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Presenter-to-Go
Springboard
User's Guide
The Presenter-to-Go Module
Slides into the Springboard Slot
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Includes Instructions For:
Presenter-to-Go Palm OS Presentation Application with File Creation
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Support on Windows 98, Millennium, 2000 and Mac OS 9.
MARGI Mirror Palm OS Graphics Display Application.
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  • Page 1 Presenter-to-Go Palm OS Presentation Application with File Creation • Support on Windows 98, Millennium, 2000 and Mac OS 9. MARGI Mirror Palm OS Graphics Display Application. • MARGI Systems Inc. • • • • Fremont, CA 94538 • • • • www.presenter-to-go.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................4 Your Product Packaging Contains:............4 2. System Requirements..............4 Handheld ....................5 Desktop or Laptop.................5 Display Device ..................5 3. Visor Installation/Setup.............5 4. PC Creation Software Installation/Setup ........6 Installing the Presenter-to-Go PC Creation Software drivers....6 Un-Installing the PC Creation Software drivers........6 5.
  • Page 3 Appendix Two: Federal Communications Commission Information..................42 © 2001 MARGI Systems, Inc. MARGI, MARGI Mirror, the MARGI logo, and Presenter-to-Go are all trademarks of MARGI Systems, Inc. PowerPoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Handspring, Visor, Springboard, and the Springboard logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Handspring Inc. Credits: The digital projector picture is provided by Lightware, Inc.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    (or a VGA display) and display the contents of the Visor’s LCD at 1 - 4X multiples of 160 x 160 regardless of the application it is running. MARGI Mirror and the Presenter-to- Go module act like a graphics output card for the Handspring Visor. It is even possible to attach a keyboard, run word processing software, and see the output on the display as one types on the keyboard.

  • Page 5: Handheld

    Attach the flat connector end of the VGA connector cable to the Presenter-to-Go module. The flat-metal-edge of the connector should be on the same side as the MARGI product label. Plug in the A/C adapter into the wall socket and push its jack into the power connector located on the back end of the VGA connector.

  • Page 6: Pc Creation Software Installation/Setup

    4. Confirm file Deletion by selecting YES 5. The Un-Install Shield will come and uninstall the program. Answer YES if it asks if you want to remove any no longer used files with the MARGI as part of the name. 6. Un-Install is now complete.

  • Page 7: Creating Your Presentation

    5. Creating Your Presentation ® Presenter-to-Go presentations can be created directly from within Microsoft PowerPoint or from any ® Windows application that has print driver support. The processes are slightly different. Creating Presentations from within Microsoft PowerPoint on your desktop PC (or laptop): The Presenter-to-Go driver provides a button icon on the PowerPoint toolbar that looks like:...
  • Page 8 1. Conversion of PowerPoint file into the compressed mobile presentation format. The Presenter- to-Go “Presentation Name” will be pre-filled with the same name as the PowerPoint file. 2. The “Presenter-to-Go Creator” dialog box will appear. Fig 5.2 Presenter-to-Go Creator dialog box The Presenter-to-Go Creator dialog box allows you to Change the name of the presentation.
  • Page 9 Note: If you created a presentation but did not Queue it before quitting, you can get that presentation by selecting START then Program Files then MARGI then Presenter-to-Go. This will bring up the “Presenter-to-Go Creator” window with the presentation saved in the “Presentations List”.

  • Page 10: Creating Presentations From Windows Applications With Printer Support

    Creating Presentations from Windows Applications with Printer Support: Once the Presenter-to-Go PC creation software drivers are installed, you will find that you now have a printer called “Presenter-to-Go” as shown on the following page. Fig 5.4 Print window showing “Presenter-to-Go” Driver If you print using the Presenter-to-Go Printer Driver, when you press OK you will automatically: 1.
  • Page 11 Note: Sometimes Windows defaults the Presenter-to-Go to the PORTRAIT orientation. In that case, choose the “properties” of the “Presenter-to-Go Printer” and change the orientation to the LANDSCAPE mode. For PowerPoint, the default orientation is “LANDSCAPE” and you may not need to change the settings. You can verify how the presentation looks by “Viewing”...

