Once you create a slide show, different options are available to play it in Corel Presentations.
In this section, you'll learn about
playing slide shows and portable slide shows
speeding up slide shows
using the slide highlighter
Playing slide shows and portable slide shows
There are different ways to play slide shows in Corel Presentations. You can play a slide show by manually controlling the display of each slide. A slide show can also be played automatically, with each slide displayed in succession and where you can control the time delay between the display of each slide.
To check the appearance, transition, sound, and so on of a slide without playing the entire slide show, you can use QuickPlay.
You can also play portable slide shows, which play on any computer that uses the Windows operating system, even if it doesn't have Corel Presentations installed. For information about creating portable slide shows, see "Creating portable slide shows."
To play slide shows manually
1 Click View Play slide show.
2 Choose a slide from the Beginning slide list box.
If you want to play the slide show continuously, enable the Repeat slide show until you press "ESC" check box.
3 Click Play.
4 Click in the slide show window to advance to the next slide or animation.
If you want to return to the previous slide or animation, right-click the slide show window, and click Previous slide.
Tips
You can also play a slide show by clicking the Play slide show button on the toolbar.
You can also return to the previous slide or animation by pressing the Page up key.
To play a slide show automatically
1 Click Format Slide properties Display sequence.
2 In the Display next slide area, enable the After a delay of option.
3 Type a value in the Seconds box.
4 Enable the Apply to all slides in slide show check box.
Notes
The time delay begins the second the first slide displays on the screen.
Time delays also apply to animated images. For example, if you set a two-second time delay for a slide, the first animated object automatically displays two seconds after the slide appears. The next animated object follows two seconds later, and so on. Two seconds after the last animated object displays, the show advances to the next slide.
Tip
You can also apply a different time delay to each slide in a slide show by selecting an individual slide.
To play a slide show by using QuickPlay
1 Click a tab on the bottom of the slide show window.
2 Click the QuickPlay tab on the side of the slide show window.
3 Press Esc to stop playing the slide show.
Note
When QuickPlay reaches the end of the show, it returns to the slide show window.
To play a portable slide show
1 Insert a disk containing a slide show into the floppy disk drive.
2 Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and click Run.
3 In the Open box, type the path and filename of the portable slide show.
Speeding up slide shows
You can speed up the display of a slide show by creating a QuickShow. When you create a QuickShow, each slide in the slide show is saved as a bitmap for quicker display. Slides from a QuickShow file display on the screen with the delay time you apply. For information about delay times, see "To play a slide show automatically."
To speed up a slide show display
1 Click View Play slide show.
2 Click Create QuickShow.
3 Enable the Use QuickShow file check box.
Notes
If you change any part of a slide show, you must re-create the QuickShow file.
QuickShow files use more memory than regular slide show files, creating a larger file.
Using the slide highlighter
During a slide show, you can emphasize points by using the slide Highlighter to circle, underline, and mark objects on a slide. The highlighting remains on the screen until the show advances to the next slide. You can erase the highlighting at any time.
To use the slide highlighter while playing a slide show
1 Click View Play slide show.
2 Open the Highlighter color picker, and click a color.
3 Open the Width picker, and click a highlighter width.
4 Click Play.
5 As the slide show plays, drag to highlight areas of each slide.
