties select the object in the region by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane Text properties include Placement Time Source File Settings Preview Placement Here you can define object sizing alignment location and py ay size F Sing Sizing care custom object size Alignment In original object size Sk lk Location 299 512 Lett 299 eels object size stretched to fit region size Alignment Top D The object can be aligned horizontally left right or Sine 6826512 centered and vertically top bottom or centered j Width EISE Location and Size Object size
71. eate regions and frames add media objects and modify page properties Pages are arranged into sequences in the Navigation pane See related topics Project Structure Add new pages Edit existing pages Define page properties Split page into regions Page properties 5 2 2 1 Regions Regions are the key elements in structuring page layout A region is a square area on a page consisting of a list of frames 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 14 A page with four A page with three regions regions Any page can be split into regions each region displaying its own media content Regions never overlap and take up the whole page surface in a tile like manner For example you can have a page split into three regions with an image in the first region a news ticker in the second region and a video in the third region Regions in their turn are organized into frames to which you add media objects that are then displayed one after another Thus you can design a mini slide show in each region An empty newly created page contains one region only that takes up the whole page area 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 15 AO Media Heci here Drag to change region size Add media object here Add media Object here Add megdia Object here Click to select region PST STS SaaS Se ae PS
72. ed before and after the RSS feed between news items after news title and description As well you can change e color font and font size for every element of the feed Use buttons and N to preview the beginning and the end of the RSS feed Slider mode has 4 move directions right to left left to right bottom to top and top to bottom You can use the slider to modify the movement speed If you disable the option Move slide the options Direction and Speed will be disabled too If you enable the option Move slide the option Exposition time will be disabled In Slider mode you can specify e Align the RSS Feed can be aligned verticaly top bottom or centered e Exposition time how long the slide should be in static state on the screen before it will be changed with the next slide e Format this option has following parameters Text only Text and Pictures Original HTML For two first options you can set title and description styles font size color e Background You can choose the background color from the color box or you can disable the option Fill background In this case the background of the frame will be transparent and the RSS Feed will appear directly over the region background selected in the region properties In corresponding fields of the Slider settings window you can specify color font and font size of news title and description 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 126
73. edia objects are the objects with a predefined playback duration that cannot be changed Within friendlyway composer 7 discrete objects are Video Flash PowerPoint and PDF Time control means for such objects are disabled e Analog media objects are objects with an indefinite playback duration i e easily changeable by user The simplest example is a picture user can set any playback duration for this object 1 second 1 minute 1 hour etc Text Web pages streaming video are other examples of analog objects Within friendlyway composer 7 analog media objects are Picture Web Text RSS and TV Defining Object Time Control To define time control for a media object select the object and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane Display time for analog media objects is adjusted in the Time field Time o Display Time 00 01 00 Refresh Time 00 00 00 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 18 6 friendlyway composer User Interface friendlyway composer 7 user interface is designed so as to provide maximum ease of operation See related topics e Layout Ribbon Navigation Pane Dockable Pane Media Objects 6 1 Layout The friendlyway composer 7 layout has different appearance depending on the operation mode you have selected There are 3 operation modes e Design e Schedule e Network Services operation modes Schedule and Network Servic
74. eee eee 95 How to 101 Create de WEE 101 Configure Display Settings ENEE 103 Add New Dages EEN 106 Edit Existing Pages i rrtettetestettetsteteeteetettetesenentenseneetesenensensenensenseneusesensaseasenseseaseneeseasenseseacentesesentestesenteceas 109 Define Page Properties ENEE 112 Split Page into CT Tel 117 Add Media to Region Frames ENEE 119 EIN ECK e CC SEET 121 Adano a Linked Moet eebe 122 adoran e e HE 123 ev e SE 126 Ading a Wier cigcael ga Ole lt cee ee ee ee nee center eer eet etter eee rere ree 128 Radimo a e CC GE 133 Addn a Page MOm BIG i E 133 Padang a Local e CEET 134 Adjust Media Properties ENEE 138 SGCEIGKETEIT I le CEET 139 Cee chede OO aa 141 Previewing Page Content EEN 148 Transfer Project to player station EEN 148 Transfer via Hard Disk Drive and Network Folders v s ecestsestesersssescssescesssesssseessssecessecesstensaceeseteneatsees 148 Transfer Via Removable deyicesS s s ststsetstsssetseseseescsecevsesesevssavessesevesessevsteasevstsasevstsavetstsavetinsevetssenenssenseess 150 Transfer Via Network Services r s s sststsesetsesesetscseceescsesetscsasevssesecsesevessusevsssasevsseavevsesavevsesasetsesvetsisneesesensesess 152 Glossary 156 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual Welcome 3 1 Welcome Dear friendlyway composer 7 user Thank you for choosing friendlyway composer 7 friendlyway composer 7 is a tool for creating digital signage presenta
75. een Overview Terminal TD Terminal state Terminal 1 Location Country City Last access Content group Current content Hext content Actions e a Content Packages chenti 1 Sho c 2108 2008 11 23 DE Sample Playing Testoraject 2 0 Installed Test project w2 Reg clienti 2 Meeting Room Germany 21 08 2008 11 04 Turned off go a Argian Package fo Growp ews par page 10 KA Le ee zs sl page dof 8 r view errors d rege reports herent tog Wa Terminal dete e Filtered display options 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 48 e View errors e Player reports e Event log e Terminal details The terminal information includes Terminal the unique identifier of the terminal Location the location of the terminal as defined by user e g show room Country the country where the terminal is installed City the city in which the terminal is installed a postal code could also be useful here Last access the date and time of the last access to the terminal State the state of the terminal can be of the following types e Warnings immediately read the available warning s that might be helpful to prevent errors e Errors some error s occurred e g the memory state is critical e Turned off the terminal is turned off e OK the terminal operates without errors or warnings and has successfully sent its Heart Beat to
76. egion A frame can have only one media object while a region can have numerous frames Adding a Media Object to a Region Frame To add a media object to a region frame 1 Activate the region to which you want to add the media object by clicking E Then open the pop up menu for selecting the type of the media object you want to add video text picture PowerPoint PDF Web or flash by clicking Te Add media object here fH Add media object to the region Linked Project PDF Picture PowerPoint R55 Text w Se a E ES Ei amp ie 2 After you select the type of the media object you want to add a dialog for file selection will open Browse to the file you want to add and click Open The file will be added to the current frame 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 120 See also Adding a Text Object Adding a PowerPoint Object Adding a Web Object Adding an RSS Feed Adding a TV Object Adding a Linked Project Modifying Object Size in a Region Frame By default the media object takes up the maximum region area available Many media objects however keep their original size or aspect ratio pictures video PDF flash Thus they may take up only part of the whole region area that is available to them To modify object size right in the region frame hold the grabbers and drag To modify media objects properties go to the Properties tab of the Docka
77. eo objects include Placement Time Transition Source File Text over Video Video Preview Placement 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 86 Here you can define object sizing alignment location and size 23 Placement E Sizing Ch l0 Sizing custom object size Alignment In ol original object size Lt Lit HH Location 299 512 object size stretched to fit region size eas Left 2g Alignment Top Ailes The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered p Sine E03 a EI and vertically top bottom or centered Width 683 Location and Size Object size and location are defined in the corresponding Height ale fields Time A video object is a discrete object i e an object with a Time es predefined playback duration that cannot be changed Therefore Object Display Time will display its Original Display Time 00 01 00 P length only that cannot be modified by user The display time will equal its original length Transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular Transition object changes to the next one Three options are available In Slide Out None A3 e None e Slide the object slides over the preceding one in the selected direction e Expand the object expands over the preceding one in the selected direction Effect Slide Click to select
