Epson Projector Powerlite 1815p User Manual

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5. Select Open Folder. You see your image files when the folder 
opens.
6. Position the cursor on the movie or image file you want to project 
and press 
Enter. 
7. Select 
View Image or Play Movie.
If you selected an image, it is projected on the screen. If you want, 
you can press a side of the  pointer button to rotate the image 
while you’re viewing it.
If you selected a movie, it begins playing. You can use the 
pointer button to control...

102Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card7. Position the cursor on the folder and press 
Enter. 
8. Select 
Open Folder. You see your image files when the folder 
opens.
9. Position the cursor on the image file you want to project and press 
Enter. 
10. Select 
View Image. The image is projected on the screen. If you 
want, you can press a side of the  pointer button to rotate the 
image while you’re viewing it.
To stop viewing images, select 
Exit at the top of the screen and press...

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You see your files displayed on the screen:
4. Use the  pointer button on the remote control to highlight the 
folder containing your images and press 
Enter. 
5. From the pop-up menu, use the pointer to select 
Play Slideshow 
and press 
Enter. (Or highlight the Slideshow button at the 
bottom of the screen and press 
Enter.) The images contained in 
the folder are presented as a slideshow.
Use the remote control to run the slideshow as...

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Changing Timing and Other Settings
For each folder on the USB drive or memory card, you can set the 
display timing for your slides and change several other display settings. 
1. Select the folder containing the images for the slideshow settings 
you want to change and press 
Enter.
2. From the drop-down menu, use the pointer to select 
Option and 
press
 Enter. 
You see this screen:
3. Use the  pointer button to select from the following...

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■Display order
Lets you choose between displaying alphabetically by file 
name or by image file date. 
■Continuous Play
Determines whether to repeat the display of images in the 
folder.
■Screen switching time
Sets the display time for each image. Choose No if you want 
to change slides manually. 
■Effect
Lets you choose from various transitions between slides, such 
as Dissolve or Wipe.
4. When you’re done, highlight 
OK and press Enter. Your...

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Converting a PowerPoint File to a Scenario
Follow these steps to convert a PowerPoint file to a scenario. Once the 
scenario is created, you can set up transitions as described on 
page 111. 
1. Make sure the EMP SlideMaker program is closed. 
2. Locate the PowerPoint file you want to use in My Computer or 
Windows Explorer.
3. Drag the file icon on top of the   
EMP SlideMaker2 icon on 
your desktop. 
4. When you see a message about file...

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Creating a Scenario from Scratch
Use this method when you want to create a scenario from a selection 
of PowerPoint slides, graphics, or movie files. You’ll need to set up 
your scenario file and folder, build the scenario, set up transitions, and 
check the scenario. 
Setting Up the Scenario File and Folder
1. Double-click the   EMP SlideMaker2 icon on your computer’s 
desktop (or click
 Start > Programs or All Programs > Epson 
Projector 
>...

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■Click Configure BGM(W) to play an audio file during the 
scenario. A selection screen appears letting you choose a 
.WAV file. After you select the file you want, click the arrow 
button to the right of the option to play it.
■The Background Color appears around images that don’t fill 
the entire screen area. Select a new color, if desired.
■Select the Image Quality for imported PowerPoint slides. 
Higher-quality images look better on the...

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Follow these steps:
1. Use the navigation tools on the left side of the EMP SlideMaker 2 
screen to locate the files you want to include in your scenario. 
PowerPoint, JPEG, bitmap, and movie files appear as icons in the 
file window.
2. Click the icon for each file that you want to preview. The preview 
appears in the thumbnail preview window. If you click a 
PowerPoint icon, thumbnail images are generated for all the slides 
in the PowerPoint...

110Presenting from a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card3. Drag and drop the files you want to include in your scenario 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...