Creating slide shows

SlideShow lets viewers cycle through a series of images by clicking a link. Each click displays the next image in the series.

The following rules apply to images used for the SlideShow action:

You cannot have more than one SlideShow action and SlideShowAuto action on the same page.

Browser compatibility	NN3 & later	IE3	IE4 & later	AOL3	AOL4 & later
Windows	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mac OS	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes

To apply the SlideShow action:

1 Click the Layout tab to switch to Layout view.

2 Select the image you want to make the starting image for the slide show.

3 Click the More tab in the Image Inspector, and enter a unique name in the Name text box, such as First Picture. This name does not have to be the same as the name of the file. For example, although the file might be named 01.jpg, you could enter any descriptive name in the Image Inspector.

4 Set up the action trigger as described in Setting up actions.

5 Choose Actions Plus > SlideShow in the Actions palette.

6 From the Base Image menu, choose the starting image you named in step 3 and which will be replaced with the rest of the images in the slide show.

7 For # of Images, enter the total number of images in the slide show.

8 Select any of the following playback options:

Leaving all three options unselected plays the slide show a single time.

Using Actions > Using Actions Plus actions > Creating slide shows