78. er of pages in the sequence by e Dragging and dropping the pages in the navigation pane e Using the Move Page Up and Move Page Down buttons in the Sequence pages toolbar 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 28 Select Move Page Down command in the context menu toolbar _ Qeez pages em Sequence pages Hold left mouse button and drag the Paget duration 000100 Network Services navigation The Network Services navigation pane provides access to the following options Overview Screenshots Content Groups Content Packages Assign Package to Group Network Services IEN Screenshots ay Content Groups a gt Content Packages ap Assign Package to Group ALE A ee E ae im i E Schedule navigation The Schedule navigation pane is split into two panels the top panel lists all sequences created in the project that can be added to the schedule LARN EI ar See diratan 00 00 00 The bottom panel displays a calendar that you can use to browse through your schedules The 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 29 days on which presentations have been scheduled are highlighted in bold type Click to suwtch d Click to switch previous mont to next month 4 June 2008
79. erPoint playback your presentation can be converted to a video file and played back as video or it can be played back by PowerPoint natively Making this choice you should take into consideration that the conversion to video can cause quality loss although you wouldn t need to install the PowerPoint application on your player machine Playback with PowerPoint provides the highest quality but it implies the PowerPoint installation on every player machine You can decide what option is more acceptable for you and proceed with the procedure according to this decision Below you ll find the description for both approaches Play as Video Activate the option Play as Video and click Next 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 129 Tei Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard SC ea ag Step 2 Choose how Player will show PowerPoint Presentation Playback options Play as Video PowerPoint Filewill be automatically converted to Video file In this case you do not need PowerPoint Application installed on your player machine but quality may suffer on high resolution O Play with Microsoft PowerPoint PowerPoint will be played as is This option provides highest possible quality but you need having PowerPoint Application installed on every player machine lt lt Previous ii In the third wizard step specify the timing settings by choosing between forced slide transition every x seconds and in
80. es are available in friendlyway composer 7 Professional only Two distinct areas are to be found in every operation mode e Ribbon a panel that houses command buttons and icons providing point and click access to window specific functions e Navigation Pane the pane to the left of the work panel provides the ability to switch between 3 operation modes According to the selected mode this panel provides the navigation between sequences and pages of the project operation mode Design between days on which you have set up the playback of your presentations operation mode Schedule or navigation in Network Services Page menu The layout of Design operation mode can be divided up into the following fields Click an area in the workspace image to switch to its detailed description 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 19 i sel Pr Eh Bt 7 J ee Zu E s i al i ey eae klikt JEE bt Feit Fiaa HE Lea Fr ie We Ae Deigs Resin F ine Dockable Pane keatrereeskkbrs ar GO Ketter E krut Ge St ER Navigation i GEIB PEEHI E Tho aos oa Tehi sirj Orre Lis Lef RHreoskrorviuan jii Bet mel DA mgt H aii d F barkaare UE e dahon ee H i J or P i i W E mihim ari Selle a T brand fm S vis py Rabo oleh e Work Panel th
81. f you use own server in our sample test station enter proper user password and click Connect 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 47 gig 42 Design Schedule Network Services User admin EE Password Tri The Overview page will appear CR Bee Ge test presentation fcproj friondlyway composer 1 i Network Services i Design Siheduie Network Services Hap Address hiipui ih ener Copnpert Uer admin Overview Terminal TB Terme state Terminal 1 Location Country City Last access Content Packages clienti 1 Sho German 21 8 2008 11 23 JE chenti 2 Meeting Room Germany 21 08 2008 11 04 Tumed off a Assign Package to Group Fan par page 10 KA Le ee zs sl page dof 8 G4 view errors d rege reports Steven tog BA Terminal dates The Network Services navigation pane provides access to the following pages Overview Screenshots Content Groups Content Packages Assign Package to Group 6 6 1 Overview The Overview window provides the list of your terminals and enables you to view the following wd Bee Ge test presentation foproj friondlyway composer 1 Network Services em i Design Siheduie Network Services Hap Address bitpy Whee Canmect Uer admin Pasrwpzcl en
82. files location Location Media Type Filter 000016 agti F d View search Jl results Location indicate the folder in which you want to search for media files Media Type select the type of media you want to search for flash PDF picture PowerPoint text video Web Filter select file extension Click Search to initiate search The results will be displayed in the form of thumbnails You can drag an object from the Search panel to a page region 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 34 6 4 1 1 Sequence Properties To modify sequence properties select the sequence in the Pages panel of the Navigation Pane and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane View modify ln Sequence properties Design Set as default SEQUENCE Duration 00 05 00 Sequence properties include e Sequence name e Default status e Minimal display time Defining Sequence Name By default sequences are assigned a number based on the order in which they are created in the project You can change sequence name by typing it in the Name field The new sequence name will now be displayed in the navigation pane Set as dech Duration 00 05 00 Default Status A default sequence is the sequence played back by default in the player that is when no schedule has been defined To make a sequence default
83. fine object sizing alignment location and size Placement a Sizing Alignment Location 299 512 Left 299 i Alignment Top a The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered C Sine EE a 512 and vertically top bottom or centered width 683 i Location and Size eee Object size and location are defined in the corresponding Height eae fields Time 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 74 A PowerPoint object is a discrete object i e an object with a Tiis predefined playback duration that cannot be changed Therefore Object Display Time will display its Original Display Time 00 01 00 i length only that cannot be modified by user The display time will equal its original length Transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular Transition object changes to the next one A3 Three options are available In Slide Out Mone e None e Slide the object slides over the preceding one in the sist slide selected direction Click to select Select type of effect transition e Expand the object expands over the preceding one in the rea selected direction E p E Duration UO 00 ees Set transition duration Source File For a PowerPoint object the acceptable format of the source file is ppt Source File Click to change SOUICe The Source File prope
84. g area in the corresponding fields Left Set the indent of the viewing area to the right in pixels Top Set the indent of the viewing area from the top in pixels Width Set the width of the viewing area in pixels Height Set the height of the viewing area in pixels Click OK to add the viewing area to the page region Otherwise click Cancel See Web on modifying Web object properties 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 8 8 Adjust Media Properties 138 Objects properties are modified on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane To modify object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to its properties reesen ficken g The properties are presented in the form of groups Every properties group can be collapsed expanded by clicking its heading or and S For example to change Source File open the Source File group by clicking f Click to open the dialog for file selection Source File Clicktochange a source tile IMG_ 2 3b pg Select the file and click Open The file will be added to the frame instead of the previous one For the changes in properties to take effect click Enter or move to the next properties group Clicking Esc will cancel the changes and the values will be reset Every media object has specific properties See related topics Picture PowerPoint 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 use
85. ge split into four regions with a PDF file in the first region an image in the second region a news ticker in the third region and a video in the fourth region For a detailed description of splitting a page into regions see Split page into regions Add media content Media content is added to frames within regions see Add media to region frames Any media object added to the region is by default stretched to the maximum required size the size of the region Most objects are stretched with their proportions kept In other words if region proportions are different from object proportions the height width of the object will be stretched to the maximum while the rest of the region area will remain blank Thus in most cases you need to define region size and the objects will automatically fill all available space You can also define object size manually by dragging image grabbers or by modifying object 2007 2008 friendlyway AG How to 111 composer 7 user manual Placement parameters In this case the stretching mode will be disabled and the object will keep the size you have defined even if the size of the parent region has changed Defining Page Timing Parameters To adjust page timing settings you need to modify the timing parameters of page regions and frames The most convenient tool for fine tuning timing parameters on page level is the Timeline The timeline lists all the regions
