Presentations Online

Starting this month, we'll cover some exciting features of Windows Vista, the successor to Windows XP. Let's begin with a feature of Vista called Network Presentation that lets you watch presentations online over your LAN and wireless networks. So you don't have to be physically present. Using this feature you can connect the projector in your meeting room to the network, and access the projection on your desktop. You can also give demos to your clients online. Teachers can give hands-on lessons to individual students on their individual desktops. Let's see how to use this feature now. Remember this particular feature works only on Windows Vista. The current Windows stable platforms, such as Win XP or 2003 will not be able to use this feature at all. Perhaps MS will introduce the presentation-viewing client for other versions of Windows as well. 

To start network presentation broadcast, click on Start>Programs>Network Presentation> Broadcast a Presentation.

On the wizard, give the title to the presentation that you may want to broadcast, and also give an eight characters password and click on Next  Next you will get a screen where you can control presentation broadcasting. You can enable or disable broadcasting using the provided button whenever you want to If you have projection device connected to the LAN, then you can search for it, connect to it and present from there To access the ongoing presentation, click on Start> Programs>Network Presentation>View a Presentation

Sanjay Majumder