Jump from Blank screen to slide N during presentation

This is an enhancement request for use when projecting song lyrics during
church service...

What about enabling the user to jump directly to another slide while you
have a black screen or white screen?

So after hitting,

B or PERIOD
Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen
W or COMMA
Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen

enable the user to jump immediately to another slide N.

For example I am on slide 12, I goto black screen, then I hit 13 and enter
so that I don't have to show slide 12 again.

In other words enable the jump to slide shortcut key while black screen or
white screen is on.

This would be much better than inserting blank slides in between each song...

You have something against blank slides? Why?

It sounds like you have embraced the blackout key more strongly than I shun
it. I have yet to use it in any of the hundreds of church services I've
built and run. I don't use it for the exact reason you state: you can't
come out of it smoothly or, for that matter, go into it smoothly.

By adding a blank slide at the end of your hymn text, you can transition
into the end instead of suddenly shutting it off. Then, because you are not
in a blackout (you are in a blacked out slide, big difference), you can jump
to any slide you want without showing any used text.

A blank slide adds almost no size to the presentation (usually much less
than 1k) and can give you the effect you want. I'd strongly recommend this
technique over the one you are currently using.

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"Yohs" wrote in message
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This is an enhancement request for use when projecting song lyrics during
church service...

What about enabling the user to jump directly to another slide while you
have a black screen or white screen?

So after hitting,

B or PERIOD
Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen
W or COMMA
Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen

enable the user to jump immediately to another slide N.

For example I am on slide 12, I goto black screen, then I hit 13 and
enter
so that I don't have to show slide 12 again.

In other words enable the jump to slide shortcut key while black screen or
white screen is on.

This would be much better than inserting blank slides in between each
song...

Once upon a time PPT DID work the way you would like it to. That was
back in the glorious days of the PPT3 viewer. Somewhere around PPT95
or 97 it got broken, as far as I see it. I've been using PPT for
surtitles for opera and theatre for almost 10 years now, and in many
ways, the old PPT3 viewer is still the best, as I've expounded on
before. And we sometimes still use. In a few weeks as a matter of
fact.

The use of the "B" key is most useful in rehearsals, where they jump
back and forth. But since I operate from right beside the projector, I
have a piece of cardboard handy to flip in front to block the image.
Sometimes it is easier to hit the "B", and then block the projector
and jump to the next slide.

Having blank slides built in is handy, but occasionaly you don't have
time. The first time we got to use PPT97 (someone else's choice) was
for a theatre piece, where they didn't, and wouldn't, indicate where
blanks should be for pauses. It was most annoying to see the previous
slide flash for a moment before advancing to the next slide.

Have you sent a request to mswish? Perhaps it is time for a
concentrated campaign.

Regards,

Villem Teder
Toronto




On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:07:01 -0800, "Yohs"
wrote:

This is an enhancement request for use when projecting song lyrics during
church service...

What about enabling the user to jump directly to another slide while you
have a black screen or white screen?

So after hitting,

B or PERIOD
Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen
W or COMMA
Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen

enable the user to jump immediately to another slide N.

For example I am on slide 12, I goto black screen, then I hit 13 and enter
so that I don't have to show slide 12 again.

In other words enable the jump to slide shortcut key while black screen or
white screen is on.

This would be much better than inserting blank slides in between each song...

Since I'm a simple-minded sort, I'd put the blank at the beginning of the
presentation.

Even *I* can remember "1 Enter" (no matter what slide I'm on and no matter
which presentation).



In article , Bill Dilworth wrote:
You have something against blank slides? Why?

It sounds like you have embraced the blackout key more strongly than I shun
it. I have yet to use it in any of the hundreds of church services I've
built and run. I don't use it for the exact reason you state: you can't
come out of it smoothly or, for that matter, go into it smoothly.

By adding a blank slide at the end of your hymn text, you can transition
into the end instead of suddenly shutting it off. Then, because you are not
in a blackout (you are in a blacked out slide, big difference), you can jump
to any slide you want without showing any used text.

A blank slide adds almost no size to the presentation (usually much less
than 1k) and can give you the effect you want. I'd strongly recommend this
technique over the one you are currently using.


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