86. ght click H 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 118 KE SI Add media object Click to split the nere current region from left Add media abject here Each region is created with an empty frame When an object is added to the current frame a frame is automatically created for the object To navigate between frames of a region use buttons EJ and EA You can also use the Insert New Region command in the Region tab of the Design ribbon menu or region context menu Adjusting Region Size To adjust region size move the region splitter H old lett mouse button over region splitter and movethe splitter Removing a Region When you remove a region you will remove all of its content i e all frames and media objects that have been added to it To remove a region select it by clicking E and then click x or select the Delete command in the Region tab of the Design ribbon menu or region context menu A message will appear friendlyway Composer A Are vou sure vou want to remove region and all its content Click Yes if you really want to remove the region and all its content Otherwise click No NOTE Once you remove the region you can reverse your action by using the Undo command 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 119 8 7 Add Media to Region Frames Media objects are added within frames of a page r
87. he terminals that have not sent their Heart Beat in due time e Only OK display the terminals without errors or warnings that have successfully sent the Heart Beat to the server e Only not OK display the terminals that have some errors or and warnings or those that have not sent their Heart Beat in due time State monitoring Select Active Passive or none When state monitoring is activated the system controls and analyses the state of the terminals and sends messages to the service 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 49 Country Select the country here countries are grouped for your convenience or select the hyphen not to filter by country Postal code Type the postal code of the terminal to be displayed You can use the asterisk in this field instead of one or several digits For example if you type one asterisk terminals with any postal code will be sorted out depending on other search criteria If you combine the asterisk with other digits e g 21 3 all postal codes starting with 21 and ending with 3 will be displayed View Errors Click the View errors button to see the list of errors if available for the currently selected terminal View errors Errr Gabi Bick i o Henbury Bae DK Dirk D gr EPH tte DK Dik By Hanged app lit tin hake DK Bick P BELGE td P Pia pee h per Eltseg PDOT in faded c cbfeat Girgbarckm f Tinke
88. icense Server View Hardware ID If you intend to use friendlyway composer 7 on one machine click View Hardware ID to view your Hardware ID SS Hardware ID 0890 2FBE 32606 6D Request License You can send a request for license directly from the License Manager 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual Registration 7 T Request License Fill out your personal details Hardware ID O89D2FRE328CO0BR6D Name Request by Select type of Company request 9 Mail Address Product Select composer City version of Postal code 9 composer Basic State composer Professional Country Phone Click to send request E Mail Send request Cancel Demoa License Fill in the details and click Send request Import License File Once you get the license file click Import License File and browse to the file lic on your computer If registration passes successfully friendlyway composer 7 will open and you can proceed to creating your presentation If registration fails the License Manager will close Please contact friendlyway support Connect to License Server After you received the license file via e mail you need to set up the License Server following the instructions from the e mail Then you need to connect to your license server Enter the name and port of your license server and click Connect T Connect to license server Server Pork 6200 Connect Cancel
89. ign a custom name to the page by typing it in the Name field Page A Name Paget Sizing mode name here Custom resolution Width 1280 Height 1024 a Click Apply for the changes to take effect Sizing Mode Page dimensions are defined in the Display Settings at project creation In this case they will be applied to all new pages However you can modify current page properties on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane Select the aspect ratio or resolution and click Apply for the changes to take effect 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 37 Sizing mode Custom resolution ee Normal aspect ratio 4 3 Wide aspect ratio 16 9 Custom aspect ratio bday fa d d al wi Fi Jwh LUStOM Tesolin Fired area Page transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular page changes to the next one Three options are available e None the page is displayed on top of the previous page without any visual effects e Slide the page slides over the preceding page in the selected direction e Expand the page expands over the preceding page in the selected direction Transition In Slide Out Hone Effect Slide Click to select transition direction M SR Duration OU OU aE te Set transition duration Page Background A3 Select type of effect Here you can define
90. in the page preview click on in the ribbon A preview player will open playing back page content with the settings you have defined To stop the page presentation press the ESC key 8 12 Transfer Project to player station When you create a project a project folder will be created in the location you have specified as project destination see Create project The project folder contains the project file fcproj file together with all subfolders with source files of used media objects To transfer a project to player station you can copy the project folder with the fcproj file and all subfolders to a removable device e g USB store it on the player PC and open the project with the player manually In this case you have to stop the current presentation in order to select a new one But it is not always possible to transfer the projects in this way The friendlyway composer 7 provides you following abilities to transfer the composer projects to player station s automatically i e without stopping the playback of current project 1 Transfer a project via Hard Disk Drive and Network Folders 2 Transfer a project via Removable devices 3 Transfer a project via Network Services 8 12 1 Transfer via Hard Disk Drive and Network Folders If you choose this way for project transmitting you should create a folder where you will store project packages and which will be monitored by player As soon as the player has found a project update th
91. ine Create a project and save it as a package 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 150 j 4 e kr 4 ai Click to save the project as a package Recent Projects c my composer projects te test presentation fcpro E Open Project Ctrl O G Save Project Ctrl 5 Click to save the project as a package Save Project As D Check for Updates Options Exit composer 7 Save the project package fcpkg file to the folder you have specified as path to update in the player options 8 12 2 Transfer via Removable devices If you choose this way for project transmitting a removable device USB CD DVD will be monitored by player After you have inserted the removable device in the PC the player will check it for updates If the player has found a project update the playback of the current presentation will be stopped and the new project will be played back This method of project transmitting implies some action on the composer machine as well as on the player machine e On the player machine Start the friendlyway player 7 and go to the player options on the Tools tab On the Project update tab tick the option Check for Updates and enable the option Removable device USB CD DVD In the field Path for Updates specify the folder on the removable device which should be checked for updates by player 2007 2008 friendlyway AG
92. ion of the selected folder Type the type of the content package secure browser composer 7 Virtual Path A virtual path by which the folder will be available on the terminal as a Web project From this window you can e Add content folder e Edit content folder e Delete content folder e Adding content folder To open the window for adding content folder click Add content folder 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 61 New folder Package details Hatt armsa Desg Pipli Author frend way AG Date of creabion 07 05 2008 16 19 00 Folder name Local paths GUST Cent path dezast Virtual path dh unload folder G cise P Hain Specify the following details for the new content folder Name The name of the content package Description The description of the content package Author The author of the content package Date of creation The date when the content package was created Folder name the folder name defined by user Local path The local path to the folder Client path The destination for the folder installation on a remote terminal If default is selected the folder will be installed to the default directory selected for the content storage for this terminal Virtual path A virtual folder in the IIS Internet Information Services If this folder needs to be accessible via HTTP and IIS is installed on the terminals
93. ke Ce Type Custom aspect ratio Horizontal ia Vertical I Click to apply display settings gt eee The settings will be applied to all the pages that you will be adding to the project 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 106 If you want to apply new settings to the already existing pages select checkbox Apply to existing pages 8 3 Add New Pages Pages are arranged in sequences There are three ways to add a page to a sequence e Adding a new page to a sequence e Adding an existing page to a sequence e Adding a page from templates Adding a New Page to a Sequence 1 Activate Page Designer by selecting the Design menu in the ribbon Select the Add New Page command in the Sequence Pages pane An empty page will appear in the Page Designer Sequencel pages LJ e a Le Sequencel pages a Page duration 00 01 00 An empty page added to the Sequence 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 107 NOTE The new page dimensions will be based on the display settings you have defined OR 1 Select the sequence to which you want to add a page in the Design panel of the Navigation pane and right click to open the context menu Select SEQUENCE Insert Existing colt Delete From Project Rename 2 Select Add New Page in the context menu The new page will be added to the sequence