  • Page 12: Creation Software Installation/Setup On Mac

    6. Creation Software Installation/Setup on Mac Installing the Presenter-to-Go Creation Software drivers. Important Notice: Close all applications prior to beginning the driver installation process. Check that your computer meets the System Requirements for operating system and hardware requirements described in Section 2. Double-click on the Presenter-to-Go Install icon on the Presenter- to-Go CD to install the Presenter-to-Go presentation creation drivers (and the PowerPoint Add-in.) on your Mac.
  • Page 13 Fig 7.1 Typical PowerPoint Screen with Presenter-to-Go Icon Complete your PowerPoint presentation as you normally would, taking notice of the note below. Note: Presenter-to-Go does not support any slide-transitions, animation, or audio/video features ® available in Microsoft PowerPoint . Only static slides are supported. Click on the Presenter-to-Go icon and the following occur automatically: 1.
  • Page 14 Fig 7.2 Presenter-to-Go Creator dialog box The Presenter-to-Go Creator dialog box allows you to Change the name of the presentation. To change the name, simply change the name in the “Name” box. Press the “Create” button, to create a mobile presentation.
  • Page 15 Clicking on the “Create” button will now append the current mobile presentation to the existing presentation listed on the “Append pages to existing presentation” line. Documents previously transferred to the Visor are saved in the Presenter-to-Go Archive List. To append a new document to an archived document, click the “Archive List”...

  • Page 16: Creating Presentations From Applications With Printer Support

    View: Allows you to view the contents of the selected presentation. Delete: Allows you to delete the selected presentation. Install For: Lets you select which users get the “Queued” presentations on that user’s next HotSync. If only one user is registered on the Visor, then that user name is automatically placed in the “Install For:”...

  • Page 17: Bringing The Presentation Into Your Visor

    you try to create another presentation with the same name that already exists in the queue, you will have an option to overwrite or rename it something different. Fig 7.6 ”Presenter-to-Go” Creator with new document Name After the name is entered, and the Create button is selected OR the new pages are Appended to another presentation, the familiar “Presenter-to-Go Desktop”...

  • Page 18: Using Presenter-To-Go

    9. Using Presenter-to-Go Notice: When using Presenter-to-Go, the VGA adapter cable must be supported. This is best done by letting the Visor (with Presenter-to-Go module inserted) and adapter cable lay on a flat surface next to the display device. You should not pick up the Visor while it is attached to a display, as this will put undue stress on the connector joint, which may cause failures and the Warranty to be voided.

  • Page 19: Module Status

    Module Status If you have opened the Presenter-to-Go Palm application without the module installed and powered you will get the “Presenter module not detected” message. Fig 9.3: “Presenter module not detected” Note: If the module is inserted, but the VGA adapter and A/C adapter are not connected then the Application will show the “Presenter module not detected”...

  • Page 20: Resolution And Refresh Rate Selection

    Resolution and Refresh Rate Selection The Presenter-to-Go module should be able to detect the proper default resolution and refresh rate for the display it is being used with. If the module is unable to detect this information or you wish to use settings other than the defaults, this may be done in the Information Screen.

  • Page 21: Drag & Drop Reorganization

    he advances through the presentation. The reviewer’s notes are located at the top of the notes screen and the text is shown below the line marked “Slide Text”. Fig 9.9 Notes Icon Fig 9.10 Slide Title – Text Content - Note Box Note: Slide notes and text content of slides created in PowerPoint will automatically be copied and placed in the Slide Note field.

  • Page 22: Menu: Tools

    front of their name are stored in the Presenter-to-go memory, and require power to be seen and reviewed. Presentations with no mark in front of their name are stored in the Visor memory, and can be reviewed without the module requiring power. Regardless of where the presentation is stored, the module must always be powered to make a presentation on a VGA projector or display.

  • Page 23: Move Function

    MOVE function Moves the active presentation between the Visor’s memory and Presenter-to-Go module memory. The destination for MOVE is the Visor memory if the source is the Presenter-to-Go module memory, and vice-versa. Fig 9.14 Move Presentation Presenter-to-Go module memory size is 2MB and can accommodate about 100 mobile presentation slides.

  • Page 24: Delete Function

    DELETE function Deletes the active presentation. Fig 9.16 Delete Presentation Warning: Do not use the delete function of the Visor Operating System to delete presentations. Although you may highlight one presentation, it will erase all presentations stored in the Visor handheld. Beaming Files to other Visor Handhelds You can beam the active presentation to any Handspring Visor handheld in range by selecting the “Beam”...

  • Page 25: Menu: Show

    Menu: Show The Show Menu has the choices as shown below: Fig 9.18 Show Menu Set Preferences Fig 9.19 Set Preferences • “Auto Slide Show” needs settings for automatic transitions between slides. The timing can be set between 1 to 999 seconds. If the time is set to 000, then the next slide is shown as soon as it is ready.

  • Page 26: Hide All, Show All

    Hide All, Show All Hide All (Command-H), will uncheck the show-box on all slides. This option is useful if you want to show a limited number of slides, and want to disable-show for all and then selectively choose what to show. Show All (Command-S), will check the show-box on all slides.

  • Page 27: Showing A Slide

    Showing a slide Tap on any slide title to show it. First Show Page First Show Page is the page that is displayed initially when the Presenter-to-Go Application is launched. If the card is still powered since the last slide show, then it is the last shown slide. This allows users to go to another application (i.e.

