Starting a slide show automatically
You can configure your slide show to use your preferred settings and
start playing automatically when you click the menu command or the Auto
Slide Show button on the toolbar. The combination of items you select
in the Browser determines the content of the slide show, and whether it
starts automatically.
To configure a slide show to start automatically:
In the Browser,
do one of the following:
Select
two or more images in the File List pane.
Select
two or more folders in the File List pane.
Select
a combination of files and folders in the File List pane.
Add
two or more images to the Image Basket.
Click Tools | Configure
Auto Slide Show.
In the Slide
Show Properties dialog box, select the File
Selection tab.
In the Slide show contents drop-down list,
select the items you want to use in the slide show. The options available
change depending on the type and variety of files and folders that you
selected in Step 1.
Select the
Always use these contents for this selection
type and start slide show automatically check box.
Click OK.
To exit the
slide show, press Esc.
To start a slide show automatically, select the same type of files or
folders you selected in Step 1, and then click Tools
| Auto Slide
Show.
Example One
When you select a combination of files and folders, you can configure
the slide show to start automatically using the media files that you select,
as well as the contents of the selected folders.
In the File List pane, select at least one image file and one folder,
and then click Tools | Configure
Auto Slide Show. On the File Selection tab, from the Slide
show contents drop-down list, select Selected
media, and media in selected folders.
Select the Always use these contents
for this selection type and start slide show automatically check
box, and then click OK to launch
the slide show. Press Esc to return
to the Browser.
Now, whenever you select any combination of media files and folders
in the File List pane and click Tools
| Auto Slide
Show, the slide show will start automatically, and display any
media items you selected, as well as any media items contained in the
selected folders. The slide show will not display any of the other images
or media files in the current folder, or those files contained in any
subfolders of the selected folders.
Example Two
You can now make a different selection and configure your slide show
to start automatically using all of the files in the current folder -
not just those you have selected.
In the File List pane, select one or more image or media files and click
Tools | Configure
Auto Slide Show. On the File Selection tab, from the Slide
show contents drop-down list, select All
media in current folder and subfolders.
Select the Always use these contents
for this selection type and start slide show automatically check
box, and then click OK to launch
the slide show. Press Esc to return
to the Browser.
Now, whenever you select two or more images or media files and click
Tools | Auto
Slide Show, the slide show will
start automatically, and display all media items in the folder that you
have open in the File List pane, as well as any subfolders.
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