Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 3276
Cannot interrupt and re-start a slide show at any point
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:21:02 UTC
[OpenOffice 641C, SuSE Linux 7.3] When a slide show was interrupted by ESC, it will fall back to the last slide that was in the editing screen _before_ the show was started. It would make more sense if the slides in the editor window would _follow_ the actually presented slide, so that it could be interrupted and re-started at any point (as in M$ PPT). Reason: If you have interrupted a slide show (because you briefly want to show another application, e.g. in a web browser), you are obliged to browse through all the slides again ... pretty annoying when you are in front of 100 people ;-) (yes, there is an option "always start with current slide", but this does not help because the "current slide" is NOT the slide that was on-screen before the presentation was started).
Hello Falko, this is an enhancement for Impress. Makes sense to implement the missed function perhaps as option.
An alternative to "start here" would be to press <f5> [navigator] after restarting the presentation -- you can then jump directly to the page where you left off (but you need to know the page name) However, another possible workaround is to set your presentation to run "in a window" instead of "default" -- since you indicate you are running under linux (suse in particular) that would imply a KDE environment. Using KDE's multi-desktops, you can keep the presentation "running" in one desktop and switch via the taskbar (set it to autohide for more desktop real estate) to another desktop to show the "other application". Returning to the presentation's desktop returns to the presetation still in progress -- no embarrasing "escape" to the editor mode. Note a few caveats in "windowed" mode: 1) the menu & tool bars will remain visible UNLESS you switch to "fullscreen" within the window PRIOR to starting the presentation [this may be another defect or feature request, but the "windowed fullscreen" key sequence ctl-shft-j does not work WHILE the presentation is in progress] 2) even if you swith to full-windowed mode, there will still be a toolbar along the left edge [though I think that can be disabled] AND there will be a mini stay-on-top dialog that simply says "fullscreen" -- this is the click-to-exit-from-fullscreen window, but (thankfully) you can drag it "offscreen" so it doesn't interfere with your presentation. On the plus side, however, you can run multiple presentations simultaneously and switch from one to the other without having to exit one/load another/jump to the page you want/etc.
During my PhD defense, there was a bug in Impress: a critical figure was not appearing so I had to re-add it. Then I had to restart the presentation since the beginning in front of the audience... Anyway, it's anecdotal. There's another reason to implement this feature : during a PhD defense, the candidate usually prepares additional slides in order to answer the commitee questions. Imo, there should be an option in the contextual menu in slide views mode to show the selected slide.
When a slide show was interrupted by ESC, it will fall back to the last slide that was in the editing screen _before_ the show was started. It would make more sense if the slides in the editor window would _follow_ the actually presented slide, so that it could be interrupted and re-started at any point (as in M$ PPT). Reason: If you have interrupted a slide show (because you briefly want to show another application, e.g. in a web browser), you are obliged to browse through all the slides again
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Sorry, as this is no keyfeature for the Q, it is considered for OO.o later.
To grep the issues easier via "requirements" I put the issues currently lying on my owner to the owner "requirements".