Viewing and configuring a slide show
You can view a slide show of images from the Browser, or from
the Viewer. You can also configure your slide show to start
automatically whenever you run it, and set the slide show options
to adjust how long each image is displayed, set the background
color, apply transition effects, and add header or footer text.
To start a slide show from the
Browser:
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Do one of the following:
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In the File List pane, select a group
of images.
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In the Folders pane, select a folder
or use the Easy-Select bar to select multiple folders that contain
images.
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Click Tools | Auto Slide Show.
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Click OK.
To start a slide show in the Viewer:
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Click View | Auto Slide Show.
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In the Slide Show Properties dialog box,
select or change the slide show options as described below.
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To save your settings as the default slide
show behavior, select the Save
current settings as default check box.
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Click OK.
To configure a slide show:
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Do one of the following:
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In the File List pane, select a group
of images.
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In the Folders pane, select a folder
or use the Easy-Select bar to select multiple folders that contain
images.
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Click Tools | Configure Auto Slide Show.
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In the Slide Show Properties dialog box,
select or change the slide show options as described below.
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To save your settings as the default slide
show behavior, select the Save
current settings as default check box.
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Click OK.
Slide show options
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File Selection
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Slide show contents
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Specifies the locations and images you want
to use in the slide show.
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Always use these contents for this
selection type and start slide show automatically
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Retains the current Slide show contents setting and starts
automatically the next time you launch the slide show.
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Basic
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Select transition effects
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Select or clear the check box next to each
transition effect. The slide show will randomly select transitions
from your choices.
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Background color
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Specifies the background color. Click the
color picker arrow to select or change the color.
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Image delay (in seconds)
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Specifies how long you want the slide show to
display each image.
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Advanced
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Transition quality
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Drag the slider to the left to improve slide
show speed, or drag to the right to improve the quality of the
transition effects.
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General settings
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Select or clear any of the following
options:
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Play
embedded audio: plays any audio clips embedded in the
images.
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Autohide
control bar: hides the slide show controls whenever the
mouse pointer stops moving for more than a few seconds.
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Repeat: repeats the slide show after
displaying the last image.
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Stretch
images to fit screen: enlarges small images to fill the
entire screen.
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Stretch
video to fit screen: enlarge video files to fill the entire
screen.
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Slide order
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Select one of the following options to
specify the order to display your images:
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Text
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Display header text
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Displays a text caption at the top of each
image. Set the options to specify the text you want to display.
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Display footer text
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Displays a text caption at the bottom of each
image. Set the options to specify the text you want to display.
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Save current settings as default
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Retains the current settings on all of the
tabbed pages and applies them the next time you view a slide
show.
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Slide show text options
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Alignment
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Specifies the alignment of the text
captions.
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Background color
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Specifies a background color for the caption
text.
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Text
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Specifies the text to display as a
caption.
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Font
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Opens the Font dialog box where you can
select or change the font options for your text.
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Insert Metadata Tag
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Inserts file-specific information called
metadata into the caption.
Click to open the Choose Property dialog box
and select the metadata you want to insert.
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