[Sig-bwp] Take Control of Your iPod: Running Presentations

[Gerry Mckiernan]

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Take Control of Your iPod: Running Presentations
Your color-screen iPod can control PowerPoint and Keynote slides

 [ http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/12/tcoipod/index.php ]

By Steven Sande

Editor's Note: The following article is an excerpt from Take Control of Your iPod: Beyond the Music, a $10 electronic book available for download from TidBits Electronic Publishing. The book is on sale for 50-percent off through December 26, 2005.

Although its capabilities are limited compared to a laptop, it is possible to use a full-sized, color-screen iPod to run presentations developed in PowerPoint on Windows or Macintosh, or Keynote on the Mac. You'll need to attach the iPod to a projector or a TV so that everyone can see the presentation, and to speakers if you have a soundtrack or narration to go with the presentation. What you can do*and what you might want do*depends on a few factors: 

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/Gerry 

Gerry McKiernan
Science and Technology Librarian 
Iowa State University Library 
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu