OfficeOne PowerShow
Display multiple slide shows synchronous with each other using
Matrox DualHead2Go
Use Ticker Show with Synchronous Shows
Matrox
DualHead2Go (Digital
Edition,
Analog Edition
)
is a VGA video splitter box to allow 2 displays to be connected to the
system. The way it provides this capability is to tell Windows that
there is only one monitor but with a dimension of twice the normal
monitor width. The Matrox DualHead2Go box splits the display content
across two outputs on its own. This technique requires only one input
but can output different content through different displays.
Analog Edition)
is a VGA video splitter box to allow 2 displays to be connected to the
system. The way it provides this capability is to tell Windows that
there is only one monitor but with a dimension of twice the normal
monitor width. The Matrox DualHead2Go box splits the display content
across two outputs on its own. This technique requires only one input
but can output different content through different displays.With Matrox DualHead2Go, to show 2 slide shows one on each monitor,
synchronous with each other in a way that when you navigate one slide
show, the other slide show also navigates simultaneously, we will use
the Synchronous Shows and
TickerShow features of
OfficeOne PowerShow together.
The Synchronous Shows feature of OfficeOne PowerShow allows us to
configure one presentation as the Master
presentation and others as Follower presentations. When we
navigate the Master slide show, OfficeOne PowerShow navigates the
Follower slide shows to match the Master slide show. We will use
Pres1.ppt as the Master presentation and Pres2.ppt as the Follower
presentation:
- Select Slide Show | Prepare Sync Show item.
- Select Pres1.ppt as the master presentation.
- Select Pres2.ppt as the Follow presentation.
- Click OK button.
- Save Pres1.ppt and Pres2.ppt presentations.
Please visit
Synchronous Shows webpage to know about this feature and also some
things to consider when using the Synchronous Shows feature.
The TickerShow feature allows multiple slide shows to be displayed
simultaneously on the same monitor. It requires a Layout presentation
that specifies the position and dimensions of the slide shows on the
monitor. For DualHead2Go's twice-width monitor, we would use the layout
presentation available here
(layout_dualhead2go.ppt).
The layout presentation specifies two presentations Pres1.ppt and
Pres2.ppt. Each of these presentation covers different halves of the
twice-width monitor. Effectively, this makes each presentation appear
fully on a monitor.
Following are step-by-step instructions:
- Open Pres1.ppt, Pres2.ppt and layout_dualhead2go.ppt in PowerPoint.
- Select Slide Show | Ticker Show item.
- Select the monitor 2 as it is the one that has DualHead2Go attached to it.
- Select layout_dualhead2go.ppt in TickerShow Layout Presentation box.
- Click Start Show button.
This will start Pres1.ppt on one monitor and Pres2.ppt on second monitor
of Matrox DualHead2Go. When Pres1.ppt navigates through the slide show,
OfficeOne PowerShow will navigate Pres2.ppt as well.