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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Showing a Slide Show</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5592516"><bookmark_value>running slide shows</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>showing;slide shows</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>slide shows; starting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>presentations; starting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>starting; slide shows</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>automatic slide shows</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>slide transitions;automatic</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>automatic slide transition</bookmark_value>
</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>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id4901272" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="show"><link href="text/simpress/guide/show.xhp" name="Showing a Slide Show">Showing a Slide Show</link>
</variable></paragraph><comment>UFI: new file see i68756</comment>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9636829" xml-lang="en-US">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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7076937" xml-lang="en-US">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>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id9954527" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Running a Slide Show</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6860255" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show</emph> to run the show.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id4199957" xml-lang="en-US">If you want all shows to start from the current slide instead of the first slide, choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME Impress - General</emph> and click <emph>Always with current page</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3209936" xml-lang="en-US">Click to advance to the next effect or to the next slide.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id8702658" xml-lang="en-US">Press <item type="keycode">Esc</item> to abort the show before the end.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3741264" xml-lang="en-US">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>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id5694143" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Showing an automatic slide show (kiosk mode)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5829645" xml-lang="en-US">For an automatic change to the next slide, you must assign a slide transition to each slide. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2361522" xml-lang="en-US">Open the <emph>Slide Transition</emph> sidebar deck.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9168980" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Advance slide</emph> area, click <emph>Automatically after</emph>, and select a time duration.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9766533" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Apply to All Slides</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id6081728" xml-lang="en-US">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>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9219641" xml-lang="en-US">To advance to the first slide, after all slides have been shown, you must set the slide show to repeat automatically.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3174230" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show Settings</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1336405" xml-lang="en-US">In the Type area, click <emph>Auto</emph> and select a pause time between shows.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id1906491" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Running a slide show from a file</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4799340" xml-lang="en-US">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>
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<item type="literal">soffice -show filename.odp</item>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8266853" xml-lang="en-US">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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