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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150344" xml-lang="en-US">You can create custom slide shows to meet the needs of your audience using slides within the current presentation.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id3150715">To create a custom slide show:</h3>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153712" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Custom Slide Shows</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153966" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>New</emph> and enter a name for your slide show in the <emph>Name </emph>box.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150249" xml-lang="en-US">Under <emph>Existing Slides</emph>, select the slides to add to your slide show, and click the <widget>&gt;&gt;</widget> button. Hold down <keycode>Shift</keycode> to select a range of consecutive slides, or <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline> to select multiple individual slides.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153916" xml-lang="en-US">You can change the order of the slides in your custom slide show, by dragging and dropping the slides under <emph>Selected Slides</emph>.</paragraph>
<h3 id="hd_id3151387">To start a custom slide show:</h3>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147403" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Custom Slide Show</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150538" xml-lang="en-US">Select the show you want to start from the list.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149943" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Start</emph>.</paragraph>
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<tip id="par_id3145593">If you want the selected custom slide show to start when you click the <emph>Slide Show</emph> icon on the<emph> Presentation</emph> toolbar, or when you press F5, select <emph>Use Custom Slide Show</emph>.</tip>
<h2 id="hd_id3145169">Options for Running a Slide Show</h2>
<h3 id="hd_id3150335">To always start a slide show from the current slide:</h3>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150014" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME Impress - General</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155932" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Start presentation</emph> area, select the <emph>Always with current page</emph> check box.</paragraph>
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<warning id="par_id3155372">Do not select this option if you want to run a custom slide show.</warning>
<h3 id="hd_id3153922">To hide a slide:</h3>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id883150344" xml-lang="en-US">To hide the current slide, click the Hide Slide action button.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156261" xml-lang="en-US">To hide several slides, choose <emph>View - Slide Sorter</emph>, and then select the slide(s) that you want to hide.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3083278" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Show/Hide Slide</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151264" xml-lang="en-US">The slide is not removed from your document.</paragraph>
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<h3 id="hd_id3147570">To show a hidden slide:</h3>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145210" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>View - Slide Sorter</emph>, and then select the hidden slide(s) that you want to show.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150260" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Slide Show - Show/Hide Slide</emph>.</paragraph>
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