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2 In the Selected Slides pane of the Slideshow Editor, select the “Play slide for” checkbox.
Make sure this checkbox
is selected.
Specify a duration
using this value slider.
3 Specify the length of time you want the slide or group of slides to appear using the “Play slide
for” value slider.
The display time for the selected slide or slides changes to the duration you specied.
To set a slide’s duration on the y
You can use the Slide Duration button to change the durations of slides while the slideshow
is playing. When you click the Slide Duration button, controls appear that allow you to set the
length of time each slide plays on the y while playing the slideshow.
1 In the Browser, move the playhead to the beginning of the slideshow.
2 In the Slideshow Editor, click the Slide Duration button.
An overlay displays the length of time the slide is set to play.
Controls appear over the photo in
the Slideshow Editor that allow you
to change the duration of each slide.
Click the Slide
Duration button.
3 Press the Space bar to play the slideshow.
As the playhead moves over the selected slide in the Browser, the duration counter in the overlay
counts the number of seconds. The playhead stops when it reaches the end of the slide, but the
duration counter continues to count.
4 Press Return to stop the counter and set the current slide’s display duration.
The playhead moves to the next slide in the Browser.
5 Repeat step 4 until the duration of each slide is set.
6 When you have nished, click Done.
Changing the Background Color for Individual Slides
You can change the background color for any slide in your slideshow.
To change the background color of a specic slide or group of slides
1 Select a photo or group of photos in the Browser.