®

MAGMASOFT
Version 4.4

MAGMAcomposer

Generating Presentations from MAGMASOFT®

Simulation Results

Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

Table of Contents

1 Introduction..................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 What is MAGMAcomposer? .............................................................................. 5
1.2 MAGMAcomposer and MAGMAviewer............................................................. 6
1.3 Generating Results in the Postprocessor........................................................ 7
2 Main User Interface ........................................................................................................ 9
2.1 Short Overview – First Steps ............................................................................ 9
2.2 Functions – Overview ...................................................................................... 11
2.2.1 Navigation .............................................................................................. 11
2.2.2 Files........................................................................................................ 12
2.2.3 Slide Layout ........................................................................................... 13
New Slide ............................................................................................... 13
Existing Slide.......................................................................................... 14
2.2.4 General Editing ...................................................................................... 14
2.2.5 Windows................................................................................................. 15
2.2.6 Views...................................................................................................... 15
2.2.7 3-D Tools................................................................................................ 15
2.2.8 Text Formatting ...................................................................................... 16
3 Results........................................................................................................................... 19
3.1 Selecting Results ............................................................................................. 19
3.1.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 19
3.1.2 Import of External Images ...................................................................... 22
3.1.3 Models and Animations.......................................................................... 23
3.1.4 Example for Presentation Tree .............................................................. 23
3.2 Editing Results ................................................................................................. 25
3.2.1 Changing Slide Contents ....................................................................... 25
3.2.2 Naming Chapters and Slides ................................................................. 25
3.3 Annotations ...................................................................................................... 25
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3.3.1 Adding Annotations ................................................................................ 25

3.3.2 Editing Annotations ................................................................................ 26
3.4 Running Animations ........................................................................................ 28
4 Exporting a Presentation for MAGMAviewer ............................................................. 29
5 Summary ....................................................................................................................... 37
6 Table of Figures ............................................................................................................ 39
CH. 1: INTRODUCTION 5

1 Introduction

1.1 What is MAGMAcomposer?

MAGMAcomposer is an add-on module to MAGMASOFT®. You can only use MAGMAcomposer

if you have used the correct system and license keys in the course of the installation of your MAG-
MASOFT® version. For further information on installing MAGMASOFT®, please read the MAG-
MASOFT® 4.4 Installation Instructions as well as the current MAGMASOFT® Release Notes. This
manual requires your knowledge of the contents of the Standard MAGMASOFT® 4.4 docu-
mentation. You should also be acquainted with the usage of the program.

MAGMAcomposer is an object-oriented graphical plug-in software. You can use it to design,

change, organize and export presentations for further use in a fast and convenient manner. The
required MAGMASOFT® objects are accessed via a result browser (which is similar to the Win-
dows Explorer).

In what follows, the term "presentation" is applied to a sequence of any number of MAGMASOFT®
result images and further objects that are being generated from simulation results. You must ge-
nerate these result images before using MAGMAcomposer with the help of the 'Images' function
of the Postprocessor (Î Ch. 6.1, page 129 of the Postprocessor on Geometry 4.4 Manual). Plea-
se note that the postprocessor generates not only images for the use in MAGMAcomposer auto-
matically, but several kinds of result files (objects). Further details are given in Ch. 3.1, page 19.

Usually, such a presentation is a collection of 3-D and 2-D results, 3-D and 2-D animations and
text elements.
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The file formats that are used by MAGMAcomposer for the storing and further processing of pre-
sentations are proprietary formats. This means that they can be used within MAGMAcomposer /
MAGMAviewer and MAGMASOFT® only, but not in any other presentation software.

1.2 MAGMAcomposer and MAGMAviewer

MAGMAcomposer and MAGMAviewer have been developed as communication tools. You can
use them to exchange MAGMASOFT® results within your company, with customers, suppliers
and designers fast and easily.

You will compose presentations with MAGMAcomposer. Then you will run them with the free
MAGMAviewer tool. Please refer to the MAGMAviewer 4.4 Manual for further information on
MAGMAviewer.

! To be able to display a presentation created with MAGMAcomposer in the MAGMAview-

er, you must export it from MAGMAcomposer in the first place (Î Ch. 4, page 29).
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1.3 Generating Results in the Postprocessor

Proceed as follows to generate the results that are needed for the presentations:

Ö Open the wanted project and the postprocessor.

