At Sales Graphics we specialize in the business of improving presentation delivery and ROI for the enterprise. When presenters switch from PowerPoint to our CustomShow platform they report saving an average of 30 minutes per presentation. According to the VP of Marketing-Media at Johnson Publishing Company, using CustomShow translates to “more presentations and more effective sales calls.”

Clients report very little learning curve when it comes to our software, but every technology requires a bit of “how to” so we present you with a series of posts called CustomShow Usability Tips. Developed with inspiration from our very own Chris Brodeck from Quality Assurance & Technical Support at Sales Graphics, these tips help sales and marketing teams navigate CustomShow’s easy-to-use software.

In our first few installations of CustomShow Usability Tips we will provide helpful hints for navigating the Home / Overview Screen. Then stay tuned, as we reveal pointers on the Page >> Edit interface for CustomShow.

Presentation Management

Menus in CustomShow are designed to make organizing presentations easy. With File >> Manage Presentations users can:

1. Organize presentations in a file structure that makes sense. It’s also possible to use this feature to create new folders and sub-folders.
2. Rename presentations.
3. Modify presentations on a local machine (works on both Macs and PCs).

Create Presentation PDF

While PC Users do not have native PDF Printing abilities, most Windows installations have Adobe’s PDF Conversion firmware available. To create a PDF version of a CustomShow presentation on a PC:

1. Go to File >> Print >> Page Setup and click on the “Printer” button.
2. A window will pop up with a list of available printers. Select the “Adobe PDF” option.
3. Follow the prompts to print as you normally would to turn your presentation slides into a PDF file.

Save As Archive

File >> Save As Archive packs entire presentations into large, robust files that can be viewed in other installations of CustomShow even if the slide library differs from the original. This is powerful in situations where clients wish to view or share presentations with other publications.

Specify Presentation Save Location

CustomShow presentations are saved by default into (…/My Documents/CustomShow/), but users can always modify where presentations are saved. To do this:

1. Go to Edit >> Preferences and select the “Pathnames” tab.
2. Use the second “Browse” button visible in this window to find and select the desired file path where the presentation will be stored.