  • Page 28: Getting The Most Out Of Your Presenter-To-Go Presentation (Power User Tips)

    10. Getting the Most out of your Presenter-to-Go Presentation (Power User Tips) By now you must have learned a lot about using the Presenter-to-Go solution. As a power-user, if you are wondering, how you can use the product most effectively, here are some tips: Making Mobile Presentations look good The mobile presentation format created on the computer uses compression techniques to efficiently transfer and present from the handheld.

  • Page 29: Making Effective Presentations From Your Handled Efficiently

    Making Effective Presentations from your handled Efficiently Making presentations when standing away The remote control device included in the product packaging can be very useful when making presentations. It helps you make presentations while you are at the podium or elsewhere in the room. A few tips: •...

  • Page 30: Margi Mirror Introduction

    11. MARGI Mirror Introduction This part of the guide contains information on how to use the MARGI Mirror™ application with the MARGI Presenter-to-Go™ Springboard™ presentation module. The MARGI Mirror applet allows Presenter-to-Go Springboard module owners to display the contents of the 160x160 Handspring LCD on a VGA projector or monitor. It allows the user to display the thousands of Palm applications and any data stored on their Visor.
  • Page 31 MARGI Mirror Icon Figure 12.1: Visor Main Menu You will be able to see the MARGI Mirror applet icon without the Presenter-to-Go module plugged-in. You need to have the module plugged- in and powered to use the MARGI Mirror feature. Otherwise you will get the screen shown in Figure 12.2.

  • Page 32: Video

    Which zoom you choose depends on the projector, LCD or CRT you are using, the size of the room and the distance of the projector from the screen or the monitor from the audience. MARGI recommends that you use 3X or 4X. The output resolution at 1X is 160x160, 2X is 320x320, 3X is 480x480 and 4X is 640x640.
  • Page 33 Figure 12.4: MARGI Mirror Color Scheme Menu About Screen This is the best way to see the version number of your software and other information about MARGI Mirror. Figure 12.5: MARGI Mirror About Screen Information Screen Tapping on the “module info” button will give you the MARGI Mirror information screen. This screen will tell you version of Presenter-to-Go on the module you are using and tell you whether a display is detected using EDID or not.

  • Page 34: Resolution And Refresh Rate Selection

    Fig. 12.9 Refresh Rate Option 13. Using MARGI Mirror with an External Keyboard Since MARGI Mirror essentially provides a display function, a natural evolution is to attach an external keyboard and create a “PC-Like” environment. The likely first application is word processing.
  • Page 35 To use your Visor, Presenter-to-Go module with MARGI Mirror applet and display, an external keyboard and a word processing application (such as Dataviz Word-to-Go ) in a PC configuration, like figure 5.1, follow the steps below: 1. Turn on your Visor 2.

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    14. Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions Does Presenter-to-Go work with all Handspring Visor models, including the Visor Edge? On which operating systems will the Presenter-to-Go PC software work? The Presenter-to-Go PC software may be used on PCs running Win 98, Win 98SE, Win ME, Win 2000 and Mac OS 8.5 and Higher, excluding OS X.
  • Page 37 Can I display the content of my Visor screen? Yes, using the MARGI Mirror Application. Does the Presenter-to-Go software work on Mac OS 8.5? Yes, the software works on Mac OS 8.5 and higher, excluding OS X.
  • Page 38 When I press the Presenter-to-Go icon in PowerPoint, will it automatically pick up the names of each slide, the presenter notes and the text content for each slide? I used the Presenter-to-Go printer driver to make a slide, but the slide was compressed in the horizontal direction.

  • Page 39: Technical Support

    5. Follow the directions on the screen, and then Click "Finish". These steps should install the LPT1 printer port . You can then proceed with the running of the setup installation program for Presenter-to-Go. If this doesn't fix the issue, contact MARGI tech support by logging into http://www.presenter-to-go.com/support/supportform.html.

  • Page 40: Specifications

    15. Specifications Presenter-to-Go Module Specifications • Product weights are as follows: module is 1 oz., remote is 1 oz., cable is 2 oz. and power supply is 3 • Dimensions (in inches) are as follows; remote is 3.5” x 1.75” x .25”, module is 2.25” x 2.125” x .25”...

  • Page 41: Appendix One: Product Warranty

    If your product is found to be defective in materials or workmanship within the warranty period, MARGI will at its sole discretion, repair or replace the product at no charge. This warranty does not cover damage from everyday wear and tear or from transportation by a common carrier.

  • Page 42: Appendix Two: Federal Communications Commission Information

    Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly authorized by MARGI Systems may void your authority to operate this product. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

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