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Chris - 12 Sep 2006 22:31 GMT

I need to project a translated opera text on a screen with a 3 x 20 aspect
ratio and also send the same text to standard monitors. (18x24 aspect ratio)
The text on the monitors will be too small unless I use les characters per
line and use more lines.
I was planning to achieve this by using 2 seperate slide shows and runiing
them in sync. Is this possible to do from a single laptop or do I need two?

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Steve Rindsberg - 13 Sep 2006 01:18 GMT

> I need to project a translated opera text on a screen with a 3 x 20 aspect
> ratio and also send the same text to standard monitors. (18x24 aspect ratio)
> The text on the monitors will be too small unless I use les characters per
> line and use more lines.
> I was planning to achieve this by using 2 seperate slide shows and runiing
> them in sync. Is this possible to do from a single laptop or do I need two?

Surcaps or similar? Would it be possible to set up your PPT presentations in
normal video proportions but hold the text to the top of the screen and project
to fill the width of the screen, or does the projector throw an image with too
much "wild" light in the black areas for this to work?

It might be possible to mask off the lower part of the projected beam ... a lot
would depend on your setup.

But if that won't fly, I think it was Troy Chollar who said that he controlled
lots of laptops from a single wireless remote. Over to you Troy ...

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Chirag - 13 Sep 2006 02:13 GMT

This following links might help you do just that:
Synchronous Shows:
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow_sync_shows.html

- Chirag

OfficeOne Animations - Add over 50 animation effects to PowerPoint
http://officeone.mvps.org/anims/anims.html

>I need to project a translated opera text on a screen with a 3 x 20 aspect
> ratio and also send the same text to standard monitors. (18x24 aspect
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> them in sync. Is this possible to do from a single laptop or do I need
> two?

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villem teder - 13 Sep 2006 20:01 GMT

Chris

Most newer notebooks, while having the capability for dual display,
only have one connector for output to an external dispaly. To get more
display outputs on a notebook, you need to use PCMCIA based display
adapters. VTBook, from villagetronic.com looks interesting. Not sure
if Margi are still making such adapters.

PowerPoint on its own will not run more than one show at a time on one
computer. The add-in Chirag mentions has been developed to do that.

Syncing multiple shows on multiple computers should be fairly easy. A
remote control with multiple receivers, as Steve mentioned, is
probably the cheapest. Troy did post recently about his technique.

A comment on projection. I prefer to put the text on the bottom of the
screen and let the "black" rectangle fall above the proscenium. While
still distracting during dark scenes, its not as bad as having the
"black" fall on the set, especially if it is lighter in colour.

Regards,

Villem Teder

Toronto

in the middle of helping with the surtitles for the premier of the
Canadian Opera Company's new Ring Cycle in the newly opened Four
Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

>I need to project a translated opera text on a screen with a 3 x 20 aspect
>ratio and also send the same text to standard monitors. (18x24 aspect ratio)
>The text on the monitors will be too small unless I use les characters per
>line and use more lines.
>I was planning to achieve this by using 2 seperate slide shows and runiing
>them in sync. Is this possible to do from a single laptop or do I need two?

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