Presentation Builder

 

 

From an open Cmap:

You can build a slide show of the creation of a Cmap using Presentation Builder. To begin building a presentation using CmapTools, select Tools then Presentation Builder.


The Presentation Builder opens to the side of the cmap you are working on. Create a new presentation by clicking the Create New Presentation button.


The "Add Presentation" window opens where you can name the presentation you will be working on. Click Ok to apply the name to the new presentation.


You can add cmap items to a new slide by selecting the cmap items and clicking the Add Cmap Items button.


You can update a slide's contents by performing multiple additions and deletions of it's contents, all at once. Click the name of the slide you wish to update (slide names can be changed using F2), select only the cmap items you wish to include in the slide, then click the Update Cmap Items button.


You can insert additional cmap items to a slide by clicking the name of the slide, selecting the additional items, then clicking the Insert Cmap Items button.


You can copy a selected slide and add selected Cmap items to create a new slide by clicking the name of the slide, selecting the additional items, then clicking the Copy and Add button.


A new slide appears that contains all the Cmap items from the copied slide, plus items in the Cmap that were selected to be added.


Cmap items may be deleted from a slide by clicking the slide's name, selecting the Cmap items to delete from the slide, and clicking the Remove Selected button. It is worth mentioning that you can delete the entire slide if it is selected using Remove Selected. To delete an entire presentation, select the presentation to delete using the drop-down box, then click the Delete Presentation button.


Presentation Builder lets you view the slides in the current window, or it can use the full screen dimensions of the monitor. You can preview the presentation in the current window by clicking Preview in Current Window, then using the blue navigational buttons that appear. The Scale map to fit fullscreen window. box may be used when Showing the presentation in full screen mode. is clicked.


The image below shows a slide of a cmap scaled to fit the entire screen. In fullscreen mode, a presentation may be navigated using either the blue navigational buttons on the bottom right, or by clicking on specific slide icons lining the bottom left. To leave fullscreen mode, press Esc, or click the Preview Mode icon located left of the blue navigational buttons.


The set of images below is a presentation with corresponding cmap items listed next to each slide.