Epson Powerlite 715c Multimedia Projector Users Guide

42Creating Presentations for Your Projector
Accessing the Memory Card Through a USB 
Cable
If your computer has a USB port (and a factory-installed version of 
Windows 98/Me/2000), you can transfer your scenario to the 
memory card in the projector. This method is especially useful if you 
don’t have a PCMCIA slot or PC card reader in your computer. 
You’ll need a shielded USB “AB” interface cable, available from any 
computer dealer. Before you can transfer your scenario, you need to 
install the USB...

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Installing EasyMP
You must install the software to use the EasyMP features. Before you 
install EasyMP, make sure the computer you use meets the 
requirements listed below:
System Requirements

IBM® compatible with at least a Pentium® 166 MHz processor 
(Pentium II 300 MHz or higher recommended)

Microsoft® Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 
2000 (USB feature not available with Windows 95 or Windows 
NT 4.0)

At least 32MB of RAM (96MB or more...

44Creating Presentations for Your Projector
Creating a Scenario
A scenario is a series of slides and/or images that you can present 
without a computer. The easiest way to create a scenario is to drag and 
drop a PowerPoint file on the   
EMP SlideMaker icon on your 
desktop. The file is converted automatically, and you can download it 
to the projector. 
You can also create a scenario from scratch using the EMP SlideMaker 
software to combine PowerPoint slides and images. No matter how 
you start, you...

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When the conversion is complete, you see your scenario in the 
EMP SlideMaker window:
At this point, you can insert additional slides or images, create 
transition effects between slides, and add other features to your 
presentation. See page 47 for instructions. 
3. Click the 
Save button or choose Save from the File menu. 
EMP SlideMaker automatically names your scenario 
SCN0001.sic and creates a folder for it within your \Program 
Files\EMP SlideMaker...

46Creating Presentations for Your Projector
Creating a New Scenario File
Use this method when you want to combine slides from several 
PowerPoint presentations and/or include additional images in your 
scenario. Make sure the EasyMP software is installed before you start. 
1. To start the software, double-click the   
EMP SlideMaker 
icon on your computer’s desktop. You see the EMP SlideMaker 
screen:
2. Choose 
New from the File menu. You see the Scenario Settings 
box:
Scenario window
Thumbnail window...

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3. Type a name for your scenario. SlideMaker automatically creates a 
folder with the same name. 

The default location for the scenario file and folder is in the 
\Program Files\EMP SlideMaker folder, but you can 
choose a new location. 

The background color (black) appears around images that 
don’t fill the entire screen area. You can choose a new color.
4. Click 
OK when you’re finished with Scenario Setup. 
Continue with the instructions in the next...

48Creating Presentations for Your Projector2. Drag and drop the files you want to use into the Scenario 
window. 
3. To include individual PowerPoint slides, click the PowerPoint file 
icon. PowerPoint opens briefly in the background, and the 
PowerPoint slides appear in the Thumbnail window.
Drag the slides from the Thumbnail window:
Each slide appears in a numbered “cell” in the Scenario window as you 
drop it. The cell background color varies according to the type of file 
in the cell.
active cell...

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If you need to rearrange cells, you can drag and drop them as 
necessary within the Scenario window.
When you have finished adding slides and images to your scenario, 
you can add transitions and other display settings. See the next 
sections for instructions.
Setting Up Transitions
EMP SlideMaker lets you set your slides to advance manually or 
automatically after a specified period of time. You can also choose 
from a wide variety of transition effects...

50Creating Presentations for Your Projector4. Choose how you want to advance to the next cell.

If you want to advance manually, click On mouse click. 

If you want to advance automatically, set the timing in the 
Automatically after box. You can set any length of time 
between 1 and 1800 seconds (30 minutes).
5. To add a transition “special effect,” click the Effect box and 
choose from the list. 
6. When you’re finished setting up the transition for the selected cell 
or cells, click 
OK.
7. Repeat...

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3. Right-click the control cell and choose Cell Properties from the 
menu. The Source Control box appears:
4. Select your source:

If you want to switch to video rather than a computer source, 
click 
Video. 

If you plan to use the S-video connection for the DVD or 
other source, click 
S-Video.
5. Choose how you want to advance to the next cell.

If you want to advance manually, click On mouse click. 

If you want to advance automatically, set the timing in...