Contents
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Table of Contents
Welcome to SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
About This User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi
Technical Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi
Video Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1
Installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing Kai’s Power SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Windows Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Macintosh Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2
Kai’s Power SHOW Basics
. . . . 10
How SHOW Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Launching SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Creating a New Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Opening a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Working in a Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Displaying Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using Memory Dots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Moving Between Rooms . . . . . . . . . . 13
Working with Show Content . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selecting Thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Viewing File Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Arranging Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Arranging Content on the Desktop . 14
Arranging Content in the
Sequencer and Nano Sequencer . . . . 14
Undoing Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Redoing Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Playing a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Quitting SHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 3
Kai’s Power SHOW Tutorial
. . . 17
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lesson 1: Importing Files in the
IN Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Creating a QUICKSHOW! . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lesson 1: Creating a
QUICKSHOW! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lesson 2: Editing a
QUICKSHOW! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sorting Images in the SORT Room . . . . . 20
Lesson 1: Sorting Pictures on the
Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lesson 2: Loading files into the
Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Enhancing Slides in the EDIT Room . . . . 24
Lesson 1: Choosing a Slide to
Enhance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lesson 2: Special Effect
Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Lesson 3: Setting Up Transition
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Working with Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lesson 1: Adding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lesson 2: Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Lesson 3: Changing Text Attributes . 27
Lesson 4: Adding a Background . . . . 28
Lesson 5: Adding Text Effects . . . . . . 28
Using Sound Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lesson 1: Attaching Sound Clips . . . 29
Playing Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lesson 1: Using the Projector Icon . 30
Saving Your Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lesson 1: Saving Shows . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Distributing Your Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lesson 1: Preparing a Show for
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lesson 2: Distributing a Show . . . . . 32
Lesson 2: Saving SHOW Slides . . . . . 33
Printing a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lesson 1: Setting Up a Page . . . . . . . 34