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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Rehearse Timings of Slide Changes</title>
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<bookmark_value>rehearse timings</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155446" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="1">$[officename] assists you in defining the right rehearse timings for automatic slide changes. </paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153963" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Prepare the slides, start the show using a special icon, tell your imaginary audience what you want to tell for the first slide, then advance to the next slide and so on. $[officename] records the display time for each slide, so the next time you play the show with automatic slide changes, the timing will be as recorded.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146317" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="2">To record a show with rehearse timings</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149874" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">Open a presentation, and switch to <emph>Slide Sorter</emph> View.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150651" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">Start the show with the <emph>Rehearse Timings</emph> icon 
<image id="img_id3156396" src="cmd/sc_rehearsetimings.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3156396" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
	</image> in the Slide View bar. You see the first slide, and a timer in the bottom corner.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145590" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="8">When it's time to advance to the next slide, click the timer. To keep the default setting for this slide, click the slide, but not the timer. Continue for all slides in your presentation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10">$[officename] has recorded the display time for each slide. Save your presentation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145248" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">If you want the whole presentation to auto-repeat, open the menu <emph>Slide Show - Slide Show Settings</emph>. Click <emph>Auto</emph> and <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150935" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13"><link href="text/simpress/01/06080000.xhp" name="Slide Show Settings">Slide Show Settings</link></paragraph>
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