Re: [applekeynote] Re: funky word wrap.

In my experience this is a "feature" when posting from the Yahoo website. It happens in every group I'm in.

---Tim

On Jun 18, 2008, at 10:39 PM, AjBezark wrote:

Hmm. Looks like funky line breaks are actually part of the "normal" message composition 
window! Isn't there any way to compose a normal-looking post in the Yahoo setup?

--- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, "AjBezark" <adam@...> wrote:
>
> I never use hard line breaks -- got cured of that bad habit when I stopped using 
manual 
> typewriters, back in the Cretaceous period. :-)
> 
> Actually, my only sin was trying to use the "Rich-Text Editor (Beta)" feature at the top of 
> the Yahoo Message composition page. It acted very strange indeed. Combined all of my 
> text into a single paragraph, ignoring my intentional line breaks at the end of each 
> paragraph. Then when I gave up and used cut-and-paste to put the text back into the 
> normal message composition window, it somehow created those artificial/forced line 
> breaks. Sorry 'bout that!
> 
> --- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, Juan M <juanm@> wrote:
> >
> > what makes it happen?
> > 
> > you do!
> > 
> > 1. pressing return key making a "hard" line break as opposed to an 
> > soft line break that the app does automatically or perhaps
> > 2. importing your text in from other word processing programs, such 
> > as text edit or word
> > 
> > Perhaps it is your e-mail program and there is a setting for this?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Jun 17, 2008, at 9:13 AM, AjBezark wrote:
> > 
> > > The truth is, Keynote really isn't the best tool out there for 
> > > timed, musical slideshows. It's
> > > much better suited to verbal presentations, where the presenter 
> > > clicks the cues manually
> > > and unveils information in each slide. Using Keynote for a musical 
> > > slide show is a little like
> > > using Excel as a word processor: you can do it, but that's not 
> > > really what it was built for,
> > > and there are better tools out there.
> > >
> > > Assuming you have iLife, the cheapest solution may be iPhoto. It 
> > > lets you do beautiful
> > > slide shows with the pan-and-zoom "Ken Burns" effect, and you can 
> > > easily add music
> > > from your iTunes library -- even DRM'd songs from the iTunes Store.
> > >
> > > There are other, more advanced slide show apps out there, too. My 
> > > personal favorite these
> > > days is Boinx FotoMagico. It's like iPhoto's slide shows on 
> > > steroids: the image quality is
> > > equal to iPhoto, but it has even more control features. The pan/ 
> > > zoom effect is more
> > > sophisticated; you can adjust the individual timing of each slide 
> > > and use any combination
> > > of transitions and fade speeds; you can easily use multiple music 
> > > selections; and you can
> > > even synchronize the slides precisely to the music (though this 
> > > last feature is a little
> > > tricky).
> > >
> > > If you want to get trickier, another interesting slide show app is 
> > > Aquafadas PulpMotion
> > > Advanced. It lets you create shows with elaborate motion effects. 
> > > You can make it look as
> > > if your photos are sitting in frames on a shelf... or like your 
> > > photos are hanging in a
> > > museum and you're walking thru the galleries... or like your photos 
> > > are in a printed book
> > > and you're flipping thru the pages! PulpMotion's interface is a 
> > > little funky, but the results
> > > are very impressive.
> > >
> > > My one real wish is that Apple would add a "pro" version of 
> > > iPhoto's musical slide show
> > > features and pan/zoom effects to Keynote, so it could be used for 
> > > timed, theatrical
> > > presentations with all of KN's existing titles, builds, etc. Better 
> > > yet, I wish Apple would just
> > > *buy* Fotomagico AND PulpMotion, and build their features into 
> > > Keynote. :-)
> > >
> > > Long ramble... good luck with your slide show!
> > >
> > > --- In applekeynote@yahoogroups.com, "dpricemc" <dpp@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Am doing a Keynote slideshow for a friend's
> > > > wedding rehearsal dinner. I have done this at
> > > > another wedding successfully, but played the
> > > > Keynote presentation with a video projector
> > > > hooked directly to a MacBook.
> > > >
> > > > This time around the MacBook won't be available,
> > > > so I thought I'd put the Keynote presentation
> > > > on a DVD.
> > > >
> > > > In the Send to iDVD dialog Keynote I am choosing
> > > > Fixed Timing, but Keynote only permits one Slide
> > > > Duration setting and one Build Duration setting
> > > > for the entire presentation. Some of the slides
> > > > stay on-screen longer than others, and some have
> > > > different Build times.
> > > >
> > > > Any recommendations?
> > > >
> > > > I read in some of the posts (dated around 2006)
> > > > that this might be a sticky wicket. Is the current
> > > > version of Keynote any better at handling this?
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your help!
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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