Slide shows are able to be grouped into folders to help organize them. If you will only have a few slide shows then you don't need to create any folders. Some sites could have dozens or even hundreds of slide shows and folder organization can be helpful.
The slide shows are shown in a tree grid control on the left side of the control panel. As you select slide shows in the grid, its details are shown to the side.
The details are shown in two tabs. The first tab shows the main article content. Many times this article content isn't used as the slide show is setup to play directly in a page. However for sites that have many slide shows or if slide shows are used as presentations the main article content can be used in list displays.
Details tab
the slide show details help control how the slide show will behave when being viewed. The following fields let you configure how the slide show will behave:
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Default background size - this is the size that the slide show should be displayed as. When you edit the slides in slide show editor this is the size it will be displayed at. Note that the slide show player can over ride this value and show it with its own specified size.
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Initial time delay - this value is used when the page showing the slide show is navigated to. It can be helpful to have a delay while the page is loading.
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Automatically start - if selected, the slide show will start playing on its own when the page loads. Otherwise the user will need to use the play button to start (or use next/prevent buttons to manually go through the slides).
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Loop slide show playback - if true the slide show will loop back to the fist slide and keep playing until manually stopped.
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Default slide show transition - unless specified for a specific slide, this is the transition that will be used from one slide to the next. Choices include fade and slide.
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Transition time - the time the slide transition will take. the best time to use will depend on the specific slide show.
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Default slide display time - Unless specified for a specigicslide, the amount of time the slide will be displayed before transitioning to the next slide.
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Pause slide / mouse inside - when set, putting the mouse visor inside the slide area will pause the slide until the mouse leaves. This can be good for slides showing interactive content or complex information.
Use the edit slide show slides button, contained in the details tab, to navigate to the slide show editor.