Ö Prepare the wanted simulation results with the 'prepare fast postprocessing' function for faster
display.

Ö Choose the 'Images' tab.

Ö Generate and save the wanted image sequences. A sequence is available for MAGMAcom-
poser as soon as you have clicked on the 'Generate' button in the 'Image - Sequence Selec-
tion' window and MAGMASOFT® has finished the image generation.

Further details are supplied in the Postprocessor on Geometry 4.4 Manual. Please refer to Ch.
2.3, page 15 ('prepare fast postprocessing') and to Ch. 6.1, page 129 ('Images' / generating image
sequences) above all.
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CH. 2: MAIN USER INTERFACE 9

2 Main User Interface

2.1 Short Overview – First Steps

After you have generated the wanted results in the postprocessor, proceed as follows:

Ö Open MAGMASOFT® and the wanted project (if you have not yet done so).

Ö Choose 'postprocessor' Î 'composer'. The main interface of MAGMAcomposer appears like

in Fig. 2-1.

Fig. 2-1: Main interface of MAGMAcomposer (no presentation currently open)

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Ö Create or open a presentation now:

¾ Create: Choose 'File' Î 'New' Î 'New presentation'.

¾ Open: Click on the folder symbol. A selection window with all existing presentation files (MP
files) in the directory of the current project version appears. Select a presentation.

After selecting a slide of an opened presentation, the MAGMAcomposer interface will appear
like in Fig. 2-2 (example).

Fig. 2-2: Main interface of MAGMAcomposer with an opened presentation

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The elements and their contents of the main interface are as follows:

Main window Display of entered text and / or selected graphical objects. If you have
not yet chosen anything, corresponding wildcards appear here.

Menu bar Pull-down menues with the MAGMAcomposer functions

Tool bar Buttons for quick access to the MAGMAcomposer functions

Presentation tree Hierarchical structure of the components of the presentation (chapters)

and their individual slides. Use the plus and minus signs to unfold and
minimize the tree.

As for names of chapters and slides, please refer to Ch. 3.2.2, page 25.

Status bar Information on the current state of the presentation

Ö Add slides to the new or existing presentation.

Ö Enter text into the text fields of the slides.

Ö Use the result browser to select images and other graphical objects in order to integrate them
into the slides (Î Ch. 3, page 19 pp).

Ö Save the presentation (MP format).

These and all other functions are described in detail in the following.

2.2 Functions – Overview

2.2.1 Navigation

The functions of MAGMAcomposer are available via the following access modes. You can often
choose from several access modes (e.g. choose the menu entry or the button for the wanted func-
tion).

• Menu entries

• Buttons

• Key shortcuts

• Double-clicks
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• Pop-up menues (right mouse button)

! In this manual, not all access modes are always explained. Quite often, it is referred to
one mode only.

2.2.2 Files

Functions of the buttons (from the left to the right, including "tool tip" and corresponding menu en-
try):
• Create a new chapter (Ctrl+Shift+N) Creates new presentation, new chapter or new
File Î New [...] slide
Remarks:

¾ You can create a new presentation via File Î New Î New presentation only.

¾ You can create a chapter ('New chapter') or a slide ('New slide') via the arrow next to the
button. If you just click on the button later, the program will always execute the last done
action (default: 'New chapter'). If you create a slide with this button, the layout of the latest
slide is automatically assigned to it.

¾ See Ch. 2.2.3, page 13 for the layout of slides and further information regarding the 'New'
command.
• Open presentation (Ctrl+O) Opens an existing presentation
File Î Open
• Save current presentation (Ctrl+S) Saves presentation to an existing or to a new file
File Î Save, Save as
• Create a new slide (The same as 'New slide', see above)
File Î New [...]
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• Export Exports presentation (Î Ch. 4, page 29)

File Î Export

2.2.3 Slide Layout

New Slide

While creating a slide, you can assign a certain layout to it. (If you do not assign a layout explicitly,
the slide will automatically be created with the latest assigned layout). Proceed as follows:

Ö In the presentation tree, mark the slide behind which you want to insert the new slide. (If you
mark a chapter, the new slide will be the first slide of this chapter.)

