Apr 282008
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I do all my presentations in Latex/Beamer and I wanted to control my presentation with the remote control of my MacBook. Apple support already Keynote, and there are applications for Microsoft PowerPoint. So, frustrated by that, I did it myself and here it is for you to use it freely:
- Get and install iRed Lite from http://www.filewell.com/iRedLite/
- Download the iRed layer I created (AcrobatReader.irla) from here: acrobatreader.
If you have problems downloading the irla file, try this acrobateraderirla.zip version
This is the button / action pairs:
- Play/Stop: Enter in Full Screen Mode
- |<< : Backward one slide
- >>|: Forward one slide
- double |<<: First slide
- double >>|: Last slide
- +: Last Link/ Field/ Comment
- -: Next Link/Field/Comment
This setup works for me, however, if you don’t like it, you can easily edit it using the iRed Lite – Editor. The truth is that it’s very simple.
Let me know if you find this helpful.
NOTE:
Acrobat Reader layer for iRed Lite
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Hi,
Nice infromation but I couldnt find the file acrobatreader.irla I would like to use it… thanks
eddy
Try downloading the zip file
Workaround for PDFs:
I user returned the remote and said it was useless because she could not control a PDF presentation with it.
You would think that opening the PDF in preview would do it, but no go.
I had to open the PDF in Quicktime and it was able to advance/close from there using the Apple Remote.
Go figure.
Ah ha! That quicktime trick is very handy. Thanks, Manuel.
Why did you use Adobe Acrobat Reader? Why not Preview?
Did you try it Tim?
Ha! Quicktime actually works with PDF. And the remote… Thanks Manuel!
great article. I will bookmark this
The remote controls do not work for me when the PDF is in full screen mode.
Hi Willy,
What reader are you using? Preview? Acrobat? it definitely works for me when I use Acrobat.
I’m so happy you wrote this – it’s exactly what I wanted! I installed your irla file but unfortunately it does not seem to be working. I can see in the iRedLite OSD panel that the button presses are registering, but nothing is happening in Acrobat. Any ideas?
what Acrobat version are you in?
Great app. Thanks for sharing.
I could not get iRed to work.
But i figured out that apple remote works with the pdf-viewer Skim work
I could not get iRed to work.
I tried quick time, but since I do not have Quick time pro, the resolution is too low.
But i figured out that apple remote works pretty fine with pdf-viewer skim.
Thank you so much, graet work =) I love it and my students will enjoy my latex beamerclass slides =)
You can try this SIMBL plugin: remotepreview.openagency.cz
Does it work for preview? If it does, how?
Hi Julian (sorry for the accent on “a”),
I do not understand how to use your fantastic tool for another application than iTunes. I would like to use it for my Habilitation defense next week, but with preview or Acrobate Reader, and not with iTunes.
How can I do that ?
Yours,
fbg
[...] iRedLite http://www.filewell.com/iRedLite/ This program works well, you can configure a load of possible actions depending on the currently open application. To get Preview PDF presentations to work with the Apple Remote in Preview/Adobe Reader have a look at http://julovi.net/j/?p=83. [...]
I use Skim for my PDF presentations. Works perfectly with Apple Remote. Lion here.
Hi Julian,
Thanks a lot for giving this with GNU licence.
I was wondering whether you have a version of it for Adobe Acrobat Pro?
Thanks,
Giovanni
Hi Julian,
Thanks for posting this.
I was wondering whether you have a version for Acrobat Pro?
Regards,
g.
Using Acrobat Pro (CS5), and can’t get it working. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bob
I don’t