94. l How to 147 Monitor Power Turn off for all day Turn off at 08 00 00 Turn on at 10 00 00 d Userecurrence Recurrence pattern Daily Recur every 1 S week s on 9 Weekly J Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Monthly d Saturday Range of recurrence Start 8 24 2008 No End Date End after 10 S Occurrences In general settings define date and time at which you want to switch off your display s If you want to turn off the display for all day tick the corresponded option Customize the settings in fields Use recurrence and Range of recurrence if needed To confirm click OK Editing an Entry To edit an entry double click on it in the schedule view 8 Sunday Monday Tuesday 8 Wednesday p Thursday wei Jun 10 11 12 13 14 Le Eemere oe Le Double click the entry S you want to edit Sequence q Jup 10 Jun 16 Zen L GH if m Ta d 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 148 This will open the dialog box for editing entry settings the same as the dialog box for adding a new entry Modify the settings and click OK for the changes to take effect otherwise click Cancel 8 11 Previewing Page Content Once you create a project you can run a test preview of your presentation Previewing Page Content To preview page content as it will appear on the display open the page in the Page Designer To beg
95. lacement 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 68 Here you can define object sizing alignment location and eee o size F SC Sizing Sizing custom object size Alignment 5 l T pe L d original object size E Location 299 512 object size stretched to fit region size SS Lett E Alignment Top He The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered Cize E03 EI and vertically top bottom or centered Width bog Location and Size WE 7 Object size and location are defined in the corresponding fields Height ala Time After you have inserted a linked project the original display time Display Time 00 01 00 of this project will be displayed This display time can be changed by user in the corresponding field of the dockable pane or by means of Timeline If you want to restore the original display time of the subproject click Refresh content Source File The Source File property allows viewing the file name of the current media object and changing the media object file EE Click to change source file NOTE You cannot enter a file name manually To change the samplel fcproj S a file name click to open the file selection dialog To change the object file click and browse to the file you want to use instead of the current
96. le sequences built from the same set of pages In other words you can use the same pages to create several different sequences which makes your presentation much more flexible and manageable You can set up your player to play a different sequence depending e g on the time of day or the day of the week in the schedule 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 12 sequence 1 Sequence 2 You can view and modify sequence properties on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane See other related topics e Project Structure e Create Sequences e Sequence Properties 5 2 2 Pages A page is a high level organization unit within a friendlyway composer 7 project A presentation consists of one or more pages that are displayed one after another in the order defined by the sequence As a rule one page takes up the whole display screen though you can make the page take only part of the screen by modifying display settings The pages in their turn are split into regions which are filled with multiple individual media objects video pictures and more 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 13 Add media object to the region Flash D i Linked Project PDF Picture PowerPoint R55 Text W Ju cil EI le E E K io Individual pages are edited in the Page Designer where you cr
97. let before the line in which the cursor is positioned Left Aligns the text left Center Aligns the text in the center Right Aligns the text right 6 7 8 TV To modify TV object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane TV object properties include Placement Time Transition Channel Output Settings Placement 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 84 Here you can define object sizing alignment location and Deet size SE 5 o Sizing ie custom object size Simer C ol original object size eh H Location 299 512 23 object size stretched to fit region size Lett 299 Alignment Top Ailes The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered p Spe BAe 512 and vertically top bottom or centered Width 653 Location and Size Object size and location are defined in the corresponding Height ale o fields Object Display Time A TV is an analog object i e an object with an indefinite Time A playback duration i e user can easily change it Display Time 00 01 00 P Adjust the display time in the corresponding field Transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular Transition a object changes to the next one Three options are available In Slide Out None e None Effect Slide e Slide
98. lick on the pane and drag it using the rulers for orientation Drop the pane for it to dock 2007 2008 friendlyway AG 32 friendlyway composer User Interface composer 7 user manual EF ui Bugs RH ge Drag the pane using the rulers for onentation Properties The Properties tab displays the properties of the selected item The properties are grouped Each group can be hidden by clicking s and opened by clicking i or by clicking the group name For the changes in properties to take effect click Enter or move to the next properties group Clicking Esc will cancel the changes and the values will be reset See related topics Media object properties Region properties Page properties Sequence Properties Content The Content tab displays all files used in the project independent of the page or pages they are assigned to the same object can be used in several regions pages and sequences but the object will be saved once only to save memory 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 33 Click to expand S list of files A Ir OC I AP 1 IMG_2736 ipg GI IMG_2789 jpg Select file to see its preview at the bottom N of the Media Explorer _2 35 pq 8 Video GQ Web e Search The Search tab provides the filters for searching media objects on your computer Click to browse to
99. ll files used in the project on the Content tab of the Dockable Pane All media files incorporated in the project are stored in the same folder as the project 6 7 1 Flash To modify flash object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane Flash object properties include Placement Object Display Time Transition Source File Flash Preview Placement 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 66 Here you can define object sizing alignment location and Placement Baal size _ Sizing k Sizing custom object size Alignment original object size HH Location 299 512 object size stretched to fit region size SE Lett 299 Alignment Top Hle The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered j Cire BAe 512 and vertically top bottom or centered Width 653 Location and Size Object size and location are defined in the corresponding fields Height ale Object Display Time A flash object is a discrete object i e an object with a Time A predefined playback duration But the user can modify the display time of a flash object manually because the flash Display Time 00 01 00 i display time can be different on different PCs and when playing back in different applications Transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way
100. llabon rom the lest and cick Mea button Enter terminal information and click Finish 2007 2008 friendlyway AG friendlyway player User Interface 99 composer 7 user manual Lit ene OLUETEHS KU Loi Terminal c ent3 1 Fo regntaton of pour player short description of the player locaton eg entance aiea ond location county ae required TC Location Steel adders How to disconnect the player from the network services You can disconnect your player installation from the composer network services at any time and switch the player to stand alone mode The player station can be disconnected from the composer network services server via Tools menu tnendlyway player 7 Press Ctrl F to play Ctri 5 to stop After you have selected Disconnect from the network services the following window will appear 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 100 License manager This player e connected to Inendyway network senices To monitor the peper oniine of deploy Cordier packages pleace ute your metallahon of Ieere uwenm composer Player name Terrina ID chenti 3 Instalator pode 1CEJGEBA D9A7 44A59A6633009A783AC70 License key Bor 87 334 D232 4999 S308 TASB SEB F Expiration date 17 00 2008 Disconnect player from network sevice and svabch the player to standalone mode Tick the checkbox below and click Nex
101. n in the Page Designer by clicking and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane For a region you can define e Region Name e Location and size e Background Region Name By default regions are assigned a number based on the order in which they have been added to the page You can assign a custom name to the region by typing it in the Name field Type region name Region The region name will now appear in the Timeline Location and Size Region size and location are defined in the corresponding fields on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane You can adjust region location by defining the placement of its top left corner e Left positions the top left corner relative to the whole page width e Top positions the top left corner relative to the whole page height Region A Define top left Name Regions comer location Location 0 312 Left Top Gize B40 117 width Height To change region size define the new values in the Size group of region settings 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 41 Region Name Region Location 0 512 Lett Oo Top Size B40 x 117 Win Height SSE Region Background Here you can define a background for a region frame The background can be either an image or gradient fill To add an image as background 1 Click Picture in the Background properties 2
