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This file answers most of the questions we've been asked about
slideshows. If you run PMView and try each question in order, you can
also learn how to use most of PMView's slideshow features.
Do I need to register in order to use slideshow?
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No, you can create, modify, and run slideshows even if you aren't
registered. However you won't be allowed to save your slideshow.
How do I create a slideshow?
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Select _File _New (don't click on the arrow to the right of _New). This
will take you to slideshow mode. Select _File _Open, and drag the files
you want to PMView's main window.
In fact, you can skip the _File _New. If you drag more than one file at
once to PMView's main window, it will take you to slideshow mode (if
you aren't there already) and add these files to the slideshow.
How can I change the order of the slides?
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Drag them around. If you drop one slide on top of another, it will be
inserted directly after that slide. (Moving a slide to the beginning of
the slideshow takes two steps: First, drop it on the first slide.
Second, drop the first slide on it.)
How do I run a slideshow?
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Choose _File _Run from the manu menu, choose R_un from the slideshow's
popup menu, or type Ctrl+R.
(To get to the slideshow's popup menu, right-click in a blank area of
the main window. While you're in slideshow mode, the main window is a
*container*, just like the OS/2 desktop or a folder.)
By default, the slideshow will run full screen, and the slideshow
controller will be visible. You will have to move to the next slide
manually, by either pressing the right arrow key, clicking the right
mouse button, or pressing the PLAY button on the slideshow controller.
How can I hide or unhide the slideshow controller?
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During the slideshow, type Ctrl+C to toggle the controller's
visibility. Of course, you can also click the hide button on the
controller to make it invisible.
If you don't want to see the controller *at all* during the slideshow,
right click in the main window, then unselect _Options->Show
Con_troller. You will never see the controller again until you change
this option back.
How can I quit the slideshow?
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You can click your middle mouse button (if you don't have one, you can
click both left and right buttons simultaneously). Or you can hit your
Esc key. If the controller's visible, you can click the STOP button.
How can I save the slideshow?
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If you are a registered user, choose _File _Save (or _File Save _as).
If you aren't, register :-) and *then* choose _File _Save.
Slideshows are saved with an extension of *.SHW. Note that a slideshow
is a plain ASCII text file, so that you can edit it with your favorite
editor. The only restriction is that you may *not* modify the first
line; it *has* to be left exactly as is, or PMView won't recognize the
slideshow properly.
What if I don't want to run the slideshow full screen?
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Right-click in the main window, then unselect _Options->Run
_Fullscreen.
During the slideshow, you can toggle in and out of Fullscreen mode by
typing F3, or left double-clicking on the image.
What if I don't want to have to move to the second slide manually?
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Right-click on the first slide to bring up its popup menu. Click
_Settings. In the group that says, "Advance to next image," choose
"Automatically after" and specify a number of seconds. Then, when you
run the slideshow, PMView will move to the second slide after that many
seconds.
What if I don't want to have to move to the *third* slide manually?
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Right-click on the second slide to bring up its popup menu, then follow
the instructions above.
Hey! If I want each slide to stay on for 5 seconds, do I have to change
*every* slide by hand??
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You *can*, but there's an easier way. Think WPS. Set up the first slide
for five seconds. Select all the other slides (you can type Ctrl+/ to
do this). Right-click on the first slide, then choose _Copy Settings
(don't click on the arrow). Choose OK, and all the slides will now be
automatic with a 5-second delay.
What if you only want a 5-second delay on the first, third, and fifth
slide? Set up the first, select the third and fifth (via Ctrl+left
click, as with any other container) and right-click the first slide's
_Copy Settings command.
What are the other settings for a slide?
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The "Notes" option lets you type notes about the slide. These notes
will be saved when you save the slideshow (assuming that you're
registered ;-).
If you select _Display Notes, your note will be displayed in a window
while that slide is shown.
You can copy any or all of these settings by selecting _Copy Settings,
as explained in the previous question. To choose *which* settings get
copied, click on the arrow to the right of the word Settings, and
select the settings you want to copy. (This is much easier to do than
say.)
What are the other commands for a slide?
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_Remove will take the slide out of the slideshow. R_un (on a slide, not
on the main window background) will let you "run" just that slide (to
check its note, for example).
Getting back to slide*shows*, what options are available for them?
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Under the _Options menu, we have
Show _Menu: This toggles whether the menu bar will be visible
or not.
Show _Controller: This toggles whether the controller will be
*available* (not just visible) during the slideshow.
Run _Fullscreen: If on, each slide will be drawn Fullscreen. If off,
each slide will be drawn in the PMView window (in which case, the
settings on the _Window page of PMView's main Options notebook will
be used).
Run _Continuously: If on, the slideshow will "wrap around" if you
try to go past either end. (For example, if you reach the last
slide and press the right arrow, PMView will go back to the first
slide.) Otherwise, PMView's slideshow will end if you go forward
from the last slide (or backward from the first slide).
Swap Mouse _Buttons: If on, then the *left* mouse button will move
forward a slide and the *right* mouse button will move backwards.
Some people prefer this.
What are the other things on the slideshow popup menu?
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For a discussion of _Views, _Refresh, S_elect, and Sor_t, please read
TUTORIAL.DOC. They're almost identical to their FOC counterparts. (The
only difference is that Sor_t has an extra option: _Location. If you
choose this, PMView will sort based on full pathnames.)
_File is essentially a copy of the _File menu from the main menu bar.
You can use either _File from the menu bar or _File here to do things
like switch between image and slideshow modes, open new files, save the
current file (for registered users only!) and exit PMView.
Speaking of exiting, I think I'll stop here. To learn more, play with
PMView, and have fun!
Raja Thiagarajan / SLIDESHW.DOC / 1-14-94 release