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To manually enter a slide’s duration in the slide list in the Slideshow Editor
1 Select the slide whose duration you want to change.
2 Double-click the current duration setting.
The duration highlights.
3 Type the new value and press Return.
Once you press Return, the new duration is set and the Time values for all affected slides
adjust to reflect this change. The Duration value of the next slide is automatically selected.
If you do not want to change its duration, select a different slide.
When entering a value, you don’t need to enter a colon to define the number pairs—the
values automatically divide into pairs starting from the frames.
If you enter a value that is greater than the maximum value for that field, the appropriate
time is added to the next field. For example, if you enter 79 seconds, the seconds field
displays “19” and one minute is added to the minutes field.
Note: The minimum slide duration for NTSC projects is 15 frames; for PAL, it is 12 frames.
The minimum is longer on slides using transitions.
To manually enter a slide’s duration in the Slide Inspector
1 Select the slide whose duration you want to change.
2 Do one of the following:
• Enter a new duration directly. Use the same methods as when entering a new duration
in the slide list area of the Slideshow Editor.
• Choose a duration from the Duration pop-up menu.
Setting Up a Slideshow to Let the Viewer Advance the Slides
You can set up your slideshow so that each slide appears for a specified length of time
or until the viewer decides to advance to the next slide. For example, you might want to
coordinate your slideshow for a speaker to step through each slide. This allows the viewer
(in this case the speaker) to choose when to advance to the next slide by pressing the
Next or Play button on the DVD player’s remote control.
To set up a viewer-advanced slideshow
Do one of the following:
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Select the checkbox in the Pause column next to each slide that you want the viewer to
be able to advance manually.
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Select a group of slides and choose Manual Advance from the Slideshow Editor’s Settings
pop-up menu. This turns on the Pause option on all selected slides.
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