ClarisWorks Slide Show Hints and Tips

ClarisWorks Slide Show Tips and Hints

The Drawing module is the best for slide shows. Although Slide Show commands work in other modules.

Things to remember:

Set your margins to .25 in. and set number of pages (slides) under the Format - Document menu.
Change the orientation of the page to landscape under the File - Page Setup menu.
Turn on Page View under the Window menu.
Click the “Small Mountains” to work in a reduced page view on your computer screen (usually 66.7).
Create a consistent background (Edit Master Page under Options). Don’t forget to turn off the Master Page before you start to add words and pictures.
Look for your text ruler under Format - Rulers.
Use color. Slide Shows are for screen viewing!
Text should get to the point. Use short sentences and large type sizes!
Use pictures to illustrate your ideas!

Problems/Solutions

How do I get a gradient to show up as a background?
You have to first draw a rectangle the size of the page on the Master Page and then select the gradient from the gradient pallete. Gradients can be customized by pulling the pallette off the tool bar and then double clicking the gradient in the pallette.

Where can I find pictures or graphics?

Graphics are available in the ClarisWorks libraries.

Graphics can also be copied from Netscape (click and hold your mouse on a picture until a “copy” menu appears).

Under the File menu, Insert graphics from the SHS graphics server – Using Apple Share in the Chooser menu, connect as a Guest to the PATRIOT server in the LINK LAB zone.

The computer says there is not enough memory to run my slide show.
The computer has plenty of memory, but the memory allocated to ClarisWorks needs to be increased. Notify Information Services.

My slide show is too large to fit on my disk.
Anything painted or with lots of color uses lots of memory. If you change backgrounds on every page or add a lot of color to black and white graphics, your file size will grow! One solution is to save your slide show to a Network folder.

Presenting your Slide Show – Choose Window - Slide Show…

Slide Show commands

Order:

Click and drag the Page # to change the order in which the pages show in your presentation.

Order

Click the icon to the left of the page to make your page transparent, opaque or hidden. All pages are Opaque until you change them. The Transparent feature is great for “building a list of steps or ideas.” The Hidden feature is great if the slide is not important today, but will add to the presentation tomorrow!

Slide Options:

Three options are chosen for you. Do you really want your arrow pointer to show?
Click to select a Fade transition effect between your slides.
Loop will allow the slide show to recycle to the first slide when it reaches the end.
Advance Every # seconds will present your pages automatically.
Background and Border palettes allow you to add color to your presentation. If you have created a colored background on a Master Page, the options you choose here will only show in the margins on your screen.

How to end your show?

Always click Done

when you are finished so all your settings are remembered!

ClarisWorks Slide Show Tips and Hints
Charlene Chausis, Technology Trainer
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire, IL

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