Ö Click on 'Create a new slide' in the tool bar or choose File Î New Î New slide. The slide
layout selection window appears (Fig. 2-3).

Fig. 2-3: Selecting slide layout

You can choose from the following layouts (from the left to the right, upper row first):

• First / header slide (for text only)

• Title (text) and graphical object

• Title and text only

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• Title and graphical object and text below it

• Title and graphical object and text next to it

Ö Click on the layout of your choice (or on the white circle next to it). A black dot will appear in
the circle.

Ö Click on 'OK'. The window closes.

Ö The new slide appears with the defined layout and corresponding wildcards in the main win-
dow.

Existing Slide

Proceed as follows to assign a certain layout to an existing slide:

Ö Mark the slide in the presentation tree.

Ö Choose 'Format' Î 'Slide Layout'. The slide layout selection window appears (Fig. 2-3).

Ö Proceed as described in the text that follows Fig. 2-3. The edited slide will appear with the new
layout in the main window.

2.2.4 General Editing

• Cut (Ctrl+X) Cuts selected slide or text for further use

Edit Î Cut
• Copy (Ctrl+C) Copies selected slide or text for further use
Edit Î Copy
• Paste (Ctrl+V) Inserts cut or copied slide or text
Edit Î Paste

Press Ctrl+Z or Ctrl+Y to undo or redo actions while entering and editing text.

Delete a chapter or a slide by clicking on the corresponding name in the presentation tree with the
right mouse button. Choose 'Delete' or 'Delete chapter' from the pop-up menu.
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2.2.5 Windows

• Sidebar left Shows presentation tree on the left of the main

Window Î Sidebar left window
• Sidebar right Shows presentation tree on the right of the main
Window Î Sidebar right window
• No sidebar No presentation tree is shown
Window Î No sidebar

2.2.6 Views

These functions are available for models and animations only (Î Ch. 3.1.3, page 23).
• Show an isometric view (F5) Shows presentation in isometric view
Tools Î View Î Isometric
• Show a top view (F6) Shows presentation from above
Tools Î View Î Top
• Show a front view (F7) Shows presentation from the front
Tools Î View Î Front
• Show a right view (F8) Shows presentation from the right
Tools Î View Î Right

2.2.7 3-D Tools

These functions are available for models and animations only (Î Ch. 3.1.3, page 23).
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With these functions, you assign certains operation modes to the mouse:
• No actions Selects presentation element (default setting),
Tools Î 3D Î No actions e.g. to choose another object by double-click
• Activate rotate Rotates view by clicking and dragging the mouse
Tools Î 3D Î Rotate
• Activate panning Pans (moves) view by clicking and dragging the
Tools Î 3D Î Translate mouse
• Activate zoom Zooms view by clicking and dragging the mouse
Tools Î 3D Î Zoom
• Zoom to fit all Zooms view to fit the main window
Tools Î 3D Î Fit all

2.2.8 Text Formatting

With the format functions, you can format text that you have marked in the main window as fol-
lows:
• (Bullets and Numbers) Formats text with bullets/numbers or sets text
Format Î Bullets and Numbers back to standard text (use the arrow button)

If you choose Format Î Bullets and Numbers, you must format the marked text via the 'Select
New Bullet Type' window (Fig. 2-4).
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Fig. 2-4: Selecting bullets and numbers

• (Font, size) Defines font and size in dots (use the arrow but-
Format Î Font tons)
• Bold (Ctrl+B), Italic (Ctrl+I), Underline Formats text bold, italic, underlined
(Ctrl+U)
Format Î Font

If you choose Format Î Font, you must format the marked text via the 'Select Font' window
(Fig. 2-5).

Fig. 2-5: Selecting text formats

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• Align Left / Center / Right / Justify Aligns text paragraph left / centered / right / fully
Format Î Alignment [...] justified
• Font Color Changes text color via 'Select Color' window

(In the 'Format' menu, there is also the function 'Slide Layout' that is used to invoke the selection
window for slide layouts. This is explained in Ch. 2.2.3, page 13.)
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3 Results

3.1 Selecting Results

3.1.1 Overview

If you create presentations, their chapters and slides for chapters, wildcards appear first of all in
the presentation tree and the main window ("Click to add text", "Double click to add object"). To
add text, just select the wanted slide in the tree, click within a text field in the main window and
enter/replace the text.

