TalkStd.readme: How to Use This Talk Template

I) How do I prepare my presentation?:
 
   A)  Log onto  alta1.middlebury.edu/chemistry/software buy pressing the
         software button on the chemistry server.  Then select Macintosh
         software and click on TalkStd.sea.hqx. This should create a folder
         "TalkStd folder"  on your Macintosh with the following files.

   B) What each file does:
          i) index.html - opens bottom.html and top.html and creates the frame
             for your talk.
         ii) bottom.html - displays a set of brightly colored numbered buttons
             that you can use to open each individual slide in your talk.
        iii) top.html - loads all the pictures in the presentation to reduce 
             the wait between slides
        iv) slide1.html, slide2.html. - A set of html documents you can
            modify to produce your talk.  These files will create a slide each
            time one of the colored buttons is pushed. Initially they would
            display the corresponding images: slide1.jpg, slide2.jpg, etc.
         v) snap1.gif, snap2.gif ...  Images of the slide buttons
        vi) readme.txt - YouÕre reading it! 
 
 II) What do I have to do to make my presentation?
 
   A) If your presentation includes only pictures (one picture per slide)
        then you need only to name your pictures   slide1.jpg, slide2.jpg,
        etc. and place them in the TalkStd Folder.

   B) Any image on your Mac can be converted to the jpg format by cutting
        and pasting the image into graphics converter, a share ware program
        found on the campus server.
        NOTE: The height of your images cannot exceed 440 pixels, if you want
              to display the image on the low resolution overhead screens in 
              Science Center 117 or 127 
 
   C) If your presentation includes pictures and text, then the slide1.html,
      slide2.html, etc. can be modified to include text.  You can use Word to
      directly edit these files and their html tags or you can use a web
      editor like pagemill.

   D) Edit the bottom.html to remove unwanted buttons.  For example deleting
     <A HREF="slide20.html" TARGET="B"><img border src="snap20.gif"></A><br>
      would remove button 20 in your presentation.

   E) Edit the top.html to include all of the images your talk will use. For
      example, adding the line
      <a NAME="ref20"><img src="slide20.jpg"></a>
      would load image slide20.jpg and give it an anchor tag of ref20 so you
      could refrence it directly from other html documents.

 III) What do I have to do to publish my talk?

   A) Move the TalkStd folder to a web server.  For example, you could move
      it onto the public_html directory on your midd-unix account.  The 
      easiest way to do this is to connect to your midd-unix account using the
      CHOOSER/VOTER UNIX CLUSTER, and then draging the folder over into the
      public_html folder on your midd-unix account.  Fetch or ftp are
      alternate ways to move files over to the server.

   B) The address for your talk will now be:
      www.middlebury.edu/~yourname/TalkStd

 IV) What do I have to do to present my talk?

   A) Start up Netscape and point it to your talks address. For example,
      http://www.middlebury.edu/~yourname/TalkStd

   A) Configure Netscape for optimum viewing
      a) Turn off toolbar, location and directory buttons (found under the
         options menu).
      b) Now scale the window so it fills the entire screen

   C) Turn on the overhead monitor to show your slide presentation.
      a) Turn on the monitor power source by turning the timer knob on the
         wall. (Be sure to leave enough time for your presentation.
      b) Turn on the overhead monitor by using the remote controls power on
         button.
      c) Make sure the correct source is feeding the overhead monitor.
         If everything is right your first slide should be on the screen.
  
   D) All the slides are loaded on the first page to reduce lag time during
      the presentation. You can flip between slides by clicking the brightly
      colored number buttons on the left side of the screen.  The done button
      will take you up one directory to your midd-unix public_html directory.
      If you would like to go some place else when you are done, just edit
      the bottom.html document to change the back HREF address.  For example,
      <A HREF="../new.html" target="_top"><img border src="back.gif"></A><br>
      would take you one directory up to the html document called new.


NOTE: The low resolution monitors in science center 127 and 117 will only 
display in a resolution of 640x480. Consequently, for your slides to fit on the
screen, they need to be less than 440 pixels high (The Netscape browser uses up
the extra 40 pixels). An easy way to gauge whether your picture is the right size 
is to match the bottom of the slide with the bottom of the large number 7 on the left
side of the screen.  You can check your talk on your Mac by turning on the low
resolution monitor mode using Apple/Control Panals/Monitors and then viewing
your slide presentation.