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=========== Peter, I also get the Messenger/My Conversations page. Gary (ordinary user)

================ Peter, Ah...after a nights rest, I think I just saw the error of my ways. When I was returning the image from the 80% back to the original approximately 121%, I was putting in only 100%, thinking (not-thinking) that it would return to what the original position was. I should have input the 121% Sorry. But now I see what else was bothering me. When you choose the '% of the slide to show...', it only affects the Zoom, not the Pan. Would it not be better to have the '% of the slide to show...' affect both the Zoom and the Pan? That would keep the image in the center of the frame. Also, let me ask another question. When you as inputting a value for the '% of the slide to show' and click on OK (but not 'Set for Existing Slides'), I thought it would affect only the current slide you are looking at. It does not. The 'Set For Existing Slides' does affect all the images but you can not affect just the one image by clicking just 'OK'. Should you be able to affect just the one slide if you only click on 'OK'? Gary

=============== Peter, Sorry I was not too clear about what I meant by "cropped" or "zoomed". I did not apply any animation or motion. No keyframes added. All I did was expand the image using the 'handles' of the image to fit the left/right edges of the 16:9 frame. I have attached a screenshot of the O&A Animation screen. There are some Pan and Zoom values but only as a result of repositioning the image. Thanks for taking a look at this. Gary

Greetings, I have noticed what I think is a bug or at least something that needs attention to improve the Screen's '% of the slide to show main image' choice. (V6.5) I created a file (attached) that recorded my steps (opens in IE) with a set of screen shots that displays what I am talking about. I have also inserted text boxes with my own comments, as needed. The problem is that when the % is changed from 100% to 80%, the image is not maintained centered in the frame. Then, when I reset the 80% back to 100%, the image does not return back to its original position. I don't know if the fact that I am using the 16:9 aspect ratio and cropped (zoomed) the image is creating the problem. Gary PTE Bug.zip

================== Ian, Will it be possible for his presentation to be video taped or at least audio taped, and posted it here??? Hmmmm...make a PTE slideshow???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gary

============= Mark, 'Sync music to slides' means that the music will stop when you pause the show. The slides stick with the music as you have set the Time Interval for the slides, on the same menu page. To have the slides evenly spaced out over whatever music you added to the show, you have to click on the 'Auto spread...' choice that is just below the 'Sync music...' choice, on the same menu page. But a word of warning. If you use the 'Auto spread...' function and then expect to see the correct spreading of the slides in the Timeline, you won't. It will not look like the slides have been spread along the music. To visually see the results of the 'Auto spread' selection in the Timeline, you have to click on 'Timed Points', then 'Arrange All Points'. Then, magically the Timeline will actually show what the 'Auto spread' is actually doing. I have suggested that this action should be done automatically but there is resistance to these actions being linked in an automatic fashion. I hope this helps and I hope I got that right... Gary Added later: And, by the way, you have to go through the 'Timed Points' and 'Arrange...' process each time you add or remove slides if you want to visually see the Timeline corrected for your change in the number of slides.

======================== nobeefstu... I don't remember having seen any caution that wav files would not play in Macs. But since I am a PC person, I am not surprised. I was just experimenting and discovered the problem. It did not dawn on me that there would be any compatibility problems. Most of the wavs that I would use in PTE shows would be small sound effects files. It has been difficult to find a good free program that converts wavs to mp3s but I think I just found one. For anyone who might be interested, here is the link to the free download. I tried it and it works very well: http://www.nch.com.au/switch/mp3.html?gclid=CIrErMrit6MCFZxo5Qod4gOiag Thanks, Gary

Earlier this year (March), I was having a problem playing an Executable show that was created to play on a Mac. I discovered that if I removed the wav sound files, the problem went away and it then played fine on a Mac. I don't have a Mac handy to do more testing but, at the time, I suggested that this is a 'problem' and hoped that it could be corrected. I did not receive any further responses so I am not sure where this stands. So my question is will a show now created as an Executable for a Mac that contains wav sound files play without a problem now on a Mac? Thanks... Gary

======================= Peter, I have Googled a few sites that mention that PSR.exe is in Vista. Maybe not. I did find this site below that tells how to repair a non-working PSR.exe in Windows7 and Vista. You might give this a try to see if it can be revived. It is a cool program. http://www.filerepair.ca/DLL-EXE-downloads/p/ps/psr.exe-Download-File-psr.exe.html Gary Added later: I just found this (so I guess it is not available in Vista): "The Problem Steps Recorder in the Windows 7 operating system is a feature that enables users to record their interactions with an application and provide a detailed screen-by-screen view with accompanying information. Note: Problem Steps Recorder is not available for down level Vista or XP Hope it helps Thanks and regards Dinesh-Microsoft Support"

=================== Gwynn and others, If you have Windows 7, there is a built-in program called PSR (Problem Steps Recorder). If you go to the Start-Search window and type in PSR, it will reveal the PSR.exe file. When you start the recording, it will take images, screen-by-screen as you go and highlight where your mouse was clicking. This is saved as an html file that can be sent to anyone. It is very useful for stuff like this. Hope you have Windows7... It is not 'video' but it is a screen-by-screen recorder. (I hear that Vista has it too). Gary

============ Thanks Peter. I can't see any negatives with this monitor/TV. I hope they still have some left. Gary

=================== Tom, Thanks for the info. I'll keep my eye opened for the 1015n. Gary

Greetings, I borrowed a friend's NetBook, which is an Acer Aspire One Atom with 1Mb of RAM and the processor is a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom Z520. I played some PTE exe files and they played OK, maybe not perfect. But when I tried to play the same file as an MP4, using Home Cinema as the player, the NetBook choked and rebooted each time. I'd like to get a NetBook but one that has the guts to play PTE MP4 slideshows, without choking. I'd like to know if this problem of rebooting, when an MP4 is played, is caused by having only 1 Mbs of RAM or is it the slow 1.33 processing speed. Or both? If so what would be the minimum specs for a good NetBook to play MP4 without any problems? Thanks... Gary P.S. And, the video card, I would guess, is integrated on the motherboard....but wouldn't all NetBooks have their video card integrated?