In order to integrate images or other graphical objects into a presentation, proceed as follows:

Ö Select the wanted slide with a mouse click in the presentation tree.

Ö Double-click on the wildcard image (or click with the right mouse button and choose 'New Re-
sult Object' from the pop-up menu). The window for selecting results appears (Fig. 3-1).
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Fig. 3-1: Result browser (file names)

In this window you can select all available graphical data for a presentation. You can only select
one object per slide.

By default, the names of the files appear in the result list (on the right). Use the two buttons at the
top on the right to switch between this mode and a thumbnail display like in Fig. 3-2.
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Fig. 3-2: Result browser (thumbnails)

In the directory list (on the left), all version directories within the "IMAGES" folder are listed that you
have created with the 'Images' function of the postprocessor (Î Ch. 1.3, page 7) within the current
project. (For each version, the program also creates a special folder called "@imports", Î Ch.
3.1.2, page 22). You can access the directories by clicking on the tabs. For the selected directory,
all sub-directories will appear, which you must again select with a mouse click. Their contents will
then appear in the result list.

Ö Use the tabs above the result list to define the kind of object that you want to display. Available
are:
'Image' All generated images from simulation results
'Sequence' The sequence of all images (always one only)
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'Movie' All generated AVI movies (on Windows only)

'Model' All generated images as models
'Animation' The sequence of all models (always one only)
Ö Select an object and confirm with 'OK'. The result browser closes, and the selected object ap-
pears in the slide.

Ö Proceed the same way for all created slides (apart from slides that contain text only). Of
course you can also edit slides that you create later as described above (Î Ch. 3.2, page 25).

3.1.2 Import of External Images

In the result browser, you can also import external images into a special folder and then integrate
them into the slides as described above.

For each project version, the program will automatically create a folder "../IMAGES/v<n>/@im-
ports", which appears in the directory list and whose contents you can select in the main window
as described above. This folder will be created already when you execute 'create project'
(MAGMASOFT® project administration), if you have created the project with MAGMASOFT® 4.4.
On the other hand, if you work with older projects, it will be created once you invoke the result
browser here.

Ö Choose the '@imports' entry in the directory list.

Ö Copy the external images into the "@imports" folder by clicking with the right mouse button
in the main window. A pop-up menu appears. Choose 'Import Files' and select the images via
a file selection window.

(You may also copy the images into the "@imports" folder via your operating system (e.g.
the Windows Explorer) before invoking the result browser. In this case the images will appear
automatically as soon as you choose '@imports'.)

Ö Integrate the external image(s) as described above.

Ö To delete an external image, mark it in the main window and click with the right mouse button.
Choose 'Delete File' from the pop-up menu. Confirm the following prompt with 'Yes'.
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3.1.3 Models and Animations

Superficially, each model corresponds to an image, and each animation corresponds to a se-
quence.

However, while images and sequences can "only" be displayed and run, but not edited any further
(except for annotations), models are equipped with additional internal information within MAGMA-
composer. Hence, you can process all models with the View and 3-D functions that are explained
in Ch. 2.2.6, page 15 and Ch. 2.2.7, page 15. The same holds true for animations. This means
that – like in the postprocessor – you can e.g. freely choose the view angle and any zooming area
you like at your will. These options are also available in the MAGMAviewer.

If you prepare presentations in the postprocessor, please note that you must also have prepared
those simulation results for which you want to generate models and / or animations with the 'pre-
pare fast postprocessing' function. You must do this before generating the images with the help
of the 'Images' function. Please refer also to Ch. 1.3, page 7.

3.1.4 Example for Presentation Tree

Fig. 3-3 shows a sample presentation tree, after all slides have been named and filled with con-
tents.
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Fig. 3-3: Example for presentation tree

As you can see here and already in the pictures of the result browser, each kind of graphical object
has an individual symbol for distinguishing purposes (two image wildcards for images and models,
two stylized geometries for sequences and animations).
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3.2 Editing Results

3.2.1 Changing Slide Contents

You can change presentations that are already filled with graphical contents as follows:

Ö Select the wanted slide in the presentation tree with the mouse.

