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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Showing a Slide Show</title>
    <filename>/text/simpress/guide/show.xhp</filename>
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    <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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    <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>
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  <h1 id="hd_id4901272"><variable id="show"><link href="text/simpress/guide/show.xhp">Showing a Slide Show</link></variable></h1>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9636829">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">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>
  <h2 id="hd_id9954527">Running a Slide Show</h2>
  <list type="unordered">
    <listitem>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6860255">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show</emph> to run the show.</paragraph>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3209936">Click to advance to the next effect or to the next slide.</paragraph>
    </listitem>
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  <tip id="par_id391634159318692">Press <keycode>Esc</keycode> to abort the slide show before its end.</tip>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3741264">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>
  <h2 id="hd_id5694143">Showing an automatic slide show (kiosk mode)</h2>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5829645">For an automatic change to the next slide, you must assign a slide transition to each slide. </paragraph>
  <list type="ordered">
    <listitem>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2361522">Open the <emph>Slide Transition</emph> sidebar deck.</paragraph>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9168980">In the <emph>Advance Slide</emph> area, click <emph>After</emph> and enter a time duration.</paragraph>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9766533">Click <emph>Apply Transition to All Slides</emph>.</paragraph>
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  <tip id="par_id6081728">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.</tip>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9219641">To advance to the first slide, after all slides have been shown, you must set the slide show to repeat automatically.</paragraph>
  <list type="ordered">
    <listitem>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3174230">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show Settings</emph>.</paragraph>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1336405">In the <emph>Presentation Mode</emph> area, choose <emph>Loop and repeat after</emph> and set the duration of the pause between shows.</paragraph>
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  <h2 id="hd_id1906491">Running a slide show from a file</h2>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4799340">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>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" localize="false" id="par_id1502121">
    <input>soffice -show filename.odp</input>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8266853">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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