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
![](snap20.gif)
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
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,
![](back.gif)
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.