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Thanks again Ken. I've narrowed the problem down a bit. Ver 5.5 is the newest ver that works properly for me. 5.6 and several 5.6 betas exhibit the problem, ie., fail to go to full screen mode after clicking either Preview or Preview from Current. I will redo the three shows that I plan on giving this Tue using v 5.5. Maybe after that, I will have time to revisit the issue with 5.6. I can't believe it is a generic bug in 5.6. Anyone who uses 5.6 would see it. It is an obvious problem. But I suppose it could be a bug that is confounded with something I've done or my PC setup. It is a 2 yr old Dell XPS with 4G and XP3 fully updated. again, thanks Ken and others. doug

I know it is bad form to reply to one's own reply, but I thought it would be helpful in trouble shooting this problem to point out that I went back to ver 5.11 and added a few of the same slides (I didn't use the 5.6.3 pte file) and tried Preview and Preview from Current. They both worked as expected. The full screen was displayed and the slides started properly.

If you mean the Preview from Current icon, yes. It behaves like the Preview icon. And, if the second or subsequent slides are highlighted, Preview flashed the slide highlighted and not the first slide. I don't know, but the fact neither Preview or Current brings up the regular full screen display. Thanks for you time, Yachtsman1. doug

Hi Ken, I don't know, but I'm betting you are correct and they are probably currently off doing something more interesting than trouble shooting my PTE problem. I was responding to the request from potwnc. Anyway, I'm still looking for a solution to the lack of a Preview and Preview from current issue. Potwnc's request did prompt me to look inside the .pte file. Kinda interesting, but I'm for sure not in the dozen you estimated. doug

Hi Ken, I can if that would be helpful, but the problem seems the same on each of the three recent projects. doug

Here's the link - http://boltassociates.com/P2E/PGAS-Thai6.zip doug

Thanks, I'll do that now. doug

I must have set something wrong. Not sure what. P2E didn't always work this way for me. When I click Preview or Preview from Current, the images do not display properly. The first image flashes and turns to black and stops. If I click the start arrow (to the left of the stop icon), the slides are then displayed, but only in the Animation window, not the full screen view. I'm using 5.6.3. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a presentation at a local Audubon Society meeting this coming Tuesday. I have successfully created three short presentations, but I would like to be able to preview what I've put together without doing a Create in order to assess the transitions. doug

Thanks, Roger. Good point! The voice of experience talking. doug

That sounds like a good way to go. I'll give it a try shortly. I assume with this approach that I can put the title of the talk at the top and the slide specific text at the bottom. Good ole right click. I never tried that on the text comment. Thanks for your help. doug

Thanks, Xaver. I was doing the 'Set for existing slides' as you suggest, but I did it for the Title of the talk, which I wanted to appear at the top of each slide. I wanted the common name etc of the bird to appear at the bottom. But, your suggestion made it so much easier to automatically add the bird names that I decided to include both the title and the bird name at the bottom of the slide. If there is a way to designate text at the top and Picture name at the bottom, I'd be even happier. doug

I have a large number of JPG images of birds that are named Common Name - Genus specie.jpg. There must be a better way to add the bird names to the bottom of each slide than how I'm doing it. For each slide, I click Add Text, Insert text template (Picture name), change Times New to Arial, delete the word Text in the middle of the image, resize text added from Template, relocate text to bottom of image and click Close. I'm using 5.6.3. 1. How make Arial the default Face? 2. How to set a template (eg., Picture name) to be on by default. doug

When I add a group of jpeg files to the image list, I'm getting an error "Exception EAbort in module apr.exe at 001c3e21. It appears to normally load the first image in the group, but the remainnig images appear black. When I attempt to clear the images from the list, I get another exception @ 001c3acf. This is with 5.6b2. When I try 5.5, the behavior is the same, but the error message is more cryptic - Assect in procedure ActualIni_sort (C:\worlds\PicPack\pteActualProjects.pas line 108). THe pc is a Dell 400 with 4G memory and was running only explorer and P2E at the time. So far as I know, there machine is working OK. I'll be happy to provide additional info or run simple test, if that will help. doug

I lost a hard drive on my laptop and I'm having difficulty re-registering Picturestoexe. Support sent me a reg file for Video builder, which did register VB, but when I try to install the file in P2E 5.5, it says wrong file is for different program and P2e still shows as unregistered. I'm not sure what to ask for to get me back working with P2E. As I recall history, I first registered the standard version of P2e and then upgraded to the deluxe version. Sorry to bother, but I would like to be able to use P2E on the road on my laptop. doug bolt

Hi Ray, A tutorial on making slideshows for presentation on HDTV would be very helpful to me. Just a few screen captures would be a great help. doug

Thanks! I searched the archives for info on the issue, but missed this thread. Sounds just what I was looking for. I'll send a pm. doug

While I'm basically happy with the video and audio quality of DVDs made with PTE/Video that are played on std definition TVs. However, I'd like to make higher quality versions to play on HDTVs. Unfortunately, I don't have the knowledge to wisely configure the AVI video screens. Would anyone like to give some settings and procedures that they find gives HD quality slideshows on a HDTV? doug

Thanks, Al. I'll give that a try. doug

Is there a way to change some of the "Set Default" settings in Project Options? While most are fine as is, I'd like to be able to adjust some of the defaults on a global basis, rather than have to change for each new project. I did a quick check of FAQ and a search of the old messages, but didn't find an answer. doug

Marianne, Which freeware install programs would you suggest I try? doug

Marianne, Thanks for the info. I was surprised that some of the programs that were similar to SetupStream cost big bucks. Generally, that suggests the free versions are disappointing. I hope that is not the case with SetupStream. doug

Brian, Thanks for the info. I downloaded SetupStream, but have not yet tested the program. The program blurb sounds like this should do the trick. I can set it so the P2E exe file downloads to the Desktop. Folks should be able to find it there. doug Thanks! The problem is not that the HTML has trouble finding the P2E exe file, it's the user that sometimes does not know where to look for the downloaded exe file. The Launch Show approach sounds like what I'm looking for, but I've not looked at that option. I just clicked on Option Editor, but nothing there seems helpful at first glance. I need to do some more tinkering before I understand how to Object to launch. doug

I use Firefox as default browser, but I've also tested with IE. Upon reflection, I suspect some of the issues are related to my firewall - Trend Micro's PCCillin. Thanks. doug

I'm new to P2E and may not have yet looked in the proper help files or on the right forum to find a solution, so I'm asking directly. I have created an autorun CD that allows users to select from one of several p2e.exe slide shows by clicking on a http link. Once the exe files is downloaded and the user clicks on the exe file, the shows display fine. However, some browsers do not automatically display the download the exe file forcing the user to browse for it in their default download folder. How can I configure P2E so the exe file on a CD will run, either directly from the CD or at least run without the user having to locate and click on the downloaded file in the default download folder on his/her PC? Some folks don't know the name of their PCs default download folder and therefore can not find the downloaded exe file. doug bolt