102. n with the currently active media object Insert to Left Inserts a region to the left of the selected region Insert to Right Inserts a region to the right of the selected region Insert to Top Inserts a region to the top of the selected region Insert to Bottom Inserts a region to the bottom of the selected region Delete Removes selected region and all its contents Frame Move Forward Moves the selected frame before the previous one Move Backward Moves the selected frame after the next one Delete Removes the frame with the object in the frame Insert Flash Opens the dialog for adding a flash file to the frame Linked Project Opens the dialog for adding an existing composer project to the frame PDF Opens the dialog for adding a PDF file to the frame Picture Opens the dialog for adding an image file to the frame PowerPoint Opens the dialog for adding a PowerPoint file to the frame RSS Opens the dialog for adding an RSS feed to the frame Text Opens the dialog for adding a text file to the frame Video Opens the dialog for adding a video file to the frame Web Opens the dialog for adding a Web site to the frame Page Preview Page Preview current page Schedule Design View Schedule Network Services Help SSC g gz Week Month 4 Delete Turn off New Monitor Entry 2007 2008 friendlyway
103. nsition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular Transition A object changes to the next one Three options are available In Slide Out Nore e None e Slide the object slides over the preceding one in the Se SES selected direction Ick to select Fa Selectt e Expand the object expands over the preceding one in the transition Lh H PEA ANS selected direction Source File For a picture object all image formats are acceptable The Source File property allows viewing the file name of the current media object and changing the media object file NOTE You cannot enter a file name manually To change the file name click H to open the file selection dialog To change the object file click and browse to the file you want to use instead of the current one Preview direction of effect M F o io Durations 00 00 Set transition duration Source File Click to change a source file IMG_ 2 3b pg A picture is a static object therefore picture preview displays the object 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 73 6 7 5 PowerPoint To modify PowerPoint object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane PowerPoint object properties include Placement Time Transition Source File PowerPoint Preview Placement Here you can de
104. nual How to 109 Click to add a new page to sequence from the selected template ED p Click to open Templates library mt Delet Dimas Click to rename selected template Click to delete Clase selected template S Click to close the Template 1 Template templates library Template2 AT pe P lege N i ant WW d TE ASS ii As d Select the template you want to add to the sequence and click New Page from Template The template will be added to the list of sequence pages To save the current page as template click Save Page as Template To rename a template select it and click Rename To remove a page from templates library select it and click Delete To close the templates library click Close 8 4 Edit Existing Pages Page content is edited in the Page Designer You can edit existing pages by e Editing page content e Defining page timing parameters e Editing page properties Select the page you want to edit by clicking on it in the Navigation pane 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 110 T iW w a r Paget b isse COOL OO H i F P E Ls Auge RN Paad Meher N Editing Page Content To organize page content you need to 1 2 Define page layout The key elements in structuring pages are regions A region is a Square area On a page consisting of a number of frames For example you can have a pa
105. of using your own server you have to activate the second option Connect player to other network services server and specify the IP address or server name Click Next button License manager Welcome to fiendkevay composer network cenaces Ther setup arzriard wll commect pour player to eschen network pemos and allow pou bo monika the system onina and deploy the content packages Connect player to frendhway network peices server Connect player tbo othe nelvwork senaces server Nehwak zeivger ever If you use proxy server specify your proxy server settings If the connection was successfully established Next button becomes active Click Next 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 96 License manager SS 9 Setup assistant is iing lo connect the payer to eeben nelvok services lin case of dificules please check your server address or proxy settings Establishing conmection bo testcev User pecoy server Send request Connection hat been estabkrhed succerstully Code 200 Proxy server Part fi Loo Parnvord Depending on whether you have an account on the network services server or not your next step can be the following Creating account if you don t have an account on network services server you have to create it at first and only then you can register your terminal Registration of terminal if you already have
106. off Monitor is not activated Display An object describing the logical output unit in a kiosk where the presentation will be displayed Display time The time in seconds describing how long objects such as media objects are to be displayed Kiosk A computer with a flat screen installed in a public place for displaying advertising and other information Media file A file with multimedia content such as video text Web page etc Media object A media content unit that can be played back during a presentation A video a picture etc are all individual media objects In the simplest case a media object is a physical file stored on a computer However a media object can be in the form of a Web page stream video or RSS feed that are not stored on a disk but downloaded from the Internet right before playback A media object has attributes describing its placement appearance and time behavior Page A high level organization unit within a composer 7 project As a rule a page covers the whole display and consists of one media object or a set of regions However user can modify page properties so that the page will take up part of the screen only Player An executable application for playback of multimedia presentations created with composer Ee Presentation Multimedia content that can be played back on a kiosk This notion includes various video audio and graphical formats that can be played back on the screen simultaneously or follow each o
107. oject is essentially a collection of sequences that are composed of pages with media content on them Click on elements in the diagram to switch to related topics Pages are designed and filled with media content Sa do amp Web Y ideo We em Picture DF Flash Linked PowerPoint IN project Page J and the pages are arranged into sequences sequence 1 Sequence 2 Sequence 3 When you create a project a project folder My Composer Projects will be created in the root of the directory in which your operation system is installed where all project media contents and sequences will be stored together with the project file The project file has its own format fcproj A page in its turn is made of regions and the media objects are added to the regions 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer 7 Concepts 11 Add media object to the region Flash D UL i Linked Project PDF Picture PowerPoint R55 Text w Ju cil E el X E K io The sequences can be arranged for display in the Schedule 5 2 1 Sequences A sequence is a set of pages arranged in a certain order for playback IMPORTANT There is a default sequence in every project This sequence will be always played back by player if no other sequence is set up for this period of time in Schedule or the option Turn off Monitor is not activated A project can have multip
108. ou want to add your sequence click the arrow or modify the date manually Start at Define the time at which you want your sequence to start playing Start after Select the sequence after which you want to play this sequence Bar color Click to open a color palette for selecting the color in which you want this entry to appear in your schedule Repeat Define the number of times your sequence should be repeated Duration Set the duration for displaying your sequence End Define the time at which the sequence should stop playing Recurrence pattern To activate recurrence setting properties select the Use Recurrence check box Select to activate recurrence settings Recurrence patter 9 Daily 9 Even 1 dapis Week Even weekday _ R E Monthly Range of recurrence Stark 5 23 2007 No End Date End alter Gel RS By specifying the recurrence pattern you specify the days on which the sequence will be displayed Use the radio button to select between daily weekly or monthly pattern Daily recurrence pattern 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 144 To activate the daily recurrence pattern select Daily in the radio group For the daily pattern you can either indicate the interval number of days at which the sequence will be displayed or select it to be displayed Every weekday Indicate the interval at which the sequence will RPE scht Z GT
