Graphic Converter
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Presenting a Slide Show in Graphic Converter  

Graphic Converter Basics | Working with Images | Viewing Art History Images: Mac OS X, OS 9 | Presenting a Slide Show

Graphic Converter's Slide Show is similar to that of PowerPoint except it only works with image files. You cannot include text. This is one of the fastest and easiest ways to present a quick Slide Show using your picture files.

    1. Put all of the image files for your Slide Show into one folder. You can create a new folder on the Desktop, or use an already existing one.
    2. Graphic Converter's Slide Show will (by default) show the images in the order of their file names. If you have time and want your images to appear in a particular order, rename the files appropriately with a double-digit number in front. For example: " 01-filename.jpg" and "02-filename.gif" (without the quotation marks).
    3. From the File menu choose Slide Show...
    4. A window will appear

    5. Using the drop-down menu at the top, navigate to the folder that contains the images you wish to use.
    6. Click on a radio button to choose to show the images in Random Order, Start with selection, or leave it on Start with first which shows the image according to the order of their filenames.
    7. If you wish to change the way the Slide Show is displayed, click on the Options button.
    8. The Preferences window will appear.


    9. In the Preferences window, uncheck the Display name box if you do not wish the filenames to appear in the upper left-hand corner of the screen during the Slide Show. If you want the names displayed but not the path name, uncheck only the with path checkbox.
    10. The Slide Show advances to the next image after a mouse-click by default. However, to set the Slide Show to automatically advance or loop, click on Misc in the left side of the Preferences window. Check the box for Loop Slide Show if you want the Slide Show to loop. For a timed Slide Show, click on the button After delay and fill in the number of seconds you want it to wait until advancing to the next slide.
    11. Click OK when you are done changing the preferences and the Preferences window will close.
    12. Click Choose to start the Slide Show.
    13. The Slide Show will automatically begin with the first image. You can click on the mouse to advance slides at any time, even if the Slide Show is timed.
    14. In the lower left-hand corner, there is a control bar that you can also use to go forward, go back, play, pause or stop the Slide Show.
    15. To skip to any image in the Slide Show, click on the rightmost button in the control bar. A list of the filenames of the images will appear. Select the image you want and the Slide Show will skip to that image.



    16. When the Slide Show is at the last slide, clicking once on the mouse or clicking on the stop button on the control bar will end the Slide Show. If the Slide Show is timed, it will end on its own.