Creating PowerPoint presentation for classroom setting

[Bloohiways]

I have never used PowerPoint and am "technologically disabled." However, I
am a consultant to small businesses on the use of specialized software and am
planning to offer classes for small groups on the use of this software.
There are resource materials available to me including PPT slides that I can
download from the software's website. My question is a two-parter:

1. Do I need to covert those slides to some other type of media that can be
projected on a screen at the front of the room?

2. What sort of equipment do I need to project these from my laptop onto
the screen?

I have attended conferences and other types of presentations where a laptop
is used to project images on a screen but have no idea how that is done. Now
I need to know!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[TDunn]

1. No
2. A projector

.................TD

 

[Bloohiways]

Wow! That was fast and now it all makes sense. I'm not sure where the
external video port is on my laptop (one-year old ThinkPad) or the software
utility but I'm sure it has them. Guess I'll have to actually read the
manual! I checked a little on projectors and they're kind of spendy but
that's part of the investment in this venture, I guess. Thanks so much to
both of you for replying, and I'll certainly watch out for the "racy" stuff.
: )

 

[Ute Simon]

Guess I'll have to actually read the

manual! I checked a little on projectors and they're kind of spendy but
that's part of the investment in this venture, I guess.

If you don't have to travel to your clients, and have quite small groups of
participants, you might use a large monitor - if you have one of those
already. It will be attached to the same video port of your laptop which you
would use for a projector.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[LVTravel]

Almost certainly. Which ThinkPad do you have? The video output is
probably on the
left side. Its' got 15 or so holes arranged in three rows and has screw
posts on
both sides.

The magic key combo is the (blue) Fn key plus F7.

SNIP

Steve, excellent help above but only a minor correction to your post. Not
all laptops with VGA connectors have the screw posts anymore. I have two
laptops that only plug in but don't have the screw connectors available.
Makes it a lot of fun when I have to move the laptop during a presentation.
VGA is 3 rows of 5 holes each, slightly staggered alignment for 15 total
holes.

Thanks for the good work you do on this NG.

 

[Paddy]

Steve, excellent help above but only a minor correction to your post.
Not all laptops with VGA connectors have the screw posts anymore. I
have two laptops that only plug in but don't have the screw
connectors available. Makes it a lot of fun when I have to move the
laptop during a presentation. VGA is 3 rows of 5 holes each, slightly
staggered alignment for 15 total holes.

Amen to all the good advice.

I'm a technology lecturer. I use my Acer laptop, with a data projector
plugged into the 15-pin VGA socket (some projectors have S-Video port - a
recent lap-top will have one as well as the VGA port).

I use Powerpoint 2007 - but I save the files as 97-2003 format in case I
need to share with a colleague with earlier Office.

I incorporate animated gif graphics in certain slides where appropriate.

Paddy

 

[Echo S]

Steve, excellent help above but only a minor correction to your post. Not
all laptops with VGA connectors have the screw posts anymore. I have two
laptops that only plug in but don't have the screw connectors available.
Makes it a lot of fun when I have to move the laptop during a
presentation. VGA is 3 rows of 5 holes each, slightly staggered alignment
for 15 total holes.

I was gonna say the same thing -- you beat me to it!

I used a Toshiba recently that has no screw connectors. Irritating.

 

[LVTravel]

So do I add Gorilla Glue to the "Stuff to bring to the presentation" FAQ?



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