User Guide

Chapter 6 Viewing
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• Sharing slide shows and screen savers
Starting a slide show automatically
You can configure your slide show to use your preferred settings and start playing automatically when
you click the menu command or the Auto Slide Show button on the toolbar. The combination of items
you select in the Browser determines the content of the slide show, and whether it starts
automatically.
To configure a slide show to start automatically:
1 In the Browser, do one of the following:
• Select two or more images in the File List pane.
• Select two or more folders in the File List pane.
• Select a combination of files and folders in the File List pane.
• Add two or more images to the Image Basket.
2Click To ols | Configure Auto Slide Show.
3 In the Slide Show Properties dialog box, select the File Selection tab.
4In the Slide show contents drop-down list, select the items you want to use in the slide show.
The options available change depending on the type and variety of files and folders that you
selected in Step 1.
5 Select the Always use these contents for this selection type and start slide show
automatically check box.
6Click OK.
7 To exit the slide show, press Esc.
To start a slide show automatically, select the same type of files or folders you selected in Step 1, and
then click To ols | Auto Slide Show.
Example One
When you select a combination of files and folders, you can configure the slide show to start
automatically using the media files that you select, as well as the contents of the selected folders.
In the File List pane, select at least one image file and one folder, and then click Tools | Configure
Auto Slide Show. On the File Selection tab, from the Slide show contents drop-down list, select
Selected media, and media in selected folders.
Insert Metadata
Tag
Inserts file-specific information called metadata into the caption.
Click to open the Choose Property dialog box and select the metadata you
want to insert.