Projector without laptop? JMD 29.09.2006 18:31:03 Is there a projector that will allow me to run my PowerPoint presentation without a laptop? For instance, is there such a projector that can run the presentation from a USB flash drive or something similar?

Re: Projector without laptop? "Bill Dilworth" <vestprog2[ at ]NOSPAMyahoo.com> 29.09.2006 19:28:15 There are some projectors that can display a series of JPG images from a USB thumb drive. The way I have heard it, these do not need a laptop. For instance: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/epson-launches-highend-usb-projector-203052.php However, the images are NOT displayed using PowerPoint, it is just a series of pictures - shown one after another, sometimes with a remote advance, mostly without.. This may be all you need and if that is the case -- great. If you need transitions, animations, sounds or movies, or even portability for that matter: I do not think this solution will work for you. -- Bill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2[ at ] Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com .. "JMD" <JMD[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2C11B18F-9125-446E-AF25-CBE19A0D5C0B[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Is there a projector that will allow me to run my PowerPoint presentation > without a laptop? For instance, is there such a projector that can run the > presentation from a USB flash drive or something similar?

Re: Projector without laptop? "Glen Millar" <spam[ at ]pptworkbench.com> 30.09.2006 03:26:04 Hi, I am working on one right now that will go to a thumb drive via a program called Projector Station. The presentation is dropped into the program and it converts all of the slides to jpg. The text goes jagged and there are no animations. -- Regards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at www.pptworkbench.com glen at pptworkbench dot com Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version, whether you are using vba, or anything else relevant "Bill Dilworth" <vestprog2[ at ]NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:O5jDq1$4GHA.1256[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > There are some projectors that can display a series of JPG images from a > USB thumb drive. The way I have heard it, these do not need a laptop. For > instance: > http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/epson-launches-highend-usb-projector-203052.php > > However, the images are NOT displayed using PowerPoint, it is just a > series of pictures - shown one after another, sometimes with a remote > advance, mostly without.. This may be all you need and if that is the > case -- great. > > If you need transitions, animations, sounds or movies, or even portability > for that matter: I do not think this solution will work for you. > > > -- > Bill Dilworth > A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team > Users helping fellow users. > http://billdilworth.mvps.org > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > vestprog2[ at ] Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. > yahoo. They answer most of our questions. > com www.pptfaq.com > . > > "JMD" <JMD[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:2C11B18F-9125-446E-AF25-CBE19A0D5C0B[ at ]microsoft.com... >> Is there a projector that will allow me to run my PowerPoint presentation >> without a laptop? For instance, is there such a projector that can run >> the >> presentation from a USB flash drive or something similar? > >

Re: Projector without laptop? Steve Rindsberg <abuse[ at ]localhost.com> 30.09.2006 16:32:58 In article <eMqnqAE5GHA.4196[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Glen Millar wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I am working on one right now that will go to a thumb drive via a program > called Projector Station. The presentation is dropped into the program and > it converts all of the slides to jpg. The text goes jagged and there are no > animations. Can you substitute your own JPGs in place of the ones Projector Station makes? From 2002 onward, PowerPoint's text export to images is atrocious. At best. But you can save to JPG at higher resolution (you know the FAQ, right?) and downsample to your final 1024x768 or whatever; much much better results. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================

Re: Projector without laptop? "Glen Millar" <spam[ at ]pptworkbench.com> 01.10.2006 01:25:42 "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse[ at ]localhost.com> wrote in message news:VA.00002ba2.80282623[ at ]localhost.com... [Quoted Text] > In article <eMqnqAE5GHA.4196[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Glen Millar wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am working on one right now that will go to a thumb drive via a program >> called Projector Station. The presentation is dropped into the program >> and >> it converts all of the slides to jpg. The text goes jagged and there are >> no >> animations. > > Can you substitute your own JPGs in place of the ones Projector Station > makes? > > From 2002 onward, PowerPoint's text export to images is atrocious. At > best. > > But you can save to JPG at higher resolution (you know the FAQ, right?) > and > downsample to your final 1024x768 or whatever; much much better results. > Not sure. Good idea, though.