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Table of Contents

Installation notes 02

Structure and Navigation 03

Completing the exercises 06

Navigation and Toolbar 08

‘Cover’ and ‘Focus’ Tools 10

‘Save Notes’ and ‘Load Notes’ Tools 11

The Four Buttons: Videos, Testbuilder Audios, Testbuilder, Workbook 12

Installation notes

Adobe® AIR® Runtime

This software requires that Adobe® AIR® Runtime is installed first on your machine.

If it is not already installed, go to http://get.adobe.com/air/ and download the most recent version of
Adobe® AIR® Runtime.

If you don’t have an internet connection or if you can’t download the file from the internet, go to the
folder “Adobe AIR Runtime” in the Presentation Plus DVD and launch the appropriate version of the
package: “AdobeAIR_WIN.exe” for Windows or “AdobeAIR_MAC.dmg” for MAC OS.

Presentation Plus software

Once you have installed Adobe® AIR® Runtime, you can install the Presentation Plus software by
double clicking on the “MORE Presentation Plus Level X setup.air” file in the DVD (where X is the level number
of your DVD).

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Structure and Navigation

Once the software is installed on your computer, you will see the screen below (Pic. 1). Click on the relevant
unit of the Student’s Book to open it. (Pic. 2). Click on a spread (Dialogue or Vocabulary and Communication
etc.) to see the exercises (Pic. 3). A large circle with the exercise number inside indicates the exercises that are
interactive. Click on the exercise number (Pic. 4) and the relevant exercise will pop up on the screen (Pic. 5).

Pic. 1 - The first screen with the Student’s Book units and the other 4 areas of the course.

You can access the Video, Testbuilder Audios, Testbuilder and Workbook from the main Menu as well as the
individual Student’s Book units. For more info see page 13.

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Pic. 2 - Summary of unit.

Pic. 3 - Exercises on a spread.

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Pic. 4 - A selected exercise highlighted in yellow.

Click on the cross to exit the software.

Pic. 5 - An exercise screen.

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Completing the exercises

The exercises within Presentation Plus can be divided into three types:
1. closed exercises
2. open exercises with suggested answers
3. exercises without answers

Type your answer in the box.

For some exercises, you need to click on Check

a word or phrase to circle it. Checks the answers to closed exercises.
If the answer is correct, you will see a green tick.
If the answer is wrong, you willl see a red cross.

Reset
Click on this to clear the answers and start again.

Answer Key
Click on this to see the answers or the suggested
answers when it is an open exercise.

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Audio track number.

Click on the green arrow

to listen to the audio
for an exercise.
Click on this icon
to see the Audioscript.
Click on this icon to open a
pop-up for the ‘Teacher’s Notes’.
The pop- up can be dragged and
positioned anywhere on the screen.

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Navigation and Toolbar

Use the Navigation Bar at the bottom left of the screen to move from one exercise to another (Pic. 6), from one
spread to another, between units, to go back to an exercise on a spread, or to go back to the initial Menu.

Use the Toolbar at the bottom of the screen to add your own modifications or notes to an exercise. You can write
notes, highlight or hide parts of an exercise and then save them. (See the functions of the Toolbar on the next
page.)

Pic. 6 - Navigation and Toolbar.

Toolbar.
Navigation Bar.

Go to Main Menu.

Go back to previous Menu.

Go forwards.

Go backwards.

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The Toolbar

Select Marker
Use this tool to activate the mouse Use this tool to highlight texts or
pointer and click on buttons. pictures.

Pen Eraser
Use this tool to sketch or write on the Use this tool to delete your notes.
screen.

Select Colour Test Tool

Select the colour of these tools: Pen, Use this tool to write yout notes.
Marker, Text Tool.

Thickness Text Size

Use this tool to select the size Use this tool to select the text size
of the pen, the marker or the eraser. of your notes. You can chose
You can chose between four sizes. between three sizes.

Undo Save Notes

Undo the last change. Save your notes in the preferred
location.

Redo Load Notes

Reverse the undo. Make your previously saved notes
appear.

Clear
Clear your notes on the screen.

Cover
Hide the selected area.

Focus
Show the selected area only.

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The ‘Cover’ and ‘Focus’ Tools

Cover
Click on the ‘Cover’ button on the Toolbar then drag the cursor over the area you want to cover. The area willl be
covered by a grey rectangle. To cancel the grey area, click on the eraser icon and drag it to the screen to rub out
the grey area. You can also click on the ‘Clear’ button to clear all of your onscreen changes immediately.

Focus
Click on the ‘Focus’ button on the Toolbar then drag the cursor over the area you want to put in focus. The area
willl be covered in grey apart from the part you wish to keep. Click on ‘Clear’ to return to a normal screen.

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The ‘Save Notes’ and ‘Load Notes’ Tools

Click on ‘Save Notes’ in the Toolbar. A pop-up window will appear where you can save the notes you have made
on an exercise. Name the file then click on the place you want to save it. Click on ‘Load Notes’ in the Toolbar. A
pop-up window will appear. Click on the file of the notes you want and it willl upload to your screen.

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The Four Buttons: Videos, Testbuilder Audios, Testbuilder, Workbook

Videos
This section contains the video episodes for a particular level. Click on each episode to watch it
(Pic. 7). Use the arrows in the Navigation Bar at the bottom of the screen to move from one episode
to another or to return to the previous page.

Pic .7 - The video screen showing all video episodes.

Volume control.

See subtitles /
Hide subtitles.

Play / Pause.
Full screen.

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Testbuilder Audios
This section contains all the audio files for the Testbuilder. Click on each track to play it (Pic. 8). Use
the player on the top left to move from track to track or use the arrows on the bottom right.

Pic. 8 - Main screen for the

Testbuilder Audios.

Forwards.
Move to other tracks.

Backwards.
Volume control.

Play / Pause.

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Testbuilder
Select the Tests you want to use to create your own Test. Then click on the Select button.

Click on the Test title on the left to see an overview of each Test. Then click on the parts you want to use. Click
on the Select button. Some exercises have an audio track where you can see a small audio player. Click on the
audio button to play / pause the track.

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Click on the titles Test and Answer Keys titles at the top of the screen to view your new Test and its answers.

Click on the Save button to save an RTF file of your Test onto your PC. You can then open, edit and print the
file as you wish.

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Workbook
Click on the Workbook button to open it (Pic. 9). Use the Navigation Bar in the same way as for the
Student’s Book. There is one page instead of a spread for the Dialogue activities (Pic. 10).

Pic. 9 - Overview of Workbook unit.

Pic. 10 - Dialogue screen.

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