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TransparentShow can make a particular
color of the slide show transparent. The regions where the slides have the
specified color are replaced by the contents on the desktop. The end effect is:
you see Animated PowerPoint Objects on your desktop! One of the applications of
such a feature is to provide subtitles for video. You can run a video using
Windows Media Player or any other video player and run a TransparentShow-enabled
PowerPoint slide show that has the video subtitles. The PowerPoint slide show
will run on top of this video and give the required effect. To use
TransparentShow, follow the
instructions given below.
Download
TransparentShow is supported on Microsoft Office
PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (XP) and
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000. It requires Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
Click on one of the following links to download TransparentShow:
Both versions are identical - download the
.zip version if you are unable to download .exe files.
Installation Instructions
- Download and save
TransparentShow30.exe.
- Execute TransparentShow30.exe and follow the
instructions given at the end of the installation.
Using TransparentShow
After loading TransparentShow addin in PowerPoint,
select Slide Show | Start Transparent Show... menu item. This dialog box
enables you to select the Transparent color and start the slide show through the
Start Show button.
Click the Save Settings button to save the
transparent color setting with the presentation itself. This allows you to start
a slide show directly from Windows and make it transparent without going through
the Transparent Show dialog box. Please save the presentation after dismissing
the TransparentShow dialog box after click the Save Settings button.
Note: Make sure you have the display mode set to 16-bit
or 24-bit color. 32-bit color mode doesn't work with some video cards.
In conjunction with
OfficeOne PowerShow, TransparentShow can be used
to display text over video in PowerPoint. See the
Text Over Video tip for
more details.
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