Notenik v18.7.0 introduces Presentation Mode.
@hbowie’s goals are that Notenik can be used to craft and deliver a slide show to be presented to a group. This would be as an alternative to something like PowerPoint or Google Slides.
The presentation pack embedded in 18.7 comes with a strong caveat.
Notenik is best used for simple, straightforward presentations that are primarily text-based.
Fave text based tool does presentations but does not do images ![]()
Tell work group that next presentation will be text only ![]()
Fortunately, one of Notenik’s overarching goals is to play nicely with other tools. That is how we end up Notenik presenting a Preview slide deck.
Requirements
- Notenik collection displayed in Presentation mode
- Folder of images, PDFs, and any other document able to be opened by Preview.
- The images and the notes in your Notenik collection must be synchronised. *
Setup
- Open your collection
- Using Finder, locate and select the images you want to display.
- Right click to open the submenu. Open with Preview.
- * Synchronise the order of your images using Preview’s sidebar to drag the images into the sequence that you want them.
- Right click the green traffic light button in window title. Move your mouse down to “Full Screen.” Hover there until the submenu is displayed. Choose the left/right position you want for your images.
- The other side of the screen will display all the app windows you have open. Choose your Notenik collection.
- Presto!
Options
- Use the vertical window bar to apportion the amount of screen each app gets
- Use Notenik’s view settings and display options to hide unwanted features.
- This can be used for any application. You could be presenting charts in a spreadsheet, or your work in progress in any other app.
- It doesn’t matter which app you start with. The screen options are built in to MacOS.
Cons
- You can’t switch apps inside the full screen view ( am I wrong? Let me know ). It would be nice to have a keyboard command to switch from Preview to another app, and back.
