Epson Projector Powerlite 1825 User Manual

Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card121
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...

122Presenting 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...

Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card123
6. When you’re done, click the Save button or choose Save from 
the File menu. Then see page 128 to transfer the scenario to your 
USB drive or CompactFlash card.
Setting Up Transitions
EMP SlideMaker 2 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...

124Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card4. 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 control. 
5. To add a transition effect...

Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card125
Checking Your Scenario
You can play your scenario before you transfer it to a USB drive to 
make sure it looks and sounds the way you want it to.
1. Use the navigation tools in the folders window to locate the 
scenario file you want to review. Click the file, then select 
File > Open to open the scenario.
2. Click 
Scenario Option(s) > Scenario Preview. The Scenario 
Preview window appears. 
If the scenario is set to advance automatically (see...

126Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card
Editing a Scenario
You can edit a scenario stored on a USB storage device or 
CompactFlash card to change the order in which images are projected, 
or select whether to display individual images.
1. Press the  pointer button on the remote control to move the 
cursor to the icon for the scenario you want to edit, and then press 
the 
Esc button. You see this screen:
2. Select 
Edit Scenario and press the Enter button.
3. Use the cursor to select...

Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card127
■To select whether to display a slide, select Show/Hide and 
press 
Enter.
■To change the order of the slide, select Move Files, then 
move the cursor to the desired position and press 
Enter.
4. When you are done editing, use the remote control to select the 
Edit Complete button and press Enter.
The edited content can be accessed only while the CompactFlash card 
or USB storage device is inserted into the projector.
Select the slide 
to be...

128Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card
Transferring Your Scenario to a USB 
Drive or CompactFlash Card
Once your scenario is saved, you can transfer it to a USB drive or 
CompactFlash memory card. Be sure to use the transfer process 
described below to ensure that the scenario plays properly: 
1. Connect the USB drive. If you are using a CompactFlash card, 
insert it in your computer or insert it in a card reader and connect 
the card reader to your computer.
2. Start EMP SlideMaker...

Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card129
7. Do one of the following:
■If you don’t want the scenario to run automatically, click 
Cancel
. Skip to step 11 to remove the drive and insert it in 
the projector.
■If you want it to run automatically, click OK and continue 
with the following instructions.
You see the Edit Autorun window:
8. To set a scenario to run automatically, select it from the list on the 
left side of the screen and use the   arrow button to move it to 
the list on...

130Presenting From a USB Drive, Camera, or CompactFlash Card
Presenting Scenarios
Before you begin, connect the USB drive (see page 52) or insert the 
CompactFlash card containing the scenario to your projector (see 
page 53). 
Then follow these steps to present your scenario:
1. Turn on the projector, if it’s not already on. 
■If your scenario is set to autorun, it will start as soon as the 
projector warms up.
■If your scenario is not set to autorun, you need to start it 
manually. Continue with the...