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  36 <helpdocument version="1.0">
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  38 <topic id="textsimpressguideshowxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Showing a Slide Show</title>
  40 <filename>/text/simpress/guide/show.xhp</filename>
  41 </topic>
  42 <history>
  43 <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
  44 <lastedited date="2006-11-20T14:28:22">UFI: new file</lastedited>
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  47 <body>
  48 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5592516"><bookmark_value>running slide shows</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>showing;slide shows</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>slide shows; starting</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>presentations; starting</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>starting; slide shows</bookmark_value>
  53 <bookmark_value>automatic slide shows</bookmark_value>
  54 <bookmark_value>slide transitions;automatic</bookmark_value>
  55 <bookmark_value>automatic slide transition</bookmark_value>
  56 </bookmark><comment>MW transferred three index entries from simpress/01/03130000.xhp, deleted "slide shows;showing", made "running;..." a one level entry and added "automatic...". MW transferred 2 index entries from simpress/01/06040000.xhp.</comment>
  57 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id4901272" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="show"><link href="text/simpress/guide/show.xhp" name="Showing a Slide Show">Showing a Slide Show</link>
  58 </variable></paragraph><comment>UFI: new file see i68756</comment>
  59 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9636829" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Different ways exist to start a slide show. Once a slide show is running, you can take control pressing keys or clicking the mouse buttons.</paragraph>
  60 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7076937" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">By default, a slide show always starts with the first slide. You advance manually through slides up to the last slide. You can change these settings.</paragraph>
  61 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id9954527" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Running a Slide Show</paragraph>
  62 <list type="unordered">
  63 <listitem>
  64 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6860255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show</emph> to run the show.</paragraph>
  65 </listitem>
  66 </list>
  67 <paragraph role="tip" id="par_id4199957" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you want all shows to start from the current slide instead of the first slide, choose <emph>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Impress - General</emph> and click <emph>Always with current page</emph>.</paragraph>
  68 <list type="unordered">
  69 <listitem>
  70 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3209936" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click to advance to the next effect or to the next slide.</paragraph>
  71 </listitem>
  72 </list>
  73 <paragraph role="tip" id="par_id8702658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Press <item type="keycode">Esc</item> to abort the show before the end.</paragraph>
  74 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3741264" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Many more keys are available to <link href="text/simpress/04/01020000.xhp">control a slide show</link>. You can also right-click to open a context menu with useful commands.</paragraph>
  75 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id5694143" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Showing an automatic slide show (kiosk mode)</paragraph>
  76 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5829645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For an automatic change to the next slide, you must assign a slide transition to each slide. </paragraph>
  77 <list type="ordered">
  78 <listitem>
  79 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2361522" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">On the Task Pane, click <emph>Slide Transition</emph> to open that tab page.</paragraph>
  80 </listitem>
  81 <listitem>
  82 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9168980" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Advance slide</emph> area, click <emph>Automatically after</emph>, and select a time duration.</paragraph>
  83 </listitem>
  84 <listitem>
  85 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9766533" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Apply to All Slides</emph>.</paragraph>
  86 </listitem>
  87 </list>
  88 <paragraph role="tip" id="par_id6081728" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can assign a different time for every slide to advance to the next slide. The <link href="text/simpress/guide/rehearse_timings.xhp">rehearse timings</link> feature can assist you to get the timing right.</paragraph>
  89 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9219641" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To advance to the first slide, after all slides have been shown, you must set the slide show to repeat automatically.</paragraph>
  90 <list type="ordered">
  91 <listitem>
  92 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3174230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show Settings</emph>.</paragraph>
  93 </listitem>
  94 <listitem>
  95 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1336405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the Type area, click <emph>Auto</emph> and select a pause time between shows.</paragraph>
  96 </listitem>
  97 </list>
  98 <paragraph role="tip" id="par_id4959257" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">When you create a new slide show using the <link href="text/shared/autopi/01050000.xhp">Presentation Wizard</link>, you can select the duration of slides and of the pause, on the third wizard page.</paragraph>
  99 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id1906491" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Running a slide show from a file</paragraph>
 100 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4799340" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can start %PRODUCTNAME from a command prompt, followed by the parameter <item type="literal">-show</item> and an Impress filename. For example, to start the file <item type="literal">filename.odp</item> from the command prompt, enter the following command:</paragraph>
 101 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1502121" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
 102 <item type="literal">soffice -show filename.odp</item>
 103 </paragraph>
 104 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8266853" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">This assumes that soffice is in the program path of your system, and that <item type="literal">filename.odp</item> is located in the current directory.</paragraph>
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 109 </section>
 110 </body>
 111 </helpdocument>