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QuickShow version 2.04 released 19th, January 2004.

Czech, Deutsch, English, Brazilian Portuguese, Español, Français, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Norsk, Polish, 日本語 (Nihongo), Русский (Russkij), 中文 (TW).

QuickShow is a presentation authoring and display tool that runs on the Windows 32 bit platform. It is suitable for professionals and students alike who have a need to produce quick and easy standards compliant presentations for their own use or for easy distribution on the web.

NEWS!

Italianol Italian v2 language file now available.

Opera Software have a new OperaShow page

Håkon Wium Lie, CTO of Opera Software, has made an OperaShow Generator page.

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Features: Learn more about QuickShow.
Whats new?: New features and additions in version 2.
Downloads: Get the latest version of QuickShow.
Buy Quickshow: Register your copy of QuickShow.
Examples: Some example presentations created with QuickShow.
Help: How and where to get help.

QuickShow Features

Presentations can be easily created and presented "on the fly".
The output files are written in XHTML with either embedded or linked stylesheets:
- They are small and fast compared to other presentation tools.
- They can easily be sent by e-mail or uploaded to the web
- They can be viewed as standard web pages in any browser.
- Can be be presented with the Opera web browser's full screen "Presentation mode", also known as OperaShow on a number of platforms.
Style is added using a collection of user editable stylesheets.
Included stylesheets are adapted W3C Core stylesheets plus some more ready-to-use examples.
Any number of user made stylesheets can be added.
Easy to use toolbars with a number of easily recognised buttons.
Tidy HTML is integrated reducing the need for technical knowledge of HTML code.
Slides are easily organised, created, manipulated and deleted within the interface.
Pre made web pages can be imported and converted to presentations.
A spell checker is integrated for which dictionary files can be downloaded in a number of languages.

How does QuickShow work?

QuickShow creates multiple slides by breaking an XHTML presentation into multiple sections. Each section is contained within a div with the class name "projection". When a show is saved then the slides are assembled within an XHTML file along with a number of stylesheets which control how the show is displayed.

This is the code that QuickShow uses to display each of these divs as separate slides when in full screen mode:

@media projection {
div.projection {page-break-before: always;}
}

Within the QuickShow interface authors can easily choose to rearrange slides, to add and delete slides, to change the style of the show, to check their spelling, and to check the validity of their code using the HTML Tidy plugin.

As QuickShow uses standard stylesheets these can be easily added to or modified, giving the author endless possibilities for creating unique presentations.

What's new in version 2

Version 2 contains a number of additions and enhancements which have turned QuickShow into a more versatile and useful self contained presentation authoring tool, while still being an ideal companion tool for users of the Opera web browser.

Full screen (presentation) mode.

QuickShow 2 now boasts its own full screen mode in which slides are easily displayed in consecutive or reverse consecutive order. Slides can also be easily jumped-to by choosing from the context menu.

Printing

QuickShow 2 now supports printing of both slides and handouts.
Slides are printed as they are displayed on screen, whereas handouts also include any hidden "notes" and are displayed in a manner which makes them more suitable as a reference for the audience when giving an on-screen presentation.

Slide chooser

The "Select slide" menu and toolbar button have been optimised so that it now displays a short title for each slide making it easier to find the desired slide in a long presentation. This is also used as the context menu in "Full screen" mode

Customizable toolbars

All toolbars buttons can now be customized. This can be done by invoking the "Customize toolbar" dialog from the toolbar's context menu.

Search and replace

QuickShow now contains search and replace capabilities similar to that of most advanced editors.

Enhanced CSS support

There are a number of enhancements in CSS support including:

Support for font-variant: small-caps.
Borders now supported for most inline elements.
All CSS border styles now supported.

Download QuickShow

QuickShow is a 32 bit Windows application which will run on most versions of Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT, and XP. QuickShow can be used for 30 days trial after which it can be unlocked by purchasing a registration code.

Download QuickShow v2.04

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QS204en.exe (1.3 MB) - English - English installer, interface language file, dictionary and help.
QS204de.exe (1.5 MB) - Deutsch - German installer, interface language file, dictionary and help.
QS204hu.exe (1.4 MB) - Magyar - Hungarian installer, interface language file and help (English dictionary).

