20/20 Slide Shows

To create a slide show select the "File|Slide Show" menu or click on the Slide Show speed button.   This will cause the Slide Show dialog to appear:

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Image Directory
Use these controls to set the drive and directory from which to pick the images that will be displayed in the slide show.

Options
General slide show options:

• Delay.  The amount of time to delay between images.  Specified in seconds.

• Stretch.  Specify how you want the image to display.

Transitions
Transition options:

• Speed.  Speed of the transition on a scale of 1 to 100 (100 being the fastest).

• Thickness.  Transition thickness.

• Type.  Transition type.

Caption
Indicates whether or not you want a caption to appear on top of the image.  If you want static text to appear, type the text that is to appear in the text box.

• Show File Name.  Check if you want the image's file name to be displayed as the caption

• Transparent.  Check if you want the caption to appear as transparent.

• Shadow. Check if you want the Caption to have a shadow.

• Position. Indicate the position of the caption.

• Font. Click to bring up the font dialog to change the font.

• Shadow Color.  Click to change the color of the caption.

Image List
This contains a list of images located in the Image Directory.  You can filter the image type by setting types in the Image Directory.

Preview
Check if you want to view a preview of the image.

Slide Show Images
This contains a list of images that are currently part of the slide show.

Add
Click the add button to add the selected file to the list of images in the slide show. Another way to add an image is to double click it from the Image List.

Remove
Click to remove the currently hi-lited file in the Slide Show Images list.

Clear
Click to clear the contest of the Slide Show Images list.

Run
Click to run the slide show.

Open
Click to open a previously saved slide show.

Save As
Click to save the slides shows settings and image list to a file.

Close
Close the slide show dialog.

Manipulating Images
You can change the order of appearance in slide show, by clicking and holding the left mouse button on the file name in the "Slide Show Images".  Then, drag the image to the desired position.

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