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Creating a Custom Slide Show

You can create custom slide shows to meet the needs of your audience using slides within the current presentation.

To create a custom slide show:

1. Choose \<emph\>Slide Show - Custom Slide Shows\</emph\>.

2. Click \<emph\>New\</emph\> and enter a name for your slide show in the \<emph\>Name \</emph\>box.

3. Under Existing Slides, select the slides to add to your slide show, and click the >> button. Hold down Shift to select a range of consecutive slides, or to select multiple individual slides.

You can change the order of the slides in your custom slide show, by dragging and dropping the slides under \<emph\>Selected Slides\</emph\>.

To start a custom slide show:

1. Choose \<emph\>Slide Show - Custom Slide Show\</emph\>.

2. Select the show you want to start from the list.

3. Click \<emph\>Start\</emph\>.

Options for Running a Slide Show

To always start a slide show from the current slide:

1. Choose - Collabora Office Impress - General.

2. In the \<emph\>Start presentation\</emph\> area, select the \<emph\>Always with current page\</emph\> check box.

To hide a slide:

To hide the current slide, click the Hide Slide action button.

1. Choose \<emph\>View - Slide Sorter\</emph\>, and then select the slide(s) that you want to hide.

2. Choose \<emph\>Slide Show - Show/Hide Slide\</emph\>.

   The slide is not removed from your document.

To show a hidden slide:

1. Choose \<emph\>View - Slide Sorter\</emph\>, and then select the hidden slide(s) that you want to show.

2. Choose \<emph\>Slide Show - Show/Hide Slide\</emph\>.