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Diagram Slide Show
The Slide show facility in the Model Views window enables you to create and run screen-based presentations of sets of diagrams:
When you run a slide show, it displays the diagrams in the folder in the sequence in which they are listed in the folder. After each diagram has been displayed, it is closed.
Access View | Model Views
Use to
| • | Create a slide show as a folder within a Views folder under a Model View node |
| • | Run a slide show manually |
| • | Run a slide show automatically with each diagram displaying for a period that you define |
| • | Display a slide show within the Enterprise Architect work area |
| • | Display a slide show in full screen mode |
| • | Delete a slide show |
How to
To create a slide show
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Under a Model Views node, click on the Views folder to contain the slide show.
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The Create a New Slideshow Folder dialog displays.
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In the Name field, type the name of the slide show.
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Click on the OK button. The new slide show folder is added to the selected View folder.
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Dock the Project Browser window separately from the Model Views window.
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Drag the diagrams to be displayed as part of the slide show from the Project Browser into the new slide show folder. Organize the diagrams in the order in which they are to be displayed, using the up/down green arrows in the Model Views toolbar. To remove a diagram that is not required, right-click on it in the slide show folder and select the Remove Linked Item context menu option.
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Close the folder.
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To define how the slide show is to operate, automated or manual, follow the steps below
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Right-click on the slide show folder and select the Properties context menu option. The Slideshow Properties dialog displays.
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To automate the slide show, select the Enable checkbox. To run the slide show manually, deselect the checkbox.
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If you are automating the slide show, in the Time field type the number of seconds that each diagram is to remain on display.
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Click on the OK button.
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To run a slide show of diagrams, either in the Diagram View or full screen
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Right-click on the slide show folder and select either the:
The first diagram in the slide show displays.
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If you have set up the slide show to run automatically, you can leave it to display the diagrams as defined. You can also moderate the slide show using manual commands.
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If you are controlling the slide show manually, right-click on a slide. The following toolbar displays:
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Control the slide show using the toolbar icons and other aids, as follows:
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To delete a slide show
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Right-click on the slide show folder and select the Remove Slideshow context menu option. Enterprise Architect prompts you to confirm the deletion.
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Click on the Yes button. The folder and its list of links to diagrams in the model is removed.
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