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diff --git a/doc/kpresenter/guides.docbook b/doc/kpresenter/guides.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9055bb43 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kpresenter/guides.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,556 @@ +<chapter id="guides"> +<chapterinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Neil</firstname> +<surname>Lucock</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>neil@nlucock.freeserve.co.uk</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<author> +<firstname>Krishna</firstname> +<surname>Tateneni</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>tateneni@pluto.njcc.com</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<author> +<firstname>Brad</firstname> +<surname>Hards</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>bradh@frogmouth.net</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<author> +<firstname>Danny</firstname> +<surname>Allen</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>danny@dannyallen.co.uk</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<author> +<firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname> +<surname>Mahfouf</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>annemarie.mahfouf@free.fr</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> + +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> +</chapterinfo> +<title>Detailed Guides</title> + +<para>This chapter describes how to perform some common tasks in +&kpresenter;.</para> + +<sect1 id="html-wizard"> +<title>Create a <acronym>HTML</acronym> Slideshow</title> + +<para>Turn an existing presentation into standard <acronym>HTML</acronym> +pages with accompanying navigation aids.</para> + +<procedure> +<step> +<para>First, either make a new presentation, or open an existing one. Then, +click on <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create HTML +Slideshow...</guimenuitem></para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>File menu option to <guimenuitem>Create HTML +Slideshow...</guimenuitem></screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow1.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>File menu option to <guimenuitem>Create HTML +Slideshow...</guimenuitem></phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</step> + +<step> +<para>A dialog box asks if you want to use a previously saved +configuration:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Previous configuration dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow2.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Previous configuration dialog</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>Click <guibutton>No</guibutton> if this is the first time that you have +used this feature, or if you want to alter specific options. The +<guibutton>Yes</guibutton> option allows you to use details that you have +previously entered for your <acronym>HTML</acronym> slideshow, so that you can +quickly create the slideshow without needing to adjust the options.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>You will then get a dialog box asking for a few details:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Fill in the details for your <acronym>HTML</acronym> +slideshow</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow3.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Fill in the details for your <acronym>HTML</acronym> +slideshow</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>Fill in each field (the dialog takes the informations from &kcontrol; if they exist) and ensure that the path details are correct, as this +is where &kpresenter; will save your new <acronym>HTML</acronym> files +and pictures. Click on the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> when you are +done.</para> + +<para>If the path you select at this stage does not exist, &kpresenter; will +ask if you would like to create it.</para></step> + +<step> +<para>Now you can configure the specific <acronym>HTML</acronym> options:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Fill in additional details for your <acronym>HTML</acronym> +slideshow</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow4.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Fill in additional details for your <acronym>HTML</acronym> +slideshow</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>Here, the encoding and format details can be changed, along with +the zoom level of the slides. For example, if you originally designed your +slides to display full screen on a 1280 x 1024 resolution screen, you could +scale the slides to 50% to enable them to be easily viewed in a much smaller web +browser window.</para> + +<para>In most cases, the defaults will be fine, and you can safely press the +<guibutton>Next</guibutton> to continue to the next page.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>Now you can customize the colors of the web pages:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Setting up the display style for your <acronym>HTML</acronym> +slideshow</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow5.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Setting up the display style for your +<acronym>HTML</acronym> +slideshow</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>When &kpresenter; creates the web pages for you, the text colors +for the navigation aids will follow whatever you set here. To change any of +these colors, click the colored bar next to the corresponding text label. The +colors used in your actual slides will be unchanged.</para> + +<tip><para>Choose colors that are complementary to the contents of your +presentation.</para></tip> +</step> + +<step><para>The <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button presents a dialog box +that allows you to change the name used on the <acronym>HTML</acronym> page for +each slide:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Setting the slide names</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow6.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Setting the slide names</phrase> +</textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</step> + +<step> +<para>If your presentation was intended to be displayed in an unattended manner +(&ie; automatic advance to next slide, &etc;), you can also make your +<acronym>HTML</acronym> +presentation counterpart exhibit the same behavior:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Unattended presentations</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow7.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Unattended presentations</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>Here, you can force the slide to advance to the next after a specified +amount of time, and also make the presentation return to the start once it +reaches the end.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>Now it is time to actually produce your <acronym>HTML</acronym> +presentation, the progress of +which is shown in this dialog box:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Saving your configuration</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow8.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Saving your configuration</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>Finally, you can save the configuration you have just used before you +close the dialog box by pressing the <guibutton>Save +Configuration...</guibutton> button. +</para> +</step> + +<step><para>What we now have are the newly-produced <filename>html/</filename> +and <filename>pics/</filename> folders, +created where we earlier set the path:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The newly created <acronym>HTML</acronym> slideshow +folders</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="htmlshow9.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>The newly created <acronym>HTML</acronym> slideshow +folders</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</step> +</procedure> + +<para>There is also an <filename>index.html</filename> file to launch +your web slideshow.</para> + +<para>You can see how it works by using your file manager or web +browser to open the <filename>index.html</filename> file. Click where prompted, +and the first slide of your presentation is displayed. It will now behave as a +&kpresenter; slideshow.</para> + +<para>Each click on the arrow icons take you to the next or previous slide. +To get back to the start of the slideshow click on the slide icon.</para> + +<tip><para>To share your presentation with the world, transfer the +newly-produced files to a network-accessible location (&ie; webspace), +remembering to keep the directory structure intact.</para></tip> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="ms-export"> +<title>Exporting &kpresenter; presentations to a <trademark>Memory +Stick</trademark></title> +<para> +Some Sony projectors have the ability to run a presentation directly +from a <trademark>Memory Stick</trademark>, without needing to connect a +computer up to the projector. &kpresenter; can export presentations to the +format required by these projectors, and this tutorial will show you how to +export your presentation. +</para> + +<para> +Each exported slideshow consists of a series of image files (one for +each slide in the original presentation, plus two title slides) and an +index file. They are created in a fairly complex directory structure +that allows more than one presentation to be stored on a single memory +stick. A simple example is shown below, consisting of two +presentations. +</para> + +<mediaobject id="ms-export-directory-structure"> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="msexport4.