Tried out Office Libre and it works fairly well, however our team has made it clear that they prefer to use Microsoft Office.
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I have just installed Office 360 (months free trial, while we sort out a multi user license).
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When I add a presentation, PowerPoint pops up and steps through slides - I assume it is saving thumbnails, this seems to work ok.
When I go live with the presentation, it seems to go through the same thumbnail creation process again, then it fails with an "integration error message". (I have done a full repair of Office).
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If I click past the error message, then I can click on the first slide and it will display correctly.
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Is this a bug that is already known?
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The add to library seems to create a set of thumbnails of each slide, which are used in OLP and displayed in the stage view etc.<br>
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I think there are 3 PowerPoint scenarios:
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1. Auto running presentation - e.g. for Notices
2. Ordinary presentation - manually advanced, no animations
3. Animated Presentation - slides have lines / sections that appear when required
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These 3 scenarios appear to work slightly differently.
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The stage view and the main OLP display only ever shows slides with all animations completed, so the person presenting won't see animated slides building properly.
If it is an auto running presentation, the display in OLP stays on the first / second slide, even though it runs fine.
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Any suggestions on how to make this work better?
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My font size on the stage display seems to be a function of screen orientation (fixed in landscape in my TV box) and the kiosk app used. Its a goldilocks problem - one is too big and the other too small.
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We plan to try using a tablet, with a HDMI output to see if that helps.
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