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| - | ===== Interacting with slides ===== | + | ===== Getting started with PIMS LS ===== |
| - | PIMSLS provides multiple ways to interact with slides that include: | + | This article will get you up and running, opening your first image, and show you where you can pop open new panels to view the tools and information you want. |
| - | - The [[#Viewport|viewport]] | + | ==== Opening your first image ===== |
| - | - Working with [[#grid_tab|grids]] | + | |
| - | - Static [[slides_snapshot|snapshots]] | + | |
| - | - Sharing live views | + | |
| - | - Broadcasting and conferencing | + | |
| + | PIMS LS will always start by default with the Slide Browser panel open on the left hand side of your screen (red box). | ||
| - | ==== Viewport ==== | + | All the files your admin has made available to you should appear in the folder tree-view. Navigate to an image and click it or drag it into the viewport (the large white space in the middle of the screen) to open it: |
| - | Viewer area contains application Main page, Embedded view and Embedded directory. Main page consists consists of 2 main parts - ribbon on top and panels organized in panel stacks. | + | {{:started_3.0.png|}} |
| - | {{:viewer.jpg?400|Picture #1. Viewer panel with single slide loaded}} | + | P.S. if you ever close the Slide Browser menu you can get it back open by clicking on any one of the Layouts on the Home tab: |
| - | Viewer panel consist of one or more viewports organized in grid and toolbar underneath it (only in single-slide mode). Currently selected slide is highlighted with the blue dashed border [#1 on a picture #1]. When user adds new viewer panel its grid has only 1 column and 1 row, so it's single cell grid. When changing grid size application will always ask what to do with slides that were already loaded into grid - whether application should preserve it or clear all. | + | {{:started_1-3.0.png|}} |
| - | Toolbar is placed underneath the viewer [#2 on picture #1] Toolbar consists of (left to the right): | + | Or by going to the Configure tab and turning on the Slide Navigation panel (highlighted in blue): |
| - | - Flip horizontally | + | |
| - | - Flip vertically | + | {{:side-nav-3.0.png|}} |
| - | - Rotate counter-clockwise 90 degrees | + | |
| - | - Rotate clockwise 90 degrees | + | ==== Viewport ==== |
| - | - Rotate 180 degrees | + | |
| - | - Previous slide | + | |
| - | - Next slide | + | |
| - | - Magnification buttons | + | |
| - | PIMSLS allows to load multiple slides into the grid in addition to opening multiple viewer panels with grid inside. Each slide position could be changed using [i] [#1 on picture #2] button on top of viewport - it's required to drag and drop that [i] handle to the desired position - it could be either another cell, tray or new viewer panel. In addition Column/row of grid also could change it's position - there is a handle [#2, #3, #4, #5 on picture #2] near each row or column that could be drag and dropped to the required position. | + | The viewport is the main way you view and interact with images in PIMS LS. |
| - | {{:viewer_grid.jpg?400|Picture #2. Viewer panel with grid, 4 slides loaded}} | + | Navigating: |
| + | * Click and drag on the image to move around, or tap the arrow keys in the direction you want to move | ||
| + | * Quickzoom: Double click to zoom to the next level | ||
| + | * Zoom with mouse: Scroll in/out with your mouse wheel | ||
| + | * Zoom with touchpad / touchscreen: use your standard zoom controls e.g. pinch your fingers together, push two fingers forward/backward at the same time | ||
| - | === Annotations (available in PIMSLS) === | + | {{:viewer.jpg?|Picture #1. Viewer panel with single slide loaded}} |
| - | Annotations panel displays existing annotations on the selected slide. A table contains Note, Pen Width, Color, Area and Length of every annotations. Besides this data there are buttons for remove, edit and show/hide annotation item. Annotation creating also available with Ribbon tools at Annotations tab. | + | Congratulations - you've opened and navigated your first image - where you go now is up to you |
| - | Available buttons: | + | |
| - | - Delete annotation | + | |
| - | - Edit annotation (opens window with caption field) | + | |
| - | - Show/hide annotation (toggles displaying of the annotation on viewport) | + | |
| - | ==== Grid Tab ==== | + | === Customizing your workflow === |
| - | Grid tab provides set of tools that allows resizing grid size, slide static snapshot and live sharing of slides. | + | There are a lot of different features in PIMS LS waiting for you to try - tools are organized in two main ways: |
| + | - Tabs in the Ribbon at the top left of the screen | ||
| + | - Panels | ||
| - | {{:grid.png?direct&600|}} | + | You can read more about panels [[panels|on the dedicated page]], but briefly they are highly configurable mini-windows that show you more information about your slides, help you organize them, and perform powerful operations. |
| - | [[ribbon_tabs#grid_tab|See more details on what each button on the grid tab does]]. | + | You can quickly open several using the Layouts on the Home tab, or click the Custom Layout button to toggle on and off each panel individually: |
| - | ==== (Conferencing Tab) ==== | + | {{:started_1-3.0.png|}} |
| - | This unique tab allows you to create a conference or to broadcast a live session where an expert can add annotations to a slide to be viewed by number of audience. | + | Or by going to the Configure tab and turning panels on and off one by one: |
| - | {{:conferencing.png?direct&600|}} | + | {{:side-nav-3.0.png|}} |
| + | Happy experimenting! | ||
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