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase><trademark>Memory Stick</trademark> directory +structure</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> + +<procedure> + + +<step> +<para> +If the presentation that you want to export is not already open, go to +<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> and select the +presentation that you want to export. +</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para> +Now, select the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu and choose <guimenuitem>Create +Memory Stick Slideshow...</guimenuitem>. +</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The &kpresenter; <guimenuitem>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow...</guimenuitem> menu selection.</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="msexport1.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>The &kpresenter; <guimenuitem>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow...</guimenuitem> menu selection.</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</step> + +<step> +<para> +This will bring up the <guilabel>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow</guilabel> dialog.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The &kpresenter; <guilabel>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow</guilabel> dialog.</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="msexport2.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>The &kpresenter; <guilabel>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow</guilabel> dialog.</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +The <guilabel>Path</guilabel> is the directory in which your presentation will +be exported to as directories (<filename>DCIM</filename> and +<filename>MSSONY</filename>, see the <link +linkend="ms-export-directory-structure">directory structure +diagram</link> above) will be created. If you are able to, you may wish to export +directly +to the <trademark>Memory Stick</trademark>, in which case you would enter the +location of the medium here. +</para> + +<para> +The <guilabel>Title</guilabel> is used for both the name of the index +file, and as a text label on the title slide. Note that this title +does not affect the titles on any of the normal presentation slides - +the title slide is visible using the Sony projector setup prior to +starting the actual presentation display. +</para> + +<para>Select the <guibutton>Set Colors</guibutton> option to expand the +dialog:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The &kpresenter; <guilabel>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow</guilabel> dialog (extended).</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="msexport2b.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>The &kpresenter; <guilabel>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow</guilabel> dialog (extended).</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +These two color selectors are only used for the title slide. It +can be useful to change the title slides to make the presentations +easier to identify when working on the projector, though it is perfectly safe to +leave them as default. +</para> + +<para> +You can then press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to proceed with the +actual export process. +</para> +</step> + +<step> + +<para> +Your presentation will now be exported into the correct format, with the +following dialog informing you of the progress of this process: +</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The &kpresenter; <guilabel>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow</guilabel> progress dialog.</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="msexport3.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>The &kpresenter; <guilabel>Create Memory Stick +Slideshow</guilabel> progress dialog.</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +When the export is complete, you can select the +<guibutton>Done</guibutton> button, and the dialog will close. +</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para> +If you did not export the slideshow directly onto a <trademark>Memory +Stick</trademark>, you will need to copy the correct files onto the +<trademark>Memory +Stick</trademark> before you can utilise the projector. As noted above, +you need to copy over the correct directories and files starting at +<filename>DCIM</filename> and <filename>MSSONY</filename> into the +"root", or <filename>/</filename> of the <trademark>Memory Stick</trademark>. It +is +critical that the directory structure is maintained, and you may +find it easier to copy the whole of <filename>DCIM</filename> and +<filename>MSSONY</filename> directories. +</para> + +<para> +If necessary, you can safely rename the index file (which is +<filename>Slideshow.SPP</filename> by default), however you cannot +rename the slide images, nor can you change the name of these directories, +as these are encoded into the index file. +</para> +</step> + +</procedure> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="creating-templates"> +<title>Creating &kpresenter; Templates</title> + +<para>It is very easy to add new templates to &kpresenter;'s library.</para> + +<para>If you have made a presentation in a style that you would like to use +again, you can save it as a template.</para> + +<para>This tutorial will show how we can make a new template and save +it.</para> + +<procedure> +<step> +<para>Open &kpresenter; and create a new document.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>To add a little sparkle to the blank slide, we can change the slide +background - do this by either going to <guimenu>Format</guimenu> > +<guimenuitem>Slide Background...</guimenuitem>, or by selecting the same item +from the &RMB; menu:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The &kpresenter; <guilabel>Slide Background</guilabel> +dialog.</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="template02.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>The &kpresenter; <guilabel>Slide Background</guilabel> +dialog.</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>We want the background to look attractive, so let's add a background +gradient by using the drop-down menu, and then selecting the gradient colors by +clicking the colored boxes. Of course, you may choose to use an image as a +background by clicking the <guilabel>Picture</guilabel> tab: feel free to +experiment, but keep it beautiful!</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Choosing a slide background</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata format="PNG" fileref="template03.png"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Choosing a slide background</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</step> + +<step> +<para>The page should now have the background you desire. Create a text box, and +type a heading for your slide:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Adding a Heading to the new template</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="template04.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Adding a Heading to the new template</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>When you are happy with your template, go to <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Template Manager</guimenuitem></menuchoice>:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Template +Manager</guimenuitem></screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="template05.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Template +Manager</guimenuitem></phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>This dialog box allows you to select where you would like your template to +be saved:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Saving the new template</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="template06.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Saving the new template</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>I highly recommend that you save the template in the <guilabel>Screen +Presentations</guilabel> group. You may call it whatever you wish, in this case, +my template is named <userinput>Tutorial_Template</userinput>. Once you are +happy with the settings, press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to add your custom +template to the template collection.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>You can now close the document you have been working on (there is no need +to save it). The next time you are presented with the startup +dialog, your very own template will be available to select!</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Your new template in the &kpresenter; startup +dialog.</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="template07.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>Your new template in the &kpresenter; +startup dialog.</phrase></textobject> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</step> +</procedure> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> |