Ö Open the result browser by double-clicking on the slide's contents. When the browser appears
(Î Fig. 3-1, page 20), the existing slide contents will be shown straightaway; the correspond-
ing file appears marked in the list.

Ö Select the new result as described in Ch. 3.1, page 19.

Ö (If you want to change text, mark and overwrite it.)

3.2.2 Naming Chapters and Slides

Ö Click on the chapter's name in the presentation tree with the right mouse button. If you choose
'Rename chapter' from the pop-up menu, you can edit the name's text.

Ö Overwrite the existing name via the keyboard and press the RETURN key.

Ö As for slides, you just need to enter new text into the title area. The name in the presentation
tree will automatically be changed.

3.3 Annotations

3.3.1 Adding Annotations

You can add one or several annotations to an image that you have integrated into a slide. Anno-
tations are additional graphical elements, e.g. arrows or circles, that serve for highlighting certain
areas on a slide.

Proceed as follows:

Ö Click on the image to which you want add annotations with the right mouse button. A pop-up
menu appears.
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Fig. 3-4: Adding and editing annotations

Ö Choose 'Add Annotation'. The window 'Edit Annotation Properties' appears (Fig. 3-4).

Ö Click on the arrow button next to 'Shape' and select the shape of the annotation: arrow, ellipse
or line.

Ö Click on the button next to 'Color' and define the color of the annotation.

Ö Define the 'Line Width' of the annotation.

Ö Confirm with 'OK'. The window closes, and you are now in the input mode that allows you to
draw the annotation.

Ö Move the mouse with the left mouse button pressed in the wanted direction in order to draw
arrow, ellipse or line. As soon as you release the mouse button, the annotation appears in its
final position, and you leave the input mode.

Press the ESC key to abort the drawing process.

3.3.2 Editing Annotations

Fig. 3-5 shows a sample slide that includes annotations. Proceed as follows to edit these:
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Fig. 3-5: Examples of annotations

Ö Select an existing annotation by clicking on it with the left mouse button. A rectangle with
changing grips appears, which encompasses the annotation.

Ö Edit the annotation. You have three options:

¾ Edit: Click within the rectangle with the right mouse button. Choose 'Edit Annotation' from
the pop-up menu. The window 'Edit Annotation Properties' appears (Fig. 3-4). Change the
parameters and confirm with 'OK'.

¾ Change size: Lead the mouse on one of the eight changing grips. Change the size with
the left mouse button pressed.
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¾ Delete: Click within the rectangle with the right mouse button and choose 'Delete Annota-
tion' from the pop-up menu (or select an annotation and press the DEL button).

If you want to delete all existing annotations, click outside the annotations with the right mouse
button and choose 'Delete All Annotations' from the pop-up menu. Confirm the following prompt
with 'Yes'.

3.4 Running Animations

If you have assigned a sequence or an animation to a slide and invoke this slide, a status bar will
appear below the first image in the main window like in Fig. 3-6.

Fig. 3-6: Status bar for animations

If you want to run the animation, proceed as follows:

Ö Click on the arrow on the left. The images of the animations are played, and the slider of the
status bar moves from the left to the right with those time steps that you have defined via the
input field on the right.

Ö If you want to repeat the animation in an endless loop, activate 'Loop' (Î tick in the checkbox).
If you want to deactivate the loop, click on the checkbox again.

Ö You can define the time steps between the images of the animation (in milliseconds) via the
small arrows or the input field on the right of the bar. If you choose 'Auto' (like in Fig. 3-6), the
animation runs as fast as it is allowed by the capacity of your computer.

Ö If you run an animation that is based on models ('Animation' entry in the result browser), you
can edit all images during the animation with the View and 3-D functions, e.g. rotate, pan and
zoom.
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4 Exporting a Presentation for MAGMAviewer

In order to be able to display a presentation that you have created with MAGMAcomposer in the
MAGMAviewer, you must export it beforehand from MAGMAcomposer. In doing so, the corre-
sponding MP file will be packed into an MPZ file under the same name (similar to a ZIP file). "ex-
ample.mp" e.g. will be "example.mpz". Proceed as follows:

Ö Save the presentation (MP file).