========================= Colin, It took me a while, but I found these specs. It has the 16+ million colors, as you state, but it is 24 bit (not the 8 bit, as you mentioned). Is this a positive or a negative? Color Support24-bit-(16.7 million colors) Diagonal Size-23in Diagonal Size (metric)-58.4cm Form Factor-Desktop Image Brightness-250cd/m2 Image Contrast Ratio-1000:1 Image Max H-View Angle-170 Image Max V-View Angle-160 Interface-VGA (HD-15) / DVI / HDMI Max Resolution-1920 x 1080 Response Time-2ms Technology-TFT active matrix Type-LCD display Widescreen-Widescreen Thanks... Gary added later: Oppps, the above is for the XL2370; below is for the P2370 model (pretty much the same, but the 'P' has the TV tuner): • Diagonal Size 23 in - Widescreen • Dot Pitch / Pixel Pitch 0.2655 mm • Max Resolution 1920 x 1080 • Color Support 24-bit (16.7 million colors) • Max Sync Rate (V x H) 60 Hz x 81 KHz • Video Bandwidth 164 MHz • Response Time 2 ms • Video Output None • Signal Input DVI-I, VGA • Features MagicTune , MagicWizard , MagicBright 3 , Sync on Green

================== Peter... Yes, I just discovered that button. And it worked. Before, however, it was not needed. But nice to hear it is not my PC doing bad things.... Hope it gets fixed. Thanks... Gary

Greetings, For some time now, I have been using the Forums 'View New Content' to pull up the posting since my last visit to the Forum. It is really a great way to be able to see only what the new postings are and it normally works great in showing me only what has been posting since my last visit. However, more recently, it has not been consistent. My 'Settings' in the Forum has the 'Show me all new content since my last visit' checked. But, like today, even though I have read all the latest postings, and close the site, and then come back, it shows all the same postings that I had just read. What constitutes a 'last visit'? Is there a way to force a 'last visit' or what makes it clear the already-read-postings? Thanks... Gary

================== I gave it a look but it beats me!!! I can add new text to the black background and it shows up fine. If I add text as a child to one of your text blocks (that does not show up), it also does not show up. Why your text is not showing up is a mystery. I guess, the best way to overcome this problem is to dump the text you have and add it again, and it should show up, as it did in my test??? (V6.5) Gary

Lin, It is difficult to comprehend the loss of a partner of 33 years. It is with great sadness to hear of Sherry's passing. Best wishes to you and your family, Gary

==================== Ronnie, The first box is checked, 'Turn on DEP for all programs and services only', and nothing is in the box below the two radio buttons. Gary

=================== Ok... I installed the 6.5 Beta 15 on my Windows XP PC and played your test slideshow and had no problems. Gary PS And when I go to make an MP4...no problems.

======================== Ronnie, I'm not sure if this will help. But, I played your slideshow on my Windows7, 6.5 Beta15, and had no problems. I then tried opening it on my WindowsXP PC that has 6.0 Final and 6 Beta24 on it. In each of these two versions, I get an error "Sound Files Not Found" (it shows up 5 times in its error message window). I thought what I downloaded was created in 6.0 and it should have worked in my versions on my XP PC, but maybe I misunderstood your posting. Not sure what to make of this. Gary

==================== Peter... You are right, again! This morning, I did another Search for the 'apr'. For some unknown reason, they finally showed up. Maybe, I had accidentally stopped the completion of the search process before it was finished. Windows7's Search feature is so 'quiet' that maybe I thought it was done. It doesn't seem to show something like an hourglass or something that is obvious that it is still working. Anyway, I found a whole bunch of them, from Beta15, back to Beta1. Thanks... Gary

============== nobeefstu... Actually, I think I used 'apr*.ini', with the '*' wildcard and the 'period'. I did both with apr.ini and apr*.ini because Peter had some text in his files after the 'apr'. Doesn't Windows still recognized the '*' wildcard??? I am old enough to have been a fan of DOS! Gary

Greetings, I don't know if this 'problem' is a Beta15 bug or I am still confusing apples and oranges. Here goes: Today, I have been doing a lot of testing/trying difference options to create MP4s. I was always under the impression, from what I've seen in this Forum, that when you choose Screen/Fixed Size of Slide, you are making it so that when you happen to play your MP4 on a larger monitor/TV, the slideshow will not 'expand' beyond the Aspect Ratio you had set. In one of my experiments, I created 2 MP4 slideshows at a 4:3 Aspect Ratio, but one had Fixed Size checked, and one was unchecked. The slideshow that had the Fixed Size checked, was shown on my 40" LED (1920x1080, 16x9) retaining the 4:3 ratio. However, when I played the 4:3 MP4 slideshow that had the Fixed Size unchecked, I expected the show to just expand to just do a best-fit on the LED's screen but not go beyond it. What happened, though, was that the slideshow really expanded way beyond the LED's screen at all sides, losing lots of each image. Is this normal??? If this is normal, it seems that you would want the Fixed Size to always be checked? I always used the 16:9 Aspect Ratio before so I never noticed this 'problem'. Gary

============= Peter... Under Folder Options/View, I have 'Show Hidden Files' checked and I have unchecked all "Hide..." options. So all should be found, right? I am using Windows7 and it does not give me any further options in the Search options, so I think if I had an apr*.ini, it would have found it. Have I missed anything...? I remember I used to see an apr.ini file. Gary