Matrox TripleHead2Go
is a VGA video splitter box to allow 3 displays to be connected to the
system. The way it provides this capability is to tell Windows that
there is only one monitor but with a dimension 3 times the normal
monitor width. The Matrox TripleHead2Go box splits the display content
across three outputs on its own. This technique requires only one input
but can output different content through different displays.
With Matrox TripleHead2Go, to show 3 slide shows one on each
monitor, synchronous with each other in a way that when you navigate one
slide show, the other slide show also navigates simultaneously, we will
use the
Synchronous Shows and
TickerShow features of
OfficeOne PowerShow.
The Synchronous Shows feature of OfficeOne PowerShow allows us to
configure one presentation as the Master
presentation and others as Follower presentations. When we
navigate the Master slide show, OfficeOne PowerShow navigates the
Follower slide shows to match the Master slide show. We will use
Pres1.ppt as the Master presentation and Pres2.ppt and Pres3.ppt as the
Follower presentation:
- Select Slide Show | Prepare Sync Show item.
- Select Pres1.ppt as the master presentation.
- Select Pres2.ppt and Pres3.ppt as the Follow presentation.
- Click OK button.
- Save Pres1.ppt, Pres2.ppt and Pres3.ppt presentations.
Please visit
Synchronous Shows webpage to know about this feature and also some
things to consider when using the Synchronous Shows feature.
The TickerShow feature allows multiple slide shows to be displayed
simultaneously on the same monitor. It requires a Layout presentation
that specifies the position and dimensions of the slide shows on the
monitor. For TripleHead2Go's triple-width monitor, we would use the
layout presentation available
here
(
layout_triplehead2go.ppt). The
layout presentation specifies three presentations Pres1.ppt, Pres2.ppt
and Pres3.ppt. Each of these presentation covers different slices of the
triple-width monitor. Effectively, this makes each presentation appear
fully on a monitor.
Following are step-by-step instructions:
- Open Pres1.ppt, Pres2.ppt, Pres3.ppt and
layout_triplehead2go.ppt in PowerPoint.
- Select Slide Show | Ticker Show item.
- Select the monitor 2 as it is the one that has TripleHead2Go
attached to it.
- Select layout_triplehead2go.ppt in TickerShow Layout
Presentation box.
- Click Start Show button.
This will start Pres1.ppt on one monitor, Pres2.ppt on second monitor and
Pres3.ppt on third monitor of Matrox TripleHead2Go. When Pres1.ppt navigates
through the slide show, OfficeOne PowerShow will navigate Pres2.ppt and
Pres3.ppt as well.