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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Showing a Slide Show</title>
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33<bookmark_value>running slide shows</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>showing;slide shows</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>slide shows; starting</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>presentations; starting</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>starting; slide shows</bookmark_value>
38<bookmark_value>automatic slide shows</bookmark_value>
39<bookmark_value>slide transitions;automatic</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>automatic slide transition</bookmark_value>
41</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>
42<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>
43</variable></paragraph><comment>UFI: new file see i68756</comment>
44<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>
45<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>
46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id9954527" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Running a Slide Show</paragraph>
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48<listitem>
49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6860255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show</emph> to run the show.</paragraph>
50</listitem>
51</list>
52<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><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Impress - General</emph> and click <emph>Always with current page</emph>.</paragraph>
53<list type="unordered">
54<listitem>
55<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>
56</listitem>
57</list>
58<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>
59<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>
60<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id5694143" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Showing an automatic slide show (kiosk mode)</paragraph>
61<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>
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63<listitem>
64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2361522" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">On the Sidebar, click <emph>Slide Transition</emph> to open that tab page.</paragraph>
65</listitem>
66<listitem>
67<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>
68</listitem>
69<listitem>
70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9766533" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Apply to All Slides</emph>.</paragraph>
71</listitem>
72</list>
73<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>
74<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>
75<list type="ordered">
76<listitem>
77<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3174230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show Settings</emph>.</paragraph>
78</listitem>
79<listitem>
80<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>
81</listitem>
82</list>
83<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>
84<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id1906491" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Running a slide show from a file</paragraph>
85<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>
86<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1502121" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
87<item type="literal">soffice -show filename.odp</item>
88</paragraph>
89<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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