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elcahall
The organization I work for (a municipal government) needs to setup a
slideshow that will be centrally administered, and run from a network share
"kiosk style" (continuous loop) at each of our remote law enforcement offices
simultaneously. Each remote office will have a networked pc, connected to a
large tv, that will be dedicated to running the slideshow. The slides in the
slideshow will contain operation critical information to augment the
information put out by the police dispatchers in an effort to help keep the
police officers up-to-date as they come in and out of the office (i.e.
Dispatch advises via radio to look out for a particular individual and
provides a verbal description of the subject. The slideshow will also be
updated with a "look out for" slide that will contain the information AND a
photograph of the person being sought). As you might guess, this information
will change frequently and sometimes rapidly.
What I'm looking for is a way to add/remove/change slides in the slideshow
on-the-fly, WITHOUT needing to have someone at each remote office stop and
restart the slideshow on their kiosk pc. The officers will not have the time
to keep up with this every time it changes, they have more important work to
do. I've read that Presenter View allows for "live" editing of an active
slideshow, but will it work in the circumstances described? If not, can you
offer any suggestions for what will? I'm sure that there is software
available to do this but I'd like to be able to accomplish it with what we
already have on hand (WinXP, Office 2007 and 2003) instead of having
purchasing more software.
Thank you for your help.
E. Cahall
slideshow that will be centrally administered, and run from a network share
"kiosk style" (continuous loop) at each of our remote law enforcement offices
simultaneously. Each remote office will have a networked pc, connected to a
large tv, that will be dedicated to running the slideshow. The slides in the
slideshow will contain operation critical information to augment the
information put out by the police dispatchers in an effort to help keep the
police officers up-to-date as they come in and out of the office (i.e.
Dispatch advises via radio to look out for a particular individual and
provides a verbal description of the subject. The slideshow will also be
updated with a "look out for" slide that will contain the information AND a
photograph of the person being sought). As you might guess, this information
will change frequently and sometimes rapidly.
What I'm looking for is a way to add/remove/change slides in the slideshow
on-the-fly, WITHOUT needing to have someone at each remote office stop and
restart the slideshow on their kiosk pc. The officers will not have the time
to keep up with this every time it changes, they have more important work to
do. I've read that Presenter View allows for "live" editing of an active
slideshow, but will it work in the circumstances described? If not, can you
offer any suggestions for what will? I'm sure that there is software
available to do this but I'd like to be able to accomplish it with what we
already have on hand (WinXP, Office 2007 and 2003) instead of having
purchasing more software.
Thank you for your help.
E. Cahall