Comments on: teaching question #2

By: phnk

phnk — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:33:46 +0000

Is using paper an option?

By: Naadir Jeewa

Naadir Jeewa — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:51:37 +0000

Brief instructions for Office 2007:

Once you’ve set up dual independent screens in XP, there’s an option in PowerPoint. In 2007, it’s on the “Slide Show” tab, and it says “Show Presentation On:”

By: Dave P.

Dave P. — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:08:51 +0000

I used to wrestle with this question, but now I just keep all of my lecture notes in the “notes” section of the slide. Taking printed notes to class allows me to keep the slides brief, and also roam the room so I’m not tied to the computer. I’m going to start using a wireless mouse next year, so I don’t have to go back to the desk at all.

By: jessica

jessica — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:08:35 +0000

I am so glad to know that this has been around for a while - frustrated that I’ve been missing out on it all these years, but vindicated because I was SURE I saw this at the ASA meetings awhile back and a whole group of people told me I was crazy when I suggested such a feature existed.

By: eszter

eszter — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:03:04 +0000

I’ve never tried this since I don’t tend to use additional notes, but this seems like a helpful explanation of how to get it to work (presumably not just on PP 2007 since the post is from 2005).

By: redhanded

redhanded — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:25:11 +0000

I know that Power Point versions older than 2007 have “presenter view” too, and I think you need to do a little bit of set up before it will work. I was at a conference recently, and not only did no one have presenter view set up, but no one else seemed to know that this option existed, including some of the tech people! I cannot use paper notes with Power Point. I’m physically incapable of it.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:23:27 +0000

I like Word and PowerPoint 2007. Once you get over the learning curve they are much more sensible than their predecessors. The problem is more that one can still wonder if sensibility is enough to scale a new learning curve.

By: watershed

watershed — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:21:58 +0000

In ppt 2007 on my mac it is called “view presenter tools” in the slideshow menu. It shows the current slide, the upcoming slide, notes, and the time– very handy!

But, you can’t test it without a projector hooked up. It’s worked fine for me, though. There is also something similar in Keynote (which I use more often that ppt).

By: jeremy

jeremy — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:21:41 +0000

My understanding is that our monitor needs to have a video card that would allow you to use dual monitors to have separate views in Windows. In other words, there is no way with a normal video card to have something projected out the VGA connection that is anything other than what is on the screen. I believe standard Macs, by contrast, can do this.

By: gabrielrossman

gabrielrossman — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:19:07 +0000

wait a minute? office 2007 actually has new useful features? i thought the main difference was to reset your learning curve to zero by replacing menus with “the ribbon.”