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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?
- ------------------------------------------------
- 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?
- -----------------------------
- 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?
- -----------------------------------------
- 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?
- -------------------------
- 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?
- --------------------------------------------------
- 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.
-
- To start with a hidden slideshow controller, right click in the main
- window, then unselect _Options->Show Con_troller.
-
- How can I quit the slideshow?
- -----------------------------
- 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?
- -----------------------------
- 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?
- ------------------------------------------------------
- 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?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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?
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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??
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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?
- ----------------------------------------
- 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?
- ----------------------------------------
- _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?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- Under the _Options menu, we have
-
- Show _Menu: This toggles whether the menu bar will be visible
- or not. You can also type Ctrl+B
-
- Show _Controller: This toggles whether the controller will be
- visible at the start of the slideshow. You can use Ctrl+C to hide
- and show the controller.
-
- 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?
- ------------------------------------------------------
- For a discussion of _View, _Refresh, S_elect, and Sor_t, please read
- FOCREF.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.)
-
- S_cramble rearranges the images in a random order.
-
- _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 / 2-21-94 release
-