109. page in the navigation pane 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 113 A vb e Www agp ed es IDLEIRR hopen Wie modily page properties Kya Fag Lee bie 00000 aire repito W i iai Hagi fee Dac rard A Trends g Jurio File riire E EF ee F Ge J BS Page Name The page name is the page identifier in the project By default pages are assigned a number based on the order in which they are added to the project You can assign a custom name to the page by typing it in the Name field Page Mame Fage4 Sizing mode name here Custom resolution Width 1280 Height 1031 i Click Apply for the changes to take effect The page name will be displayed in the Page Designer and Sequence Pages under the respective page Sizing Mode Page dimensions are defined in the display settings at project creation In this case they will be applied to all new pages However you can modify current page properties on the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane 1 In the Sizing mode area select the required aspect ratio or display resolution see Configure Display Settings for their description and click Apply 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 114 Sizing mode Lea Custom resolution ee Normal aspect ratio 4 3 Wide aspect ratio 16 9 Custom aspect ratio Custom resolution
110. r Error ipi rely k lana F SP fg ad Amik g i Lee a 1 Apply te all terminalia cm her emai S Chasse The detailed description of errors includes the date and time when the error occurred the error text e g Server did not respond or URL 12 345 678 90 HTTP connect failed etc as well as memory state CPU utilization OK Critical and the number of hanged applications Click Clear errors to remove all errors from the list Apply to all terminals select this checkbox and click Clear errors to clear errors for all terminals Player reports To view player report click Player reports This will open the window for specifying the content group or terminals for which you want to see the report and the interval for the report start time and end time 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 50 Player report Select groups or terminals Group Start tine 11 95 2000 D I 1703 Cl End time 11 06 209 06 17 03 s Groups Terminals Select the group terminal start time and end time and click Next to move to the next step Player report Selected groups des Start me Ried ef Geos PH End time BASS FS BSF se bh Media formats Files internethenminall pg inkennietenminals jpg inbennetterminalipg cack Gites cancel Select the Media format and then the Files for which you want to see the report if you don t
111. r manual How to 139 e Linked Project e TV 8 9 Create Sequences A sequence is a set of pages arranged in a certain order When you create a project the first sequence is created by default and includes the first page of the project Sequences are listed in the Design pane of the Navigation pane and the pages that make up the sequence are listed in the Sequence pages pane Design H w s wi Sequencel clm aitspgp OTTO List of SEQUENCES De Sequence duration 00 00 00 Sequence pages O Lae Lee List of sequence pages aM P PE re ai 3 7 ye b J EF Adding a New Sequence To add a new sequence click Create New button in the Design toolbar This will add a new sequence in the Design list of the Navigation pane The new sequence will be added after the existing ones and will be assigned a sequential number 2007 2008 friendlyway AG How to 140 composer 7 user manual Design jaa es Sequence duration LO New sequence added duration 00 03 00 1 dura SeQUEenCes guration ULE La UL ke Ca wi Geh Che Sec Gn Le CO UCI Sequences 6 eOuer ices duration UL OL LI A The newly created sequence is empty You now need to add pages to the sequence Changing Page Order in a Sequence There are two methods for changing page order in a sequence e Dragging and dropping e Move Up ie and Move Down 4 bu
112. rent and the Slides will appear directly over the region background selected in the region properties If you disable the option Move slide the options Direction and Speed will be disabled too If you enable the option Move slide the option Exposition time will be disabled 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 81 Settings Click bo edit Wee Ticker Slider Slider settings d Move Slide Direction d we Move the slider to oo change the speed Speed e Specify the alignment of the test Align Exposition time d Fillbackground Click to select background color Preview To preview your text object click Start in the Preview area To stop preview click Stop 6 7 7 1 Text Editor For a text object you can also start a text editor by clicking Edit Text under Settings A3 Settings pe Ticker Slider This will open the Text Editor with your text in the work area 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 82 Edi bexi STR nbe une Ianeteiiunptnkoegorkber AT ale nsellem empi belirir File Pan Fast Formal aj Gare Send Got A Sa Dei Ce Weis The editor has the familiar interfere of 15 Word and enables yeu to perform basic text formeting operations The editor has the familiar interface of MS Word and enables you to perform basic text form
113. roject Play with Microsoft PowerPoint Select the option Play with Microsoft PowerPoint and click Next fe Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard Step 2 Choose how Player will show PowerPoint Presentation Playback options Play as Video PowerPoint Filewill be automatically converted to Video file In this case you do not need PowerPoint Application installed on your player machine but quality may suffer on high resolution PowerPoint will be played as is This option provides highest possible quality but you need having PowerPoint Application installed on every player machine Then specify the timing settings by choosing between forced slide transition every x seconds and internal presentation settings for the slide transition 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 132 Tei Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard Estimated total playback time 5 second s g Previous Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard a Wizard completed Congratulations You have successfullyadded PowerPoint presentation into Composer project 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 133 8 7 6 Adding a Web Object friendlyway composer 7 provides you a possibility to add a Web object to your presentation You can add a page from internet as well as a local page The workflow for adding this type of media objects is following e
114. roject package fcpkg file to the folder on the removable device you have specified as path to update in the player options 8 12 3 Transfer via Network Services After you have created and saved your project click the Network Services tab in the ribbon or on the Navigation Pane to switch to the Network Services operation mode Entering the Network Services at first time you should specify www composernetworkservices com before friendlyway composer 7 version 4 3 the friendlyway s composer network services server was hosted at www client manager net as server if you use friendlyway network services server or the name of your server if you use own server in our sample test station enter proper user password and click Connect ON E ve r Design Schedule Network Services Help Address test station User admin Password Overview e Tarmenal 15 7 Tarma stater WW Courts Paral ode a Someenharts aay af Contei CGoapute Terminal A Leta Country Ciny Lat ace cen Sais Copien group Cerrent eonient tina enen Acioms i eT a RES LEES EU LE Sy Se mm PF Content Packages dei fest mem Germany sonion o eee Pee pi pages LO g lt 1 zz E page iali ai Ausge Pekage to Group dg ew rors 1 legftigvegr teoria Bventiog Termine denea Content packages SI Ovewiew aw Screenshots a content Groups Available content packages lt ke
115. round You can choose the background color from the color box or you can disable the option Fill background In this case the background of the frame will be transparent and the 79 00 01 00 00 00 00 A3 Click to change source bie text will appear directly over the region background selected in the region properties e Gap specify the number of pixels after which the beginning of the text will start rotating again A3 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 80 Settings Edt Tert Define text pe Ticker Sg Ticker settings Direction a Speed d Fill background W Gap Slider Mode Align md Imad A3 movenent direction Define text movement speed Click to change background color In the Slider mode the text is displayed page by page For this mode you can define Direction text movement direction can be right to left left to right bottom to top and top to bottom Speed movement speed of the text slide use the slider to change the speed Align the slide can be aligned verticaly top bottom or centered Exposition time the amount of time a slide will be displayed Background You can choose the background color from the color box or you can disable the option Fill background In this case the background of the frame will be transpa
116. rty allows viewing the file name of the Chart ppt is current media object and changing the media object file NOTE You cannot enter a file name manually To change the file name click ll to open the file selection dialog To change the object file click and browse to the file you want to use instead of the current one PowerPoint The PowerPoint property allows two modifications to the current file editing and re writing e Edit click this button if you want to edit the current PowerPoint presentation This will open MS PowerPoint Once you ve made changes to the presentation the conversion wizard will open again offering to convert the presentation to wmv video file If you cancel conversion process at this point you can still do it later using the Rewrite button e Rewrite click this button if you want to rewrite the current PowerPoint file with the changes made at the Edit step Preview To preview your PowerPoint file click in the Preview area 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 75 Adjust the volume using the preview controls Preview A3 Click to H SE Click to mute TI Adjust volume le Kat d 6 7 6 RSS To modify RSS object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane RSS object properties include Placement Time Feed
