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Introduction

Have you ever spent ages creating a slideshow of images in powerpoint or any other software programme? Here is a fast and efficient way to create a simple slideshow for use during a presentation or classroom lesson.

Gather together all your images in a single folder.

Locate all of the images you wish to display in your slideshow into a single folder. See the example below. They do not need to be named in any particular way unless you wish for the images to appear in a particular order. You will then need to rename and number your images in numerical order.


Select all of the images

Select all of the images in the folder. You can do this by clicking on the folder and typing 'Command~A'. You can also move your mouse to the Edit menu and click on the menu item 'Select All'. See the example below.

 


Once you have selected all the files they will be highlighted as below.

 


Select Slideshow from the pop-up menu

Control~click or right~mouse click on the selected files and select Slideshow from the pop-up menu. See the example below.

 


Explore the slideshow controls


The screen will darken and the first image will appear. If you move the mouse towards the foot of the screen the slideshow controls will appear. See below.

 


The slideshow controls will allow you to:

  • Go to the previous image
  • Pause or start the slideshow
  • Go to the next image
  • View an Index Sheet of all the images
  • Fit the slide show to the screen dimensions
  • Export an image to iPhoto
  • Quit the slide show

See the example below.

 


If you click on the Index Sheet button a screen displaying all the images will be shown. Click on a thumbnail to jump to that image.

 

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