Sony VPL-FX50 User Guide

23 

(GB)

You can project an Excel file on the projector by
operating a computer.

You can
• display Excel worksheets to fill the projector screen.
• change the area of a worksheet in view on the

projector screen.

• zoom in or out the projected worksheet.

As the Worksheet Viewer is a simple Excel viewer
function, it does not support some Excel features such
as a split feature.

Follow steps 

 to 

 in “Running a Presentation

Using the Slide Viewer — Running a presentation”
on page 20 (GB). Make sure to select an Excel file
(.xls file) in step 

.

Click the View button.
The Worksheet Viewer starts.
A worksheet of the selected file is displayed on the
projector.

You can zoom in or out the worksheet projected on the
screen, and change the area of the worksheet in view on
the projector by using the buttons on the right window.
When you rest the mouse pointer over each button or
item, its instructions will appear on the bottom of the
window.

• The range of the displayed area of a worksheet on a

computer and that of the projected area on the
projector is not the same.

• When you click a cell on a computer, the cell

becomes active if the selected cell is within the area
displayed on the projector. If the selected cell is
outside the displayed area, the area with the selected
cell is centered on the projector’s display.

You can project an image file stored in any computer
on the same LAN or stored in the projector’s storage
or in the memory card installed in the projector. You
can also run a slide show using the slide show setting
file (.SHO file) preset in the projector.

Click the IMAGE VIEWER icon in the
Application Select window.
The Look In window appears.

Click COMPUTER.
The Image Viewer of the projector starts, and the
Image Viewer window opens.

Resting the mouse pointer over each item shows its
instruction on the lower part of the window.

Currently selected cell