Thanks David. I just started experimenting with this approach. I did indeed get to the ThreadNavigator and somehow got projects loaded into it. Note the lack of understanding in that statement. Sorry to be so dense, but: Q1: is a ThreadNavigator (TN) persistent; i.e., can I save it to disk as I can projects? (a 'no' answer to this will cause me to reconsider this approach) Q2: what are the exact steps for adding an *existing* project to a TN? When I create a New project (that I eventually want added to a TN), it gives me a clean world and I lose the TN. I'm confused.
About the Book approach, thanks Kim for distinguishing the Book from the Page. That was not at all obvious to me and it helped a great deal.
--Randy
-----Original Message----- From: Mitchell, David [CC] [mailto:David.Mitchell@mail.sprint.com] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 9:32 AM To: Randy Heiland Subject: RE: [Squeakland] PPT presentation
I have conducted and watched a number of Squeak presentations, using both Projects and BookMorphs.
The Project approach has worked much better for me. You are working with the whole screen, you can import other projects to act as pages.
Choose Supplies, Object Navigator, Navigation, and then drag out a ThreadNavigator.
Click the Orange handle on the navigator to bring up a menu for adding pages or reording the flow of the presentation.
On the general Squeak wiki (not Squeakland), has a page that talks about both approaches (BookMorphs and Projects with the ThreadNavigator).
Good luck,
David Mitchell
-----Original Message----- From: squeakland-bounces@squeakland.org [mailto:squeakland-bounces@squeakland.org] On Behalf Of Randy Heiland Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:17 AM To: squeakland@squeakland.org Subject: [Squeakland] PPT presentation
Hi Squeakers,
I want to do a Powerpoint-like presentation in Squeak. That is to say, I want to do a multi-"page" presentation, where I have a few simple concepts (with large-font text + graphics) on each page. What is the best way to do this in Squeak? I thought it would be nice to use the Navigator's Prev/Next buttons to let me step through my presentation ("pages"). However, this would of course mean that each page is a project, which seems strange - unless there's some concept of a "parent" project that could serve as a way of letting me step thru children.
I know there is a 'Book' in the Supplies tab. However, unless I'm missing something, a Book doesn't let me draw graphics into its pages.
Anyway, I welcome your suggestions.
--Randy
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