The Perils of Presentation

Most of us have witnessed the embarrassment of someone who’s struggling to get a slide presentation to run from a projector or on a second monitor. Why is there no video signal from the computer to the projector? Why is only part of the screen visible? Or—oops!—once the show finally gets going, a screen saver suddenly pops up, or the computer goes to sleep. It’s awful! The flustered presenter has to log back on and resume the presentation, only to be sabotaged yet again by the screen saver or the power settings. Fortunately, PowerPoint and Windows Vista have teamed up to help you or your presenter avoid such disasters.

If you’re using a portable computer with Windows Vista to run your slide show, you have access to the ...

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