... WHILE BEING REALLY REALLY
RIDICULOUSLY GOOD LOOKING
HOW TO CONNECT
A LAPTOP
TO A PROJECTOR
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My name is Matteo and
I am a bit of a
presentation freak.
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I think that everyone should be
totally confident when they
connect their laptop to a
projector. Even good looking...
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Copyright: Paramount Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures
How good looking? I
think you can be as
good looking as him!
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first of all
DON’T PANIC
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You can download all the tips,
tricks and shortcuts from this
presentation at:
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Let’s start with Apple.
It’s the mainstream
platform when it
comes to
presentations.
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Mirrored or Arranged?
When you connect a computer to a Mac
it usually works. But you need to
choose between two display modes.
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mirror displays
Arranged is ideal for presentations
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mirror displays
Arranged is ideal for presentations
It allows you to use the
Presenter Display in
Keynote.
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Quickly switch where the presenter
display is shown
X
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Mirrored is great for demos
mirror displays
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Mirrored is great for demos
mirror displays
What you see is what
your audience sees.
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⌘+F1
Shift quickly between
Mirrored & Arranged
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Get your slides full screen with Keynote
P
⌘
cmd
⌥
alt
Don’t call this “alt”,
it’s the “option key”
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Jony Ive
Locked in a white
room since 1992
Every time you call it “alt”
this man spends one more
day in the white room...
#freejony
Credit: Apple, @CraigGrannell
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Start your Powerpoint show in style
↩
⌘
cmd
⇧
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Display your pdf instantly in Preview
⌘
cmd
ctrl
F
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The “niche” platform
when it comes to
presenting is
Windows
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Way too many display modes
Windows is fully
customizable. So it
offers you 4 different
display modes
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Way too many display modes
DISCONNECTED DUPLICATED
EXTEND PROJECTOR ONLY
+P
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Way too many display modes
DISCONNECTED DUPLICATED
EXTEND PROJECTOR ONLY
+P
Use this shortcut to switch
between the modes
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fn
F4 Different brands have
different shortcuts.
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fn
F5
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fn
F7
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fn
F8
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Start your PowerPoint show with grace
F5
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Fullscreen your pdf in Adobe Acrobat
ctrl
L
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Temporarily blank the display
B
W
These two shortcuts
work mostly
everywhere
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Don’t forget the power cord!
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Did you already
forget all the
shortcuts?
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No worries. Download
them at
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There you can also download
these slides!
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No worries. Download
them at
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You can be this goodlooking
when you connect a projector
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