Using a remote with Impress

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If your Mac has support for Front Row or you have the Keyspan Front Row Remote, starting with NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch-3 you can use the Apple Remote or the Keyspan Front Row remote controller to start, stop, and move through a slideshow in NeoOffice Impress. If your Mac has support for Front Row or you have the Keyspan Front Row Remote, starting with NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch-3 you can use the Apple Remote or the Keyspan Front Row remote controller to start, stop, and move through a slideshow in NeoOffice Impress.
-When an Impress window is the active window in NeoOffice, pressing the Start/Pause ('''▶‖''') key on your Front Row remote controller will start a slideshow. When in a slideshow, the following actions are available:+When an Impress window is the active window in NeoOffice, pressing the Start/Pause ('''▶‖''') key on your Front Row remote controller will start a slideshow.
-#Pressing the Track Forward ('''▶▶|''') key will move forward a slide+When a slideshow is already running, the following actions are available:
-#Pressing the Track Backward ('''|◀◀''') key will move back a slide+ 
-#Pressing the Start/Pause ('''▶‖''') key will end the slideshow +*Pressing the Track Forward ('''▶▶|''') key will move forward a slide
 +*Pressing the Track Backward ('''|◀◀''') key will move back a slide
 +*Pressing the Start/Pause ('''▶‖''') key will end the slideshow
==Third-party Solutions== ==Third-party Solutions==

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Presenters often desire to use some sort of remote-control device to advance slides or perform other functions while giving their talks. Beginning with NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch-3, NeoOffice supports using the Apple Remote or the Keyspan Front Row Remote to start, stop, and move through a slideshow in NeoOffice Impress. (NeoOffice uses the Remote Control Wrapper open source framework from Martin Kahr to provide integration with these remotes.) If you do not have one of these remotes or a supported Macintosh, one of the older remote-control solutions may still enable you to control Impress remotely.

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Using NeoOffice's Built-in Remote Control Support

If your Mac has support for Front Row or you have the Keyspan Front Row Remote, starting with NeoOffice 2.2.4 Patch-3 you can use the Apple Remote or the Keyspan Front Row remote controller to start, stop, and move through a slideshow in NeoOffice Impress.

When an Impress window is the active window in NeoOffice, pressing the Start/Pause (▶‖) key on your Front Row remote controller will start a slideshow.

When a slideshow is already running, the following actions are available:

  • Pressing the Track Forward (▶▶|) key will move forward a slide
  • Pressing the Track Backward (|◀◀) key will move back a slide
  • Pressing the Start/Pause (▶‖) key will end the slideshow

Third-party Solutions

If you do not have an Apple Remote or Keyspan Front Row Remote, or a supported Mac, you can use one of these other remote-control solutions that work with NeoOffice.

Compatible Devices

N.B. The Kensington Pocket Presenter Wireless Laser previously recommended on this page doesn't work in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.5.1 Leopard (it causes a kernel panic). The problem was resolved starting with Mac OS X 10.5.2.

Compatible Software

Configuration Tips

References


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