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