external projector and F7

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external projector and F7

hi,
I'm using my macbook almost daily with Keynote and an external projector. Sometimes i also use the F7 button to synchronize views. It worked perfectly on Tiger; it doesn't work perfectly after upgrading to Leopard. Keynote still works fine, but this is what happens now: when I want to show something else, eg a Safari or Quicktime window, I can press the F7 button and the Safari window will appear on the wall; but after pressing F7 again, the resolution is set proper again, but the Safari window (and all the other opened windows as well) still remains visible on the wall, it won't come back to the macbook screen. I have to drag the window from the projected image to the macbook screen, using the mouse. (hope you understand, it's quite hard for me to explain this in English)
Can I change this? I'm thinking of going back to Tiger again...
grtz, Jan (Belgium)

macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.3)

Posted on Jun 8, 2008 4:41 AM

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bdkjones

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Jun 8, 2008 1:04 PM in response to janvk

I believe I understand what you're trying to do. There is a better way.

During your keynote presentation, simply hit the "H" key to hide the slideshow and switch to the last active application. So, before the presentation, launch Safari in the background, start the slideshow and then when you get to the part where you'd like to show your audience something in Safari, simply hit "H" and it's right there. When you're finished, simply click on the keynote icon in the dock to resume the slideshow.

This technique will work for any application: Safari, Quicktime, etc. It's far better than trying to keep one set of windows on the external projector's screen and another set on your MacBook display and then switching between them.

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janvk Author

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Jun 9, 2008 12:16 AM in response to bdkjones

thank you for your answer,

it's a usefull trick; i didn't know this "H" function; i'll be probably use it.
But it's not exactly the problem, so i try again:
when i connect my macbook to the projector, the audience sees nothing but the classic apple desktop picture; no symbols or icons or windows. Using Tiger, i could show instantly anything i wanted, using F7, and let it disseapear again, using F7 again. I have a rather interactive dialogue with the audience; so, before the presentation, I mostly don't exactly know what i will show.
Leopard doesn't allow me to do this like Tiger did: the F7 button (or any other way to start mirroring screens) shows the desktop as i see it on the macbook, so that's allright; and it goes wrong when i press F7 again, as I explained before. I think it's a bug in Leopard, that's why I describe the problem in the 'home' apple discussions. I've been waiting for the updates, but untill now it didn't change.
(thanx again)

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