Tutorial Game Show Presenter

 

 Save A Copy and Load A Copy (formerly Transfer Show)

Want to move your game show to another computer or save a file for the Playback Only edition? Save A Copy and Load A Copy are commands under the QUIZ menu for doing this. (They replace the Transfer Show command in earlier versions.)

This Game Show Presenter - Presentation Edition keeps your quizzes and settings stored in an internal database. (Use the BACKUP feature to keep a copy of it in a safe place.) However, you can copy your current quiz settings to an external file using the Save A Copy command under the QUIZ menu. This doesn't copy all your quizzes; just the one that is current selected. It uses the Show Title and all the other settings as you have them set at the moment you make the copy.

Files you create with Save A Copy can be played by people with the Playback Only edition, which is sold separately.

Or you can use the file to move your quiz to another copy of the Presentation edition, so this is a handy technique for people who write their quizzes on a desktop computer and present on a laptop. The Load A Copy commands lets you open and load an external quiz show file. When you load a copy, first the program asks you to locate the file to be loaded. (The file must have the .cxt extension.) Then you'll receive a message asking you to name the transferred show so it can be stored under Instant Show Set-ups. Finally, you will see a message asking if you want to use the transferred show set-up right away. Say "Yes" to that if you want the game show to replace your current settings so you can use it immediately.

Note: The external copy files are not stand-alone versions of your game show. In other words, they are not something people can doubleclick and play your game unless they also have the Playback Only edition already installed. Currently the Playback is only available for Windows.

You can find a variety of external quiz files ready to play at the Quiz Exchange at a web site, www.almorale.com/quizex.html.

TIP: How is Save A Copy / Load A Copy different from the Import/Export feature? Import / Export is limited to the text of your quiz. When you export, none of the preference settings like the show title or credits are sent along. It's purely a tab delimited text file of your questions and answers. The other method builds a special file that contains your quiz plus a snapshot of all the preferences at the moment you made the file. This makes it ideal for moving quiz show set-ups to other computers, such as when you want to move a finished project to your laptop for a trip.