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The Projector Commander

The Projector Commander is shown over the Message Bar when the Projector is active. It contains all buttons necessary to "navigate" the Projector. Every button has a key-equivalent so you can use the keyboard in case your Projector setup does not show the document window with the Commander.

Information about the buttons in the Commander:

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Type a number and it will be added to a buffer, shown just right of button "9". Used to be able to jump to whatever slide you want.

Return or Enter: accept the number in the buffer and jump to that slide.

Delete or Backspace: erase last typed number from the buffer.

Clear or C-key: clear the number buffer.

   

B-key: Blackout. Makes the Projector go black. Get out of this with any other command. It turns red when active.

Asterisk-key: skip the next slide and then select the next one.

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Left and right arrow: go to previous or next slide.

   

Option-Command-Return: activate Autoplay mode. It turns yellow when active.

   

Show/Hide geometry controls: set size and position of the text box in the Projector. These settings can also be found in the Options window.

Text zoom

Zoom the text box. Normal icon: small adjustment. Bold icon: big adjustment. Equal sign: back to 100%, same text size as in Slide Editor.

Text width

Width of the text box. Bold arrows: big adjustment.
Right button: expand text box to width of the display.

horizontal

Horizontal position of the text box. Bold arrows: big adjustment.
Middle button: centre the text box horizontally on the display.

vertical

Vertical position of the text box. Bold arrows: big adjustment.

Home: put the text box in the top left corner.

   

Option-Command-B: show a transparent background on the text box for better visual sizing and positioning. It turns blue when active.

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Escape or Command-Return: exit the Projector.