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PPT Template Explorer%

Usage

Overview

Create one or more slides in PowerPoint

Use the exporter to create EAOG templates

Parts of the Export window

The top of the window gives the name given to the current template
and gives you controls to step through the other slides (if there are any).

At the bottom there are the actual exporting tools –
You can change the directory to which the template is exported (This is remembered between launches – you want this to be your EOAG templates directory)
And you can change the name of the template (by default based on the name of the presentation and the slide number, but you can change the output name in the bottom)

In between the top and the bottom are the area on the left for previewing the effects of the template:

Note that if the window is too small the preview is scaled down to fit, but if the window is large enough, there will be a black background and the
template graphics will be shown “actual size”
You can preview the out and in effects by clicking “Out” and “In”. The effect, as it will occur onscreen appears.

You can also choose what to have as the default background – Black, White, or Checkerboard.
(However in our example we have an image there which needs to be removed first… See below).

Next to the preview window on the right side of the window are all the controls for generating the template

Each tab has a discrete use:

In-Out Tab (Slide animation settings)

Layers Tab (Visibility and animation settings)

In this tab you can set the visibility and animation settings for individual layers.

Each object in Powerpoint – whether an image, a shape or a textbox is imported separately.

A layer my be hidden totally by unchecking the “visible” checkbox. This is the appropriate thing to to do with the sample background and any thing else which never should be on air.

Clicking the name of a visible layer causes it to flash (this helps in identifying a layer in a complicated template)

Any visible layer may be editable – in which case it is in the “Editable Fields”
(meaning there will be a space for the actual content – whether image or text – to be specified during use of the template in EOAG.)

All non-editable layers are rendered together as a single image – for performance reasons. If for some reason this makes it look incorrect, you can separate out an individual non-editable layer, by checking its “Floating” checkbox.

Every visible layer can be individually animated. (If it is not animated then it appears together as part of the slide animation.)

The start time for an animated layer is calculated by the delay of all the events before it (slide animation, other layer animations)
plus a delay for that animation. You can change the delay for all layers in the “Global Animation Settings” tab or you can
change it for an individual layer by unchecking the “Use global settings” tab and specifying it.

Text animations have a complex set of movement styles (dropdown) and a length which is a per-character amount of animation

Shape or picture animations have a simple set of movement styles (dropdown) and a duration in seconds for the movement.

Editable fields Tab

In this tab you can change the names of the fields, as they will appear in EOAG. By default text fields are given names based on their content, but shapes are given simple numeric fields.
It will help the EOAG operator to have intelligible field names. You can also change the order in which they appear, using the up and down buttons.
To preview what this will look like to the EOAG operator use the “Show edit folder” button.

Global Animation Settings Tab

In the global animation settings tab you can set the defaults for slide animation and text and shape layer animation.
Any of these settings may be overridden for a particular slide or layer.

Export

Add the templates to Easy On-Air Graphics

The templates should appear (automatically?) in EOAG. (screenshot required)