Creating a Presentation Area

Specially prepared pdf files can be used as slide presentations on DiveTab. After you position presentations in the DiveTab project structure, you can create access to them by using a presentation area.

To create a presentation area:

1. In a DiveTab module, click the Add new item button (green plus sign), and then click New Area > Presentation Area.

   A new Untitled Area displays.

2. Under Button Properties in the rightmost pane, enter:

   • A Title for the button
   • An Icon for the button
   • Optional: A Retina Icon for the button

   For example:

   

3. Select Click here to edit Area.

   A blank Preview displays.

4. Under Properties in the rightmost pane, click the Path row and navigate to the presentation pdf to display.

   The first slide appears in the Preview.

   For example:

   

5. Optionally, as of version 7.1(14), store the pptx or ppt presentation file in the same folder as the pdf presentation file to enable the download feature for DiveTab on the PC from the Options button. For example, both Divetab.pdf and DiveTab.pptx are in the /divetab/presentations directory.

   IMPORTANT: Using the same directory is required for this function to work.

6. Save the tab.

To view the results in DiveTab, Sync the application, select the presentation button, and access the presentation.

Here is an example of a presentation button in DiveTab.

Here is the resulting presentation in Divetab.

Additional presentation areas can be defined by using these instructions.