Ö Click on 'Export' in the tool bar or choose 'File' Î 'Export'. The first window of the 'MAGMA-
composer Export Wizard' appears. You will carry out the export with the help of this assistant.

Ö Confirm you input with 'Next' each. Choose 'Finish' in the last window of the wizard.

You can always cancel the export via 'Cancel'.

To be able to view an exported presentation in MAGMAviewer, you must import it with the 'Import'
function there. Details are supplied in the MAGMAviewer 4.4 Manual.

In the following you find an image sequence that shows all windows of the wizard with some ex-
planations.
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Fig. 4-1: Exporting presentation, step 1

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Fig. 4-2: Exporting presentation, step 2

Ö Choose the target directory for the MPZ file (Fig. 4-2). If you want to store the presentation in
another directory than the one given under 'Destination Folder', choose a different path via
'Browse' (or enter it via the keyboard in the input field).
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Fig. 4-3: Exporting presentation, step 3

Ö A short summary appears that includes the directory and the file name (Fig. 4-3). If the name
of the presentation to be exported already exists in the chosen directory, the following warning
message appears (Fig. 4-4):

Fig. 4-4: Warning message during export

Ö If you confirm with 'Yes', the existing MPZ file will be overwritten. Only then, 'Next' in Fig. 4-3
is active, and you can proceed.
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Fig. 4-5: Exporting presentation, step 4

Ö After you have clicked on 'Next' in Fig. 4-3, the program checks all necessary data and files
and converts all images into the MPC format (Fig. 4-5).
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Fig. 4-6: Exporting presentation, step 5

Ö After you have clicked on 'Next' in Fig. 4-5, the MPZ file will be created. This may take several
minutes. The progress is shown via a status bar. When the bar has reached 100% and the
MPZ file has been created completely, the 'Next' button is active like in Fig. 4-6, and you can
proceed.
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Fig. 4-7: Exporting presentation, step 6

Ö Choose 'Finish' in the last window (Fig. 4-7) to finish the export of the presentation.
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CH. 5: SUMMARY 37

5 Summary

Ö Create (or open) a presentation (MP file).

Ö Create the wanted number of chapters and slides for each chapter. Define the slides' layout.

Ö Assign names to chapters and slides via the presentation tree and the slides' title area.

Ö Enter text into the text areas of the slides.

Ö Import external images if necessary.

Ö Open the result browser with a double-click on the image wildcards or via the pop-up menu
each.

Ö Assign an image, a sequence, a movie, a model, or an animation to each slide that is designed
for graphical objects.

Ö Add annotations to images if necessary.

Ö Save the presentation.

Ö Invoke the slides if you like and run the animations.

Ö Export the presentation for using it in MAGMAviewer.

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CH. 6: TABLE OF FIGURES 39

6 Table of Figures

Fig. 2-1: Main interface of MAGMAcomposer (no presentation currently open)........................... 9

Fig. 2-2: Main interface of MAGMAcomposer with an opened presentation............................... 10
Fig. 2-3: Selecting slide layout .................................................................................................... 13
Fig. 2-4: Selecting bullets and numbers...................................................................................... 17
Fig. 2-5: Selecting text formats ................................................................................................... 17
Fig. 3-1: Result browser (file names) .......................................................................................... 20
Fig. 3-2: Result browser (thumbnails) ......................................................................................... 21
Fig. 3-3: Example for presentation tree....................................................................................... 24
Fig. 3-4: Adding and editing annotations .................................................................................... 26
Fig. 3-5: Examples of annotations .............................................................................................. 27
Fig. 3-6: Status bar for animations.............................................................................................. 28
Fig. 4-1: Exporting presentation, step 1 ...................................................................................... 30
Fig. 4-2: Exporting presentation, step 2 ...................................................................................... 31
Fig. 4-3: Exporting presentation, step 3 ...................................................................................... 32
Fig. 4-4: Warning message during export................................................................................... 32
Fig. 4-5: Exporting presentation, step 4 ...................................................................................... 33
Fig. 4-6: Exporting presentation, step 5 ...................................................................................... 34
Fig. 4-7: Exporting presentation, step 6 ...................................................................................... 35
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Notes
NOTES 41

Notes
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Notes