scanning (under construction)

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printing

Printing Instructions for the Epson 4000 >>download pdf

Using Timbuktu to transfer files in the VCRC>>download pdf

projection

Problem: When I open a presentation in the classroom, the images are different from how they were on my laptop when I created the presentation: different size, scale,and details.

Solution: When you build a presentation at a particular laptop resolution, 1280 x 1024, for instance, and then take the machine to the classroom and attach it to a projector, that, for instance, resizes laptop screen rez to: 1024 x 768, it will definitely mess up image frames and details of a presentation. (the same thing will happen in Powerpoint). Although Insight itself is resolution "aware" and will open correctly into whatever is the current rez environment, it appears that presentations save their image elements based on the creation (laptop) display window rez, and not the rez that the projector will often impose. One frequently does not have control over what the projector is going to do to either the primary or the secondary desktop resolution. This means that creation rez must match projector rez for the presentation to display properly.

To minimize this problem, build your presentations at the same rez that the classroom projector will impose. Sometimes you have to test this in both office and classroom with projector attached. There may be a more elegant solution that Luna can suggest, but we have not found one yet.

Problem: It appears that if a detail is made of an image during the classroom lecture, Insight saves that detail into the presentation. So the original presentation at the beginning of class is different by the end of class if any manipulation has occurred. To resolve this, I then went through and deleted all the new details (as they were unwanted), then re-saved the cleaned-up presentation upon closing. Upon reopening the presentation the next day, two things occurred: (1) the cleaned up presentation appeared on his laptop but (2) in the classroom the "detailed" presentation appeared. What happened?

Solution: We've found that when you choose "Play Presentation," the zoom-ins and details created on the fly are not saved at exit (nor does a save dialog appear). On the other hand, when you lecture from "Edit Presentation," all zoom-ins, etc. become part of the presentation and will need to be eliminated later on in a clean up effort--if "save presentation" is not cancelled. If one has had to recreate a presentation 10 minutes prior to class, it's likely that the "Edit Presentation" mode had become the unintended mode of display. We urge you to double-check how you are running your presentations in the classroom. If you don't save a presentation when you finishe in the classroom (provided the work has already been saved, prior to class), the problem does not happen.