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Viewing and Downloading Grand Rounds Presentations
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To save/download a file
Many of the "PowerPoint" and other
slideshows are very large and will take a long time to appear on your screen. An
option is to download the file to your local computer before viewing it on your local computer.
A consistent method
to save/download a file (for example: html, pdf, pps, ppt) without viewing it:
When using Netscape 4.73 (or later) or Internet Explorer 7 (or later), RIGHT-CLICK on the LINK (underlined item).
Then, choose to save/download:
- Internet Explorer -- "Save TARGET as..."
Many Web Browsers and other "viewing" programs offer a "SAVE" option under the "FILE" item on the MENU-BAR.
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To view a slide presentation
Several ways may be offered for viewing a "Slides Show" that accompanies a Grand Rounds presentation . Viewing-options appear on the Recent Grand Rounds Page beside the TITLE of the Grand Rounds. If an option is not underlined, then that option is not (yet) available - check back.
To view a slide presentation on-line from your Internet browser, click on the underlined option.
Since they are usually very large, a SEPARATE WINDOW is usually opened.
If you prefer, you may save (download) PDF, PPS, or PPT files, then view on your local computer (see "Save...")
- [PDF] - "Portable Document Format" file -- consists of one .PDF file.
- One advantage of .PDF files is that MOVIES are incorporated into the .PDF file -- unlike PowerPoint.
- Viewed with "Adobe Reader"
[download
Adobe Reader 
- To learn how
to use Adobe Reader, start "Acrobat Reader" on your local computer,
then click "HELP" on Menu Bar.
- [PPS] - Microsoft "PowerPoint" Slide Show. Consists of one .PPS file, which is created from within the PowerPoint program.
- Viewed with the Microsoft "PowerPoint" program.
- If you do not have a current Microsoft "PowerPoint" program on your computer, you may view the file with Microsoft "PowerPoint Viewer 2007" --
[download
"PowerPoint Viewer"]
- [PPT] - Microsoft "PowerPoint" - original .PPT file ( PowerPoint 97 or later)
- If you do not have a current Microsoft "PowerPoint"
program on your computer, you may view the file with Microsoft "PowerPoint Viewer 2007"
--
[download
"PowerPoint Viewer"]
- [Slide Show] - This kind of "Slide Show" consists of many separate files, which makes it less visually appealing and harder to download. When the original .PPT file is not available, then "Slide Show" is provided if available.
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To view a "DOC" file -- Microsoft "Word"
- [DOC] - (usually) consists of one .DOC file.
- To view a .DOC file on-line (from your Internet Browser), click on the [DOC] option. OR, if you prefer, you may save (download) a DOC, then view on your local computer (see "Save...")
- Viewed with the Microsoft "Word" program
- If you do not have a current Microsoft "Word" program on your computer, you may view the file with "Word Viewer"
[download
"Word Viewer "]
- We currently "Word version 2003" rather than the current version, on the assumption that this version is more universally available. (Feb.2010)
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More about PDF - Adobe "Portable Document Format" file .
- Advantage:
Thumbnails
- If they don't show up automatically, click the icon between PRINTER and HAND - the icon is labelled "Show/Hide Navigator Panel", then select "Thumbnails"
- Advantage: ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT -- useful.for viewing photographs in greater detail.
- To ZOOM-IN, do one of the following:
- Click on the icon (magnifying glass with "+" inside). Next, click on the page
- Click on the icon. Next, click-and-hold-down the LEFT mouse button and "draw a rectange" around the part you want to magnify.
- ZOOM-OUT. To return to a particular page size, do one of the following:
- Click on one of the icons that looks like a piece of paper with the right-corner turned down.
- At the bottom left corner of the picture, find a small block that says "nnn %". On the "down-arrow" part of the "%box", hold down the left-button on your mouse to view and select a magnifcation.
- The "HAND" icon lets you move around in an enlarged image.
- When viewing a PDF file, there are many options, including Full Screen mode
- Advantage: Movies are INCLUDED in the .PDF file, whereas movies are NOT included in PowerPoint files.
- PDF files are often smaller than PowerPoint files (therefore, download faster).
- Viewable with Adobe "Acrobat Reader" [download
Acrobat Reader]
- To learn how to use Acrobat Reader, start "Acrobat Reader" on your local computer, then click "HELP" on Menu Bar.
- When viewing a PDF file in an Internet browser:
- Move the cursor SLOWLY over the Acrobat Toolbar - its ACTION will appear in small print..
- Right-click -- some of your options will be shown.
- To SAVE a PDF file that you are viewing from within a Web browser,
"Acrobat Reader"
offers an icon to "Save a copy of this file". See the Toolbar at the top of the PDF document -- the icon is a picture of a Floppy Disc.
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More about PPT and PPS (Microsoft "PowerPoint")
- If you have the "PowerPoint" program installed on your computer,
- Viewing: PPT files will be opened in the PowerPoint program
- Viewing: PPS file will be opened in the PowerPoint program, but will be viewed as a SLIDE SHOW
- If you do not have the "PowerPoint" program installed on your computer, but you do have "PowerPoint Viewer" installed on your computer,
- then both PPT and PPS files will be shown as a "Slide Show" -- often in Full-Screen mode.
- [download
PowerPoint Viewer]
- To STOP a slide show:
- press the [ESC] key -OR-
- right-click, then choose "End program"
- To SAVE a PPT or PPS file, see "Save..." above.
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Internet browsers
- "Firefox" from Mozilla [download
most recent version]
- Netscape Archive [view
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- Microsoft "Internet Explorer" --
[download
most recent version
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