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What does Handout Wizard (HOW) do?
HOW creates handouts from your PowerPoint presentations in the
presentation format.
Can I create a handout of a custom show?
Yes, you can create a handout from a custom show, a slide selection, slide
range
or from all the slides.
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My handout has
truncated images in PPT 2007. How can I fix it?
A bug introduced in Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1 causes the images
exported to get truncated in content. This bug has been addressed in Office
2007 Service Pack 2. You download it
here.
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What is Custom layout?
You
define the number of slides per row and per column along
with the margins and order of slide position to create a handout in the order
your want.
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What is a Defined layout?
A custom layout is limits you to setting the size/order/position of the
thumbnails, a layout definition gives you complete control over each slide
represented in the handout. You can decide on the formatting, position,
dimensions of each slide in the handout on a page. You can introduce
other shapes/graphics while using this option to create consistent corporate
handouts. HOW uses a Layout Definition Template while using the defined
layout option.
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What is a 'Layout Definition Template'?
A 'Layout Definition Template' (LDT) is a customized template which contains
shapes which represent placeholders. These placeholder will be replaced by slide thumbnails/notes
text
at that location with all the attributes of the placeholder in the LDT. LDT is
just a slide with shapes, Handout Wizard (HOW) uses the specified
LDT to create a
consistent handout for you. No need to reposition and reformat a handout every time, just create a
LDT with your style and formatting and re-use it every time.
e.g. if the image placeholder has a red dashed border and is set to be black
and white, when the slide thumbnail is created it will have a red dashed
border and in black and white mode.
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How do I create a LDT?
Click
here for step-by-step instruction to
create a LDT.
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What is an 'Image Placeholder'?
An image placeholder is a rectangle autoshape with the text '{Thumbnail}'
or '{ThumbnailBW}' in it. HOW maps a thumbnail onto
the image placeholder while creating a handout with a LDT. The thumbnail in
the created handout inherits the attributes like position,
dimensions, border formatting from the image placeholder on to which it is
mapped.
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How do I create an Image placeholder?
Open a LDT, click on Autoshapes on the
Drawing toolbar and select the Rectangle autoshape. Draw a
rectangle on the slide. Position, size and format it.
In this create rectangle autoshape, type the following text '{Thumbnail}'
(without the quotes). The text is not case sensitive, so '{Thumbnail}' is just
as fine as '{ThumbNail}'. HOW uses this distinct formatting to
identify image placeholders.
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How can I create a B/W (grayscale) image placeholder?
If you wish to create a grayscale thumbnail instead, in the handout, repeat the steps to create a normal image placeholder and then edit the shape
text to 'ThumbnailBW'.
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How many image placeholders can I have on a slide?
There is no limit. You can have as many as you need.
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Can each image placeholder be sized or formatted or positioned differently?
Yes, each image placeholder will be replaced by a slide thumbnail with
properties identical to that of the individual image placeholder that the
thumbnail maps on to in the handout.
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How do I insert a slide number on the defined layout?
To add slide numbers in the layout, click on Textbox on the Drawing
toolbar and draw a textbox on the slide. Position, size and format it. In the
textbox type '{Number}' (without quotes). Make one for each image placeholder
on the slide.
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How do I get the slide title to appear below the slide
in the handout ?
For this you need to create a defined layout. If you want to have the
slide titles appearing in the layout, click on Textbox on the Drawing toolbar
and draw a textbox on the slide. Position the shape on the slide. In the
textbox type '{SlideTitle}' (without quotes). Make one for each image
placeholder on the slide.
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Do you have examples of using the above field in a layout?
Yes, open the any of the following layout templates in PowerPoint - 'Sample LDT.ppt' or 'Two slides with lines multi-layout.ppt'. These
layouts are included as a part of the installation and can be found in the
'More Layouts' folder within the folder where Handout Wizard is installed.
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Can I apply a design template to the LDT?
Yes, a LDT is in presentation format, just as you apply a design to a
presentation, you can apply a design to the LDT and save it.
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Can I edit the created Handout ?
Yes, the handout is created in PowerPoint presentation format. You can edit it just as
another other presentation.
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Does Handout Wizard support multiple layouts in a single handout?
Yes, it supports multiple layout. Each slide in a LDT will be treated as a
handout layout for each page in the created handout in sequence.
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How can I change the font while numbering
the thumbnails?
HOW uses the default font in the default
presentation or the default font in the used LDT. To change the numbering
font, you need to change the default font.
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My trial period has expired
how do I register HOW?
Look up the help topic 'Register
HOW online' for further details.
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How do I register HOW?
You can purchase a registration code online from the following
page to
register your copy of HOW.
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How do I get support or provide feedback
or report a bug?
Email support is provided free. Send an email to
Shyam@MVPs.Org with your problem/feedback
and you will receive a prompt reply.
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Do I get discounts on bulk license
purchases?
You do get discounts on bulk license purchases. To learn about the
discount offerings, visit the following page.
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What are named settings?
Named settings are the choices made by the user in the wizard (slide
selection, output quality, numbering, layouts, footer etc.) that can saved
and invoked for later or repetitive use without having to key in the choices
again. Click here to learn more about named
settings.
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How can I save a new
named setting?
Just before you begin creating the handout, click on
‘Save Settings’. Enter a name to save the settings used under that name.
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How can I load my saved
named setting?
In the main wizard window (Step 1) click on the combo box
and select from the list of available settings. HOW will load the save values
for that named setting.
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How can I
delete some named settings?
Select Tools
| Handout Wizard | Delete named settings. In the window select the setting to be deleted from
the list and click on Delete.
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Can I update my saved
setting?
Yes, you can. Load a named setting,
make changes to the options then save the setting again under the same name.
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How can I load a
particular setting automatically when the wizard is run?
‘Default’ is the named setting that loads
automatically during each session. Select you desired options in the wizard,
click on the Save Settings button and type, 'Default' (without quotes) to
update the existing stored options. Now, whenever you start the wizard, these
updated options will get loaded automatically.
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I tried to load the Handout Wizard
add-in but I do not see it listed in my Add-ins window. What am I doing wrong?