117. ser will be started at each Windows startup Click to select the project should be played back after player has started Auto logon Enable this option to automatically log in to the PC with the account data specified in this pane namely user name password and domain The Project update tab allows you to define update options Options Parameters AutoStart Project update Player update v Check for Updates Removable devices USBSCD4DYD Path for Updates Path for Projects C Documents and Settings ales My Documents My Composer Pr jun oe Cl Gent Tick the checkbox Check for Updates to enable the option With the help of this function you can automatically transfer project updates to player station s without stopping the current presentation Choose the requested update method In the field Path for Updates specify the path to the folder which the player should monitor for the purpose of new projects In the field Path for 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway player User Interface 94 Projects specify the path to the directory where your projects will be stored Detailed information how to transfer project updates to the player stations you can find in the corresponding chapters The Player update tab provides the ability to define application update options Parameters AutoStark Project update Player update Allow silent update until oe eae
118. settings on the composer workstation and on the player stations should be the same If this is not the case it is assumed that the player settings are more important These options can be changed in the Feed source field of the dockable pane For the media object RSS you can choose either Ticker or Slider type of view Each mode has its own settings Ticker type has only right to left and left to right move direction You can use the slider to modify the movement speed In the field Ticker settings you can specify color font and font size of news title and description To customize the appearance of the news ticker click Advanced settings 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 125 Settings A Advanced RSS settings Type Ticker a Slider Fill background Ticker settings GN dee Content the font ap SE Move the slider to Direction E SES font size of the ASS feed Text before R55 feed W Arial 12 SEKR f Text before every item M Arial 12 het e S Title E W Arial 18 Bold Title font Text after Title Arial 12 Description font E Description Arial 12 Fill background o rt Text after Description Arial 12 Text after R55 feed Arial 12 Preview is Click to show the begining of the RSS source DNA links man to ant Click to apply the settings t re OK Cancel In the window Advanced RSS settings you can set the text that will be display
119. st access State Content group elhent2 2 test room Germany 25 08 2008 21 09 OK TEST row per page LO WI jc ee p gt 7 page 1 ett Qt View errors wi Piayer reports Ei Event log Terminal details After your content package has been uploaded and installed on the terminal player 7 will begin to play it back and you will be able to see the screenshots from your terminal display For observing the screenshots just go to the Screenshots section to enlarge the screenshot just click the small preview picture Screenshots s Terminal Hr Terminal state Ka Coustrw fs Ka Foal code Appby Sed CTO C0 ei KO Terral leet 3 8 L ocabweo feet noon abe DE Pe b PHA Lart access 2508 2003 aiga Screenshot 22 62008 fire 24 1 BHR p pigh LO m E g kb mi rige i oF i 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual Glossary 156 9 Glossary Aspect ratio The relation of width to height The aspect ratio will be represented as a relation of integers There is a set of predefined aspect ratios such as normal 4 3 wide screen 16 9 or custom defined by user in the project settings friendlyway composer 7 An executable application for creating and editing multimedia presentations Default sequence There is a default sequence in every project This sequence will be always played back by player if no other sequence is set up for this period of time in Schedule or the option Turn
120. start date and an end date To mark the start date go to the Start field or open the calendar for selecting the date Range of recurrence Start 572372007 Le No End Date 4 May 2007 Click to open calendar ID occurences SM T Ww TF Sen 2 S deb End by 5 24 2007 6 7 8 9101112 13 141516171814 OK Cancel UU es 2 ee To mark the end date use the radio buttons Define the number of No End Date OCCUMENCes End after 10 OCCUPENCES i End by 5 24 2007 No End Date the sequence will be displayed for an indefinite time End after indicate the number of occurrences after which the sequence should no longer be displayed End by indicate the date by which the sequence should stop being displayed How to set up the display deactivation composer 7 allows you to switch off your player display s in standby mode during the night or weekend time To set up this option click on Turn off the Monitor in the Entry section 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 146 Design Schedule Network Services ITa Month List OR Select the area in schedule view click with the left mouse button on it and click Turn off Monitor la Sunday 35s Monday Sequencel Sequencel Q am The dialog window Monitor Power will appear 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manua
121. t The next window will offer you to check the connection with the server You can skip this step and then click Next Enter your User ID and password in corresponding fields License manager Please enter pour network services UserID and Barzen After these steps your player will be disconnected from the network services 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 101 8 How to This chapter will introduce you to the basics of creating a presentation with friendlyway composer 7 The typical workflow can be presented as the following user steps Start friendlyway composer 7 Create new project Open new page Create regions on the page Add one or several media objects to each region Add and design other pages Make sequences out of the pages Create a schedule for displaying your sequences Save project Create a package to be deployed on a display played back with a player GE E Eer pa See related topics Create project Configure display settings Add new pages Edit existing pages Define page properties Split page into regions Add media to region frames Adjust media properties Create sequences Create schedule Test project playback Move project to another computer 8 1 Create Project To create a new project 1 Start friendlyway composer 7 At the start of the application a window will open offering the following options to choose from e Creat
122. t zb rt iig i E I U A i 2 le eS ee J Regent eae 3 ER vue tendiywaycom 00120 ED WteGntzane Im 10 0120 oe CA Tibud ncra kintts O EH e k Heron Ma ercticing ToL schall Procerte WI Content sg Search f The Page Designer displays the page in the form of a canvas that you can split into regions and add media objects to see Split page into regions Add media to region frames 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 31 Add media object to the region Flash D UL i Linked Project PDF Picture PowerPoint R55 Text W Ju cil EI ye X E K io To open the Page Designer click the Design tab in the ribbon or click on the page you want to edit in the Sequence Pages panel of the Navigation pane 6 4 1 Dockable Pane Dockable pane provides additional abilities for e modifying the properties of a media object page sequence or the whole project on the Properties tab e convenient display of all media files used in the project on the Content tab e searching media files you want to add to your presentation in the Search tab The pane is docked by default to the right of the work area and you can easily switch between its tabs placed below You can undock each tab of the pane and dock it to any other side of the work area or just leave it floating by a simple drag and drop operation Docking a Pane C
123. tent that will be assigned to the group and the version of the content Selected terminals Name Location The terminals assigned to this group Available terminals Name Location The terminals that can be assigned to this group Create new terminal Switch to the page for registration of a new terminal that will be available for selection Ok The provided data will be validated and the new group will be created Cancel Cancel the provided data and switch to the previous page Delete group To remove a group select it in the table and click Delete group 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 57 Content groups E Experience handy management of your terminal groupa Available groups m hice the Wiew deteds button to see the current stetus of the group Using the Assign packege button you can essign a new content package to the selected group BS i guhck amd easily et view details E Assign package Hammel Description Currant package Currant wersion Newt package Next version Terminals webinar we borer E 1 TEST GROUP TEST GROUP Empty D E A Create group f Edit group a pid 6 6 4 Content Packages Management of Content Packages allows you to upload the content onto the server A page listing available packages if any and providing functions for content packages management will be displayed Content packages IU Emjay
124. terface 71 Preview Detine the page you want to jump 6 7 4 Picture To modify picture properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane Picture properties include e Placement e Object Display Time e Transition e Source File e Preview Placement Here you can define object sizing alignment location and emer A size Sizing Sizing a Custom object size Alignment al original object size Location 299 512 Left 299 object size stretched to fit region size Alignment Top Ailes The object can be aligned horizontally left right or centered 1 Size 683x512 and vertically top bottom or centered i Width EISE Location and Size Object size and location are defined in the corresponding fields Height ale 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 72 Object Display Time Picture is an analog object i e an object with an indefinite Time A playback duration i e user can easily change it The timing properties for a picture include Display Time 00 01 00 e Display time the amount of time the object will be Refresh Time 00 00 00 A displayed on the screen and y e Refresh time the amount of time after which the object will be replaced with the next one if available Adjust the timing properties in the corresponding fields Tra
