Epson Powerlite 7850p Multimedia Projector Users Guide

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Presenting from a Memory 
Card or Digital Camera
The projector’s EasyMP feature lets you give presentations from a 
memory card or a digital camera connected to the projector with a 
USB cable. You can play movies, display graphics, or play a scenario, a 
format that lets you create your own slideshow using PowerPoint files, 
JPG image files, and BMP graphics files. 
This chapter includes instructions for the following:
■Creating a scenario...

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Creating a Scenario 
A scenario is a combination of images, movies, and/or audio files that 
you can present from a memory card. The easiest way to create a 
scenario is to drag and drop a PowerPoint file on the   
EMP 
SlideMaker2
 icon on your desktop. This automatically converts the 
file, which you can save to the memory card. Use this method if you 
have an existing PowerPoint presentation that you want to transfer to 
the projector. 
If you prefer,...

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4. When you see a message that the slideshow is complete, left 
mouse-click or press 
Enter as prompted. You see your scenario as 
shown below. The scenario is made up of individual cells for each 
of the PowerPoint slides.
5. At this point, you can insert additional images or create transition 
effects between slides. (See the instructions for “Building a 
Scenario from Different Files” on page 106 and “Setting Up 
Transitions” on page 108 for...

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Creating a Scenario from Scratch
Use this method when you want to create a new scenario from a 
selection of PowerPoint slides, images, or movie files.
1. To start the software, double-click the   
EMP SlideMaker2 
icon on your computer’s desktop (or click 
Programs or All 
Programs > EPSON Projector 
> EMP SlideMaker2 from the 
Start menu). 
You see the EMP SlideMaker screen:
Folders 
window
File 
window
Scenario windowFile-type selection box
Thumbnail...

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2. Choose New from the File menu. You see the scenario Properties 
dialog box:
3. Type a name for your scenario that’s easy to remember, using up 
to eight capital letters and numbers. Then select from the 
following options: 
■The default location for the scenario file and folder is in the 
\Program Files\EMP SlideMaker2 folder. Click Browse to 
choose a new location. 
■Click Configure BGM(W) to play an audio file during the 
scenario. A selection...

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Building a Scenario from Different Files
You can build your scenario from any of the following file types, either 
alone or in combination with other file types:
■PowerPoint slides, version 2000 through 2002 
(file names have .PPT extension)
■JPEG files (with .JPG extension) 
■Bitmap files (with .BMP or .DIB extension)
■Movie files (with .MPG extension); must be MPEG 2; MPEG1 is 
not supported
Follow these steps:
1. Use the navigation tools on the left...

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3. Drag and drop the files you want to use from either the file 
window or thumbnail window into the scenario window. (You 
can also double-click a thumbnail to add the file to the scenario.)
To include a whole PowerPoint file (instead of individual slides), 
drag the PowerPoint icon itself into the scenario window. 
Dragging an entire file preserves the transitions set in PowerPoint. 
4. Continue dragging files into the scenario window to build your...

108Presenting from a Memory Card or Digital Camera6. When you’re done, click the 
Save button or choose Save from 
the File menu. Then see page 111 to transfer the scenario to your 
memory card.
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 variety of transition effects between slides.
1. Click the cell or cells you want to set up in the scenario window. 
To select more than one cell, hold...

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3. Click Cell Properties. You see this dialog box:
4. Choose how you want to advance to the next cell.
■If you want to change slides manually using the remote 
control, select 
On mouse click. 
■If you want your slides 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). 
Even if you select this setting, you can still change slides 
manually using the remote...

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Checking Your Scenario
You can play your scenario before you transfer it to a memory card to 
make sure it looks and sounds the way you want it to.
1. Start EMP SlideMaker.
2. Use the navigation tools in the folders window to locate the 
scenario file you want to review. Click the file, then click 
File > 
Open
 to open the scenario.
3. Click 
Scenario Option(s) > Scenario Preview. The Scenario 
Preview window displays. 
If your scenario is set to...