Slideshow

	Click on the File menu, select Slideshow. A dialog opens. The right side of the box allows you to select a directory from which the files to be displayed will be taken. Use Look in and File name to narrow down the search; use Files of type to limit the search to one type of file, such as jpg. Select the files you want to include. In the box above (still on the right side,) click the file names. If you have a large range of files to choose, click the first. Move the mouse to the last file in the group (use the horizontal scroll bar, if necessary,) hold down the Shift key on the keyboard, and click. The entire range will be selected. To choose individual files, hold down the Ctrl key and click each file name with the mouse. On the left side of the dialog, click the Add button. The files will be added to the box at left. These are the files that will be displayed. If you like, you can click one file name at right, then the Add button. This can be repeated as many times as needed. Click the Add all button to select every image in the directory. Remove and Remove all perform the exact opposite function: they take chosen files back out. To use Remove, first click a file name or range of files in the box at left, then click Remove. Selected files may be sorted in a number of ways. Click the Sort button; a dialog comes up, allowing you to choose a sort order by name, date, size, or extension. Files may be sorted in ascending or descending order. To remove a sort, click the No sort option button. When you have your sort options set, click OK to close the dialog. To exit without making changes, click the Cancel button. Another way of exiting is to click the X in the upper right corner of the box. Below the selections box are several options for the slideshow. If there is a check-mark in the box, the option is "on." Unchecked means "off." Click the Loop option to cause Slideshow to play continuously; each time the last image is reached, the viewer will start again with the first image. The next option is Suppress errors during slideshow; click this to prevent error messages from being displayed. If, for example, the viewer finds a jpg image with an incorrect extension of gif, it will ignore the error and continue the show. The next option is Show image filename; click this to display the name of the image as it appears on screen. The final option is Hide mouse cursor; click this to make the mouse cursor "invisible" while the slideshow is playing. This is especially useful if the show is being presented for other people. On the bottom of the dialog, in the middle, are settings for how long each image will be shown. Click the option button of your choice. The top option plays the next image automatically after a number of seconds; type a number into the box to change the timing. Anything less than three seconds makes it difficult to view the images. The second option will cause the viewer to wait until you touch a key on the keyboard or move the mouse before displaying the next image. This allows you to control exactly when the next image is displayed. The third option plays a randomly chosen image after the specified time; the fourth plays a random image after you touch a key or the mouse. When all files and options are chosen, click the Play button to begin the slideshow. Slideshows can be saved for future use. When you choose the images and begin playing a show, IrfanView creates a file named: IrfanView_Slideshow.txt which is placed in the Windows directory on your hard drive. This may be loaded back into the viewer and used again. In the lower right corner of the dialog box are two buttons. Click Load from TXT file, and a dialog similar to the Open dialog from the File menu appears. Find the file you want to use and click Open to load it. Click Save as TXT file, and a dialog similar to Save As appears. Give your slideshow a name, and click Save to have it stored on the hard drive. Slideshows can be created outside of IrfanView, then loaded once you open the viewer. You need to use a text editor that stores its files as plain text, without any formatting (such as most word processors add.) A good utility for this is the Windows Notepad. If you use a word processor, when you save the file, specify that it's to be saved as plain text, sometimes referred to as DOS Text. The file only needs to contain the name of each image to be played in the slideshow. Each image name must be on a separate line in the file, and must include the complete path where the image will be found on your hard drive. It will look something like this: C:\Images\myimage.jpg Create the file and store it where you can find it easily. When you start IrfanView, open the Slideshow dialog, and use the Load from TXT file button to start your show. Shows can also be played from outside the viewer, using a command line option. For a helpful reminder of many of the functions in the Slideshow dialog, click the ? in the upper right corner of the box, point the mouse at an item in the box, and click again. A message will appear to tell you what that item is for. When you are finished with the slideshow, click the Close button to exit the dialog. You may also click this at any time before the slideshow starts. One other way of exiting is to click the X in the upper right corner of the box.
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