Portable
Oxygen: A User's Perspective
Motoring With
Oxygen
IMPORTANT
The information provided here is for
educational purposes only and it is not intended, nor implied, to be a
substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your own
physician or healthcare provider with any questions you may have
regarding a medical condition. |
This is a slide show
with audio and animation that describes how you
can have a good time traveling by not worrying about your oxygen. The
slide show describes how to prepare in advance and along the way as you
motor across the United States.
It describes the types
of vehicles you might use and how to pack oxygen
in any one of them for both convenience and safety. It offers options
for using
concentrators, compressed oxygen, and liquid oxygen while driving,
sightseeing, and sleeping. Best of all, it provides you a snapshot of
how four families with oxygen members travel.
This slide show is
unlike any other you have seen on the Internet. This
slide show is not in a tiny window. It takes up the entire
screen. You can clearly see the text, images and photographs move on
and off the screen, as
the narrator tells the story about managing your oxygen while
traveling.
There are very few
things you have to do except sit back and watch and
listen to the show. All you need to know is on this page. Please print
a this page and continue
reading it while the download is taking place.
After you have printed
this page, click here to start the presentation.
Almost immediate you
will see a query box on your screen. Click the
Open (or OK)
button. The information bar at the bottom of
your browser screen tells you that PowerPoint is being downloaded. It
is virus protected so there is no worry
that your computer will be infected.
Allow two minutes for
the download to end. Unfortunately, there are no
prompts indicating now long the downloading will take. Be patient. The
wait is worthwhile.
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NOTE
Long download times means poor performance once you start the slide
show. Should it take more than 5 minutes, stop it and order a CD (see
"Ordering a CD"
below).
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The download ends when
the Welcome screen appears.
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NOTE
If you plan to open this presentation or any other PowerPoint
presentation, you should have the PowerPoint Viewer on your computer.
By so doing, you will significantly reduce the download time. The
PowerPoint Viewer is free from Microsoft (believe it or not). To
download your copy, click
here.
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Starting the show
in full screen depends on what browser you are
using.
Do
what?
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Explorer
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Netscape
& AOL
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Start the show in full
screen
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Select "Full Screen" from
the Browser menu.
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Press F5, or select "View
Slide Show" from View menu
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When slide's audio
stops, an arrow appears in the bottom right corner
of the
screen. This is your prompt to move to the next slide. Click the left
mouse button or press [Enter] and the next slide begins.
After you have seen the
slide show for the first time, you might want
to use
other controls as you view it again. You can
control it with the mouse, from a menu
displayed when the right mouse button is held down, or with keyboard
commands.
Do
what?
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Mouse
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Keyboard
Command
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Move forward
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Left button
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[Enter]
[N]
Right or Up Arrow
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Move backward
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Press right mouse
button and select from menu*
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[Backspace]*
[P]*
Left or Down Arrow*
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Pause/Resume
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Press right mouse
button and select from menu |
[S]
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Go to slide
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Press right mouse
button and select from menu |
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Exit slide show
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Press right mouse
button and select from menu |
[Esc]
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* Press three
times to move to the beginning of the previous slide, then press
[Enter].
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Ordering
a CD
A CD containing this
presentation is available for the cost of
packaging and shipping ($2.00). To order, send an email to
CD@portableoxygen.org
containing your mailing address, the CD you want (Motoring, Really, or
both) and how many of each. When you receive your CD you
will find a
stamped return envelope for your check.
Using
the CD in Groups
I am would like oxygen
users who are not on the Internet to see
this slide show. I make this special offer to those who
show this slide show to such a group. I will visit the group by
telephone for as long as 20 minutes at the end of the show to answer
questions. You need only arrange for this telephone visit in advance
and have a
speaker phone in a room where the oxygen users can hear. I will pay any
long distance charges. When
you have established the time for the group to meet, make arrangements
by contacting me at Webmaster@PortableOxygen.org.
Click here
to see a list of other feature stories.
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© 2003 Copyright
Peter M. Wilson, Ph.D.
Founder of PortableOxygen.org
You have permission to
print this document for your personal use. You also have permission to
print, copy, and distribute this document to oxygen users and their
caregivers.
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