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> One approach could be to rent the equipement and installation locally, but > ARSC have its own operators. Hands? > > I have been the AV boy for a local Rotary Club for many years, from back in the days of the Kodak Carousel, and I sometimes wish for the return of the Carousel, when the worst emergency was a blown bulb or a slide that wouldn't drop. One of the most stressful situations you can have is when the speaker shows up, often a little late, and his/her laptop doesn't like our projector/sound system, or the speaker brings his/her presentation on non/semi compatible media. MS has planted enough little time bombs in the different versions of Windows and PP, so that the 5 minutes before the presentation can be excruciating. The worst case scenario is when the speaker shows up with a MAC, and doesn't realize we have a VGA projector, even though that information was sent to him/her prior to the meeting. They assume we have a converter/adapter and we assume they have done it before, and have the necessary equipment. There is no substitute for operator expertise and experience. Also, a very valid point was raised about what is on your PP slide. Way too many people put a slide up and then read it word for word. Another annoyance is the use of random slide transitions. Just because they are there, you don't need to use them. Maybe a good subject for a presentation at an ARSC convention would be how to put a presentation together, including how to make things work in the 5 minutes before show time. -- Frank B Strauss, DMD