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Additional language files

* If you download your language version then you need not install any additional language files or dictionaries.

To install a language file:

Save the desired file to your QuickShow directory (the English default is 'C:\Program Files\Quickshow')
To switch to the new Language in Quickshow select it in the list found in Preferences (View->Preferences->Interface language).

English This is the standard English language file for version 2 that you can download and translate.
Czech Czech v2 language file. Translated by j353840.
Deutsch German v2 language file. Translated by Stefan Huber.
Español Spanish v2 language file. Translated by Klemens Häckel.
Italiano Italian v2 language file. Translated by Paolo De Felice.
Magyar Hungarian v2 language file. Translated by Bondi.
Nederlands Dutch v2 language file. Translated by Mark Schenk.
Polish Polish v2 language file. Translated by Andrzej Olaczek.
Brazilian Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese v2 language file. Translated by Samuel Rocha de Mello.
Русский (Russkij) Russian v2 language file. Translated by Ibrahimov Ahmed Ali og.
中文 (TW) Traditional Chinese v2 language file. Translated by Tsung-Che Wu.

All language files below are written for version 1.12, although they will work to a great extent in version 2.

Français French language file. Translated by fr Bill.
日本語 (Nihongo) (v1.11) Japanese language file. Translated by Daisuke Enomoto.
Norsk Norwegian language file. Translated by Lars Arnesen.

If your language is not listed here and you can translate, then please contact "quickshow (at) philburns.com".

Additional dictionary files

To install a dictionary file:
Download the language(s) you require from the list below then unzip the file to the directory %CommonProgramFiles%\SynSpell (where "%CommonProgramFiles%" matches the path to the %CommonProgramFiles% folder on your system. The most likely path on an English Windows system is "C:\Program Files\Common Files").

Czech (czech.1-0-0.zip 69kb)
Danish (Danish.1-0-0.zip 781kb)
English (English.1-1-4.zip 211kb)
British English (englishGB.1-0-0.zip 544kb)
German (german.1-0-0.zip 331kb)
Italian (italian.1-0-0.zip 142kb)
Japanese (japanese.1-0-0.zip 294kb)
Latin (latin.1-0-0.zip 173kb)
Norwegian (norsk.1-0-0.zip 172kb)
Dutch (nl.1-0-0.zip 874kb)
Polish (polish.1-0-3.zip 14kb)
Russian (russian.1-0-0.zip 127kb)
Spanish (spanish.1-0-0.zip 177kb)
Turkish (turkish.1-0-0.zip 75kb)

Other/updated dictionaries can also be found on Jacob Dybala's Synspell page here.

Buy QuickShow

Online payment form

You may use QuickShow for 30 days trial after which time if you wish to continue using it you must obtain a registration code. A single user license currently costs only US$22, you can purchase your copy and obtain a registration code using the Online payment form
Registered users will qualify for free upgrades to all minor version number change releases.

QuickShow Examples

The following example presentations were made with QuickShow and are also supplied in the downloadable package. To view them as presentations in the Opera browser press the F11 key to go into full screen mode, and use the Page Up and Page Down keys to navigate.

Opera's OperaShow page Converted with QuickShow by Rijk van Geijtenbeek.
Artscope Workshops An example of an "imported" show.
Nonsense show A nonsense example using the system-colours style.
Animated ASCII art Just for fun :).

QuickShow Help

Users are encouraged to seek support through the QuickShow forum hosted on the authors website. Registered users can also contact the author by mailing "quickshow (at) philburns.com"

philburns.com will not add your address to any mailing lists, nor will your e-mail address be distributed or used for any purpose other than to respond to your initial request(s).

Disclaimer

If you decide to use the program, the following applies:

This software is offered for use as is, and no warranty is stated or implied. The author is not responsible for any loss of data, damage to hardware nor any resulting loss of time or revenue resulting from the use of this program. Like all software, this program is utilised entirely at the user's risk.