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User 18.08.2006 14:12:43 |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. I just downloaded RB yesterday, and have been unable to get it to work with powerpoint. In particular, the menu key works (brings up a menu, and the menu does the right thing when clicked with the mouse). But the next slide and previous slide keys do nothing (except when the menu is up--in this case, they make the menu go away). I've tried this with two different remotes. I'm on a MacBook Pro (Intel), latest everything from Apple. I'm using "Power Point X for Mac service release 1". It does seem to work with Firefox, for what that's worth. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks, Bob Sidebotham
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- Please make sure you have the latest version of Remote Buddy installed. If in doubt, download the latest version, quit Remote Buddy, delete it, empty your trash, then copy the downloaded version of Remote Buddy to your harddrive and start it from there.
- Please make sure, that you have installed the latest version of the Remote Buddy drivers. You can install the drivers using the Setup Wizard (=> access it via the Remote Buddy pulldown menu).
- Check your Remote Buddy settings in the Hardware category. Your remote control should be listed there and the lamp next to it should be green. If you don't find your remote control there, either the Remote Buddy drivers were not installed or installed in an outdated version - or - there is a general problem with the device. For USB devices, plugging the device to another port or resetting the PMU and/or SMC-unit of your Mac® (=> find guides on how to do this for your Mac® in the support area of apple.com) may help. If you can't find it under "USB" in the System Profiler (=> /Applications/Utilities) either, a hardware defect is as well possible.
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| User 18.08.2006 18:00:02 | Re: Power point doesn't work | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hello Bob, thanks for your mail / posting. (I skip the reply to your previous contact form mail on the same topic and just put you in the Bcc of the reply mail I send to the forum) The problem is quickly located: PowerPoint X - as opposed to PowerPoint 2004 - has no AppleScript support and thus does not work with the Behaviour for PowerPoint, which makes use of PowerPoint's AppleScript-support to allow you to start/stop and navigate PowerPoint presentations. There is a (partial) solution, though. 1) Since PowerPoint X does not offer any keyboard shortcut (at least I don't know any) that would start the presentation, use the touchpad of your MacBook or virtual mouse of Remote Buddy to start the presentation from the menu. 2) Use your remote to enter the menu and activate the "Virtual Cursor Keys" behaviour from the "Input devices" menu. This will send left and right cursor keys to the frontmost app (PowerPoint when running a presentation) and will thus make it skip forward and backward through your slides. If anybody knows a key combination in PowerPoint v.X that would start a presentation, I could make the behaviour directly support PowerPoint v.X without this two step procedure .. Best regards, Felix [standard mail footer removed] | User 18.08.2006 18:54:48 | Re: Power point doesn't work | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Okay let me see if this helps.. Keys for running a slide show Press To N, RETURN, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, ENTER, or the SPACEBAR (or click the mouse) Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide. P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or DELETE Return to the previous animation or return to the previous slide. B or PERIOD Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen. W or COMMA Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen. S or PLUS SIGN Stop or restart an automatic slide show. CONTROL+SHIFT+S Start slide show from the first slide. CONTROL+SHIFT+B Start slide show from the current slide. ESC, +PERIOD, OR HYPHEN End a slide show. E Erase on-screen annotations. H Go to next hidden slide if the next slide is hidden. T Set new timings while rehearsing. O Use original timings while rehearsing. M Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing. +P Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to a pen. +A Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to an arrow. CONTROL+H Hide the pointer and button immediately. +U Hide the pointer and button in 10 seconds. A or EQUAL SIGN Show or hide the arrow pointer. Hold down CONTROL and click the mouse button Display the contextual menu. Last edited: 18.08.2006 19:07:48
| User 18.08.2006 19:08:36 | Re: Power point doesn't work | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Okay let me see if this helps.. Keys for running a slide show Press To N, RETURN, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, ENTER, or the SPACEBAR (or click the mouse) Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide. P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or DELETE Return to the previous animation or return to the previous slide. B or PERIOD Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen. W or COMMA Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen. S or PLUS SIGN Stop or restart an automatic slide show. "CONTROL+SHIFT+S Start slide show from the first slide." "CONTROL+SHIFT+B Start slide show from the current slide."
ESC, +PERIOD, OR HYPHEN End a slide show. E Erase on-screen annotations. H Go to next hidden slide if the next slide is hidden. T Set new timings while rehearsing. O Use original timings while rehearsing. M Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing. +P Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to a pen. +A Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to an arrow. CONTROL+H Hide the pointer and button immediately. +U Hide the pointer and button in 10 seconds. A or EQUAL SIGN Show or hide the arrow pointer. Hold down CONTROL and click the mouse button Display the contextual menu. Last edited: 18.08.2006 19:07:48
| User 21.08.2006 13:34:01 | Re: Re: Power point doesn't work | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Thanks a ton, Thomas!
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