ProShow Producer - The Design Workspace

The Design Workspace

Once you have all of your content loaded into your show, head on over to the Design Workspace.  Here you'll notice right away that the Folder List and File List do not appear. This is to give you more room to preview your show as you customize and add effects.  Naturally, if you need more content, you can always toggle back and forth between the Workspaces by using the Workspace Selector.

The Design Workspace Toolbar

The Design Workspace Toolbar is nearly identical to the Build Workspace Toolbar, with the exception of two additional options:

Reset will reset any and all effects applied to the currently selected slide(s).  This is a very handy tool for those times when you simply want to erase all effects and start over from scratch.  

Combine will take a range of selected slides and combine them all into one.  This can be a very useful tool when you plan to use effects that feature multiple layers.

The Slide Inspector

The Slide Inspector provides detailed information about each slide as you design your show.

Beginning with the slide name and the position of the slide in the show. 

Next you'll see the Slide Summary.  Here you'll find details that include:

• The name of any Slide Style applied to the slide
• The Style Timing recommended for the optimal use of the effect
• The Duration of the slide (including the transition times both in and out of the slide)
• The Timing of the slide relative to its position in the show
• The type and length of the Transition In
• The type and length of the Transition Out
• Special Notes  for the slide.  Typically you'll see this if there is a slide sound or custom background

Below the summary, you'll find the Layers and Captions information for the slide.  This tells you how many layers and captions can be found in each slide.

At the bottom of the Slide Inspector you'll see any Notes that have been added to the slide.  If no Notes have been added, the Notes pane will not be visible.