Just select a PowerPoint presentation directly and without conversion (no scr file needed). MessagePoint will run this presentation as a screen saver when the system is idle.
APPLICATION CAPABILITIES
- Use this software as your information channel on each computer in your company.
- Inform your coworkers with news and announcements by simply using a PowerPoint presentation as screen saver.
- Enrich your presentations with real-time news from internet in combination with our DataPoint and NewsPoint products.
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After the installation you can open the “Display properties” dialog via your control panel. Set MessagePoint as your active screen saver. Click on “Settings” to specify your presentation and change further screen saver settings when applicable. |
MessagePoint installs a new screen saver on your desktopThe MessagePoint runtime client installs a new screen saver on your system. After the installation MessagePoint becomes your default screen saver. 
Specify which PowerPoint presentation to playIdentify the presentation that should be shown when your system becomes idle and your screen saver starts. This presentation can reside on your local computer or on a company network drive. 
Auto-detect a new presentationMessagePoint will examine regularly if the specified presentation is changed. When this occurs MessagePoint will download that presentation to your local machine to avoid sharing conflicts with other users. 
Specify how to stop the screen saverTypically a screen saver is ended when the user moves the mouse or hits any key on the keyboard. With MessagePoint you can decide how a screen saver will be ended. This gives you the possibility to embed hyperlinks to internal or external documents or web sites to act more or less like an intranet solution. 
Display live information from external data sourcesMessagePoint offers you the functionality of DataPoint to link your presentation to Microsoft Excel worksheets, Microsoft Access or any other database for real-time content. 
