Slide
Slides can be used in to make a presentation or the Automation context to guide operators through
steps. Slides can contain text,
images and backgrounds as well as many other objects
Using the Slide Tool
To begin a
slide drag it to the main pallet. Left click on the icon to begin your
slide.
The user can apply the current background on the CIF
Viewer to his slide or find another background throughout the computers
files.
When a blank slide is selected in a sequence other presentation tools
can be added to it by dragging them directly onto the Viewer Window
from the Pallet. Once set up these tools can be slightly edited using the slide tool.
The Options:
The Slide Edit Tab:
allows the user to choose a background or clear the current background.
It allows for scaling of the image, transition possibilities, and
transition and display times. (It is suggested that if this is not a
slide in a sequence the user reduce the display and sequence time to
zero.
The Entities Collection Tab:
allows the user to sort through the tools that have been placed on the
slide one by one. The option to remove a tool from a slide is also on
this tab.
File: allows the user to save the work they
have done on this slide or load a slide from the file name.
Setting Up Slide Transitions
To add a transition to a slide:
- Right-click on the slide and choose "Slide Edit".
- Navigate to the "Slide" page.

- Use the "Transition" menu to select which transition you want to
use. If it is available, you can use the ellipsis (...) button to
edit the properties of that transition.
- Set the "Transition Time" to determine how long the transition
will take when that slide is loaded.
- The "Display Time" is unimportant unless you are running your
playlist using the "Run" button on the tool bar.
- Image Scaling
The background image scaling can be set by the "Image Scaling"
menu. There are several options, but the most common options are
"fit to fill" and "fit to image aspect". Fit to fill will stretch
the image so that it fills the entire projector screen. Fit to image
aspect will allow the image to keep its original width to height ratio
while being stretched as large as it can on the projector.
Background/Clear/Edit buttons
The Background button allows you to select a background
from anywhere on your hard drive to apply as a background to your
slide. The Clear button will remove the current background from
the slide. The edit will edit background attributes.
NOTE image background are save with the slide by default
unless otherwise specified in the edit property page.
Not saving the background can reduce the file size considerably
Background as another slide
A slide from the same playlist can be dragged onto the slide property
page. This slide then without it transitions is treated as the background image.

This is useful for when adding bullet points. Each subsequent slide take the previous
slide as it background. The entities on all slides are located be editing the entity on any one slide
Adding a Text to a Slide
Once a slide is prepared you can add text to that slide.
In order to add text to a slide you will need to select the tool tab
in the palette
method
- Click the slide you wish to add atext to so that it appears
in the Preview Window.
- Drag one of the text objects off the Slide Builder onto the
Preview Window. This will place a green box (red once you click on it) on the Preview Window.
- Right-click in the green box on the Preview Window to open the Text
property page.
- You can click on it and choose "Edit" and in the drop down menu
In the property page type your text.
- You can tab to the "Render Style" page to edit the
look, alignment and size of your text.
Preferences
- Image Scaling
The background image scaling can be set by the "Image Scaling"
menu. There are several options, but the most common options are
"fit to fill" and "fit to image aspect". Fit to fill will stretch
the image so that it fills the entire projector screen. Fit to image
aspect will allow the image to keep its original width to height ratio
while being stretched as large as it can on the projector.
- Transition Time
Set the "Transition Time" to determine how long the transition
will take when that slide is activated.
- Transition Time
Set the time to display a slide before proceeding to the next slide
- Clear Existing
If set clears whats on the viewer. If not set add to the viewer
- Fast Rendering
This should not currently be set. If set is creates an image of the overlay items
- Save Image by Reference
If set then image background is saved by reference. By reference mean the actual image is not saved just its location.
Loading this slide onto another machine need that image to be present on that machine The advantage is the playlist
and workspace is much smaller. The disadvantage is that the image is not part of the playlist which in turn is less
portable.
Collection
the page show the list of entities on the slide. Typically to add edit or remove one click on the entity as displayed on the viewer,
hence this page is redundant. It is used if entities are moves off the page and then these can be accessed.