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Questions tagged [slideshows]

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Slideshow mode: how to cycle slides automatically?

I'm doing a slideshow for an informative conference, so I need a slideshow running in background on some monitors. My question is: is there any way to make Mathematica to cycle slides automatically? Manipulate, Animate and SlideView have the "Play"…
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how can i make togglable cells in a mathematica presentation?

I'm having trouble understanding how to make togglable cells in presentations in mathematica. In the notebooks I download from the website training, when I click a title or so it toggles the open cells, as show in the image below. However when i…
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How to navigate slide shows using one-handed keystrokes?

Mathematica can create and play slide shows (for presentations). How can I go to the next or previous slide with a simple keyboard shortcut? Using the mouse-clickable buttons at the top seem to be too slow to be effective. Page up and Page down…
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Sort slides for a presentation

Powerpoint has a Slide Sorter view which I routinely use for (re)organizing a presentation. I can't find something like that in Mathematica in the documentation nor online. I very much like the tips given at Best way to give presentations with…
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Is there a site where you can run mathematica without having to download anything?

I made a project in mathematica, and I have to present it in front of a couple of layman in two days, but I have to use school laptops and for some stupid reason I am not allowed to download anything on that laptop. So my question is: Is there a…
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Use of Mathematica to generate report

I would like to generate a report for codes written in Mathematica, but I don't see basic features such as: Table of Content generator List of Figures Abstract Bibliography and other standard report generators like LaTex?
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Changing the background images of a slideshow presentation

Mathematica 9 lets you create presentations with background images. There are 6 default stylesheets for this: Earth, Garnet, Sapphire, Opal, Sunrise, Steel and Water. For your existing presentations I have found that you can apply the new…
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How to click on an equation reference and then go back to it?

When writing mathematica slides I create an equation with DisplayFormulaNumberedStyle. I then add a cell tag to it. Then in the document I reference to that equation by inserting automatic numbering. Then when giving the presentation I click on that…
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How to embed a movie into a Mathematica-made presentation?

The question is completely formulated in the title. However, to make it more presize, I am making presentations for lectures. The presentations are done in Mma. I have some illustrative material to show in a form of movies (avi and gif). It is…
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Save Mathematica presenter notebook as PDF?

I have been applying Mathematica presenter notebook as a primary tool for presentation. I found it to be an efficient alternative to LaTex, and a cleaner alternative to PowerPoint. However, when I project my screen with a projector, there are…
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Slide show on secondary screen

I have two screens while presenting. Usually I present on the secondary screen (e.g. projector) and take notes on the primary screen. In presentation mode, Mathematica automatically uses the primary screen. How can I change it? Ideally, Mathematica…
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How can I add a logo to a presentation?

I am trying to make a presentation with Mathematica and would like to know if there is a way to add a logo that will show in every slide. I have not found any settings that would allow me to do that automatically and would like to know if there is a…
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Where can I find good examples of Mathematica presentations

I'm beginning to prepare a scientific presentation. As most of my work has been done on Mathematica, I was wondering about the advantages of preparing a presentation directly with it, instead of creating one with LibreOffice Impress. I would like…
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paste and copy demonstrations to slide shows

I'm new on Mathematica, I started to work with it yesterday and this software is simply amazing! However I'm having the following trouble which I couldn't find any solution on internet (I use a linux distro): I went to Wolfram demonstration page…
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Automatically control size of slides in the SlideShow screen environment

WRI says there is "no easy way" to control the aspect ratio of slides in slideshows, even though everything is an expression and there's ~200 kinds of Box. In other words, a slide grows as more content is added. That's less like a slide and more…
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