ACDSee 8 Photo Manager 8.0 Online Manual
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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:
Do one of the following:
In the File List pane, select a group of images.
In the Folders pane, select a folder or use the Easy-Select bar to select multiple folders that contain images.
Click Tools | Auto Slide Show.
Click OK.
To start a slide show in the Viewer:
Click View | Auto Slide Show.
In the Slide Show Properties dialog box, select or change the slide show options as described below.
To save your settings as the default slide show behavior, select the Save current settings as default check box.
Click OK.
To configure a slide show:
Do one of the following:
In the File List pane, select a group of images.
In the Folders pane, select a folder or use the Easy-Select bar to select multiple folders that contain images.
Click Tools | Configure Auto Slide Show.
In the Slide Show Properties dialog box, select or change the slide show options as described below.
To save your settings as the default slide show behavior, select the Save current settings as default check box.
Click OK.
Slide show options
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File Selection |
Slide show contents |
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 |
Retains the current Slide show contents setting and starts automatically the next time you launch the slide show. | |
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Basic |
Select transition effects |
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 |
Specifies the background color. Click the color picker arrow to select or change the color. | |
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Image delay (in seconds) |
Specifies how long you want the slide show to display each image. | |
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Advanced |
Transition quality |
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 |
Select or clear any of the following options:
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Slide order |
Select one of the following options to specify the order to display your images:
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Text |
Display header text |
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 |
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 |
Retains the current settings on all of the tabbed pages and applies them the next time you view a slide show. | |
Slide show text options
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Alignment |
Specifies the alignment of the text captions. |
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Background color |
Specifies a background color for the caption text. |
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Text |
Specifies the text to display as a caption. |
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Font |
Opens the Font dialog box where you can select or change the font options for your text. |
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Insert Metadata Tag |
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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