125. ternal presentation settings for the slide transition fe Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard oar Step 3 Choose timing settings Playback speed Turn over slides every 5 _ seconds Estimated total playback time 5 second s ee Previous Ile During conversion process it will be impossible to switch to another window application because the video picture is being captured from the display while PowerPoint plays back the presentation file If you have a long presentation you should take into account that the conversion time will be as much as the PowerPoint playback time To start conversion click Next 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 130 fe Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard Step 4 Convert PowerPoint Presentation into Video format At following step PowerPoint file will be converted into Video format Itwill take about 5 second s During this processyou may not switch to anotherwindow without stopping conversion Click Next button to start The conversion window will appear TEST PPT PAGE 3 Please wait until window with the Wizard completed message will appear and click Finish 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 131 fe Adding PowerPoint presentation wizard Wizard completed Congratulations You have successfullyadded PowerPoint presentation into Composer p
126. the flexible menagement of your content packages Available content packages D Use Loiosgd package button for uploedeng peckage te the server and Dewnlesd package Button for dewnlosdmg content package from the server Chek Sseegn packas to gecug button to transfer the selected package to the required terminal group on the Fly KA Upload peckage EA Download peckage P Acagi package ta group Namek Last versinn Description Total units Use count best 27 1 1 1 Leg 43 l A Si Edit peckage NM Dele pechkaga Ee gt gt ene af i The content packages table displays the information on the existing content packages Name the name of the content package Last version the last version of the content package Description a description of the content package Total units the total number of units in the content package Use count the number of terminals to which the package is assigned From this page you can Upload package Download package Assign package to group Edit package Delete package 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 58 Upload package Use Upload package button for uploading the current project Click to select the Upload package E p p g content package Package to update New package h E Project name test presentation Project folder CC te composer projects test presentation Description Cli
127. the object slides over the preceding one in the selected direction e Expand the object expands over the preceding one in the selected direction Click to select transition direction of effect CH P Wi Curation OO DOE es Set transition duration Channel You can change the channel to another channel in the current list from the drop down list in the Channel properties 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual friendlyway composer User Interface 85 Channel a Channel GLOBAL WATCH jam GLOBAL WATCH GOD CHANNEL HBO ES NORGE Eo NORDEN KANAL 10 KAT To change the channel list click Configure in the Channel properties This will open the window for channel selection Output Settings Output settings for TV objects include Volume and Aspect i Output settings a ratio Use the slider to modify volume To change aspect ratio open the Aspect ratio drop down list Volume f and select from the following l e Original sanasa e 4 3 This is the aspect ratio of a traditional television Aspect ratio ELE screen TFT s VideoCubes etc e 16 9 Select this option when using high definition displays such as a plasma display or similar wide screen devices e Custom A user defined aspect ratio 6 7 9 Video To modify video object properties select the object by clicking on it and go to the Properties tab of the Dockable Pane The properties for vid
128. the server e Failed the terminal has failed to send its Heart Beat in a due time so the state is not defined It is recommended to check it manually Content group the content group which the terminal belongs to Current content the multimedia packages currently playing on the terminal Next content the multimedia package scheduled for play back after the current one Actions Click the shortcut icons to perform the following actions with the current terminal A Reboot Restart the currently selected terminal Get current state Check the state of the terminal right away d Remote access Start a remote access program VNC that will access the currently selected terminal In case you do not have such a program the system will suggest you to download it cs Screenshot View the screenshot of the terminal Filtering display options You can filter the entries to be displayed by using the following filtering options Terminal state Turned off w State monitoring Active Country Germany v Postal code Apply Terminal state Select the state of the terminals you want to sort out or select the hyphen not to filter by terminal state e Warnings display only the terminals with some warnings that might be helpful to prevent errors e Errors display the terminals with certain errors e g the memory state is critical e Turned off display the list of turned off terminals only e Failed display t
129. the time of picture display on the screen Timeline A timeline is a tool for viewing the list of all regions of the page with all the media objects added to them and for modifying their display time Transition Transition is the visual effect that defines the way a particular page or page element changes to the next one e g sliding fading etc Transition direction The direction of the selected transition effect 2007 2008 friendlyway AG
130. ther in a certain order Project A set of multimedia files and a description file describing the multimedia files must be placed on the screen and at what time composer 7 projects are usually saved in separate directories Composer and player open the project description file project file fcproj for presentation editing or playback Refresh time The interval after which the media objects are to be reloaded Used if the displayed object can change its content during the display time Region A square area on a page consisting of a list of frames Any page can be split into regions each region displaying its own media content Regions never overlap and take up the whole page surface in a tile like manner Each region contains its own list of media objects that are displayed one after another Thus you can design a mini slide show in each region Each region can contain one media object such as a ticker text only that will be displayed continuously Sequence A set of pages ordered for playback A project can have multiple sequences built from the same set of pages to allow presentation of different pages 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual Glossary 157 Time Mode Various settings defining the time parameters for playback Timing parameters can be defined for pages regions and media objects Specific timing settings depend on the type of element to which they are applied For example user can defined
131. tions The tool was specially developed for users who compose and manage various multimedia presentations and want to automatically or manually switch between various contents in an appealing way With friendlyway composer 7 you can create a professional presentation from scratch without any specific technical knowledge The professional package that you purchased provides a wide range of features due to its modules e A wide range of media objects that can be imported to your presentation including text RSS images video flash PowerPoint TV Web and PDF e The media objects are positioned on individual frames thus making it possible to create unlimited layers of media content e Ability to split your screen in multiple zones with individual content in each one e Setting transition effects for pages and individual objects e Including music to accompany your presentation e Full support of all image types scalable graphics e All objects have their own display time and other properties e Timeline based editing of display times and effects e Dynamic text e Playback in any size or resolution We are looking forward to your feedback Please feel free to send us your opinion concerning composer 7 functions and also your suggestions for further improvement You can contact us at software friendlyway com Your friendlyway composer 7 team 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual System Requirements A
132. ttons in the Sequence pages toolbar For example to move a page down 1 Click on the page you want to move hold the left mouse button and drag the page to its destination OR 2 Click E in the Sequence Pages toolbar The page will be moved down Select Move Page Down command in the context menu toolbar Sequence pages Ww Lae La Hold left mouse button and drag the Paged fhasi 00 01 00 Paged duration 00 01 00 ene Removing a Page from a Sequence To remove a page from a sequence select the page in the Sequence Pages list of the Navigation pane and click E in the Sequence Pages toolbar 2007 2008 friendlyway AG composer 7 user manual How to 141 8 10 Create Schedule In the schedule you can e Add anew entry e Set up the display deactivation e Edit an existing entry Adding a New Entry To add a new entry 1 Click New in the Entry section of the Schedule tab in the ribbon a 6 a G gt i a A i TE EE A eh E on tee Feie re Ba LESION HELY k Lal ER ze et l NEn o D a 8 Turn off Monitor OR OR Drag the sequence you want to add to schedule from the Sequences pane to the schedule view Sequence duration 60 03 00 Sequences duration 00 05 00 am 0 Sequencer 10 00 00 1p ES STT ae H ne 2008 a aaa i d Sequence 00 0 SMIT wi E 5 LL 12

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