Document Classes ⇒ beamer | Slide Show

[cirasj]

I have a beamer file and would like to create a slide show that will play my file automatically, that is loop my presentation. Is there a way to set a time between slide as you can do in a PowerPoint slideshow?

[frabjous]

I could be wrong, but I think this is usually done with the PDF viewing software. E.g., in Acrobat reader 9, you can go to Edit > Preferences > Full Screen, and then check the buttons for "Loop after last page" and "Advance every XX seconds". If you need more time on a given slide as opposed to others, I think the \transduration{#} command from beamer might override what you set there. (Where "#" is the number of seconds you want it to appear.)

These only work in Full Screen or Presentation viewing mode.

I've never done this personally, so others might know more.

[cirasj]

Thank you for the information. It was just what I was looking to do. I have been using Acrobat for years in full screen mode and did not know you could to that. I will try \transduration{#} later to see it that works.

[CharlieMAC]

Okular doesn't have that option. It's not possible to start a presentation automatically at opening the file, but I'm sure that I've seen beamer presentations that can start automatically. There must be a way to do that, but I don't really know how.

Cheers
Charlie