LibreOffice Impress can't start from the current slides

[kensheep]

Hi all,

I’m new to linux and libreoffice, previously I was an old user of WIndows and MS office. Now I’m trying to use impress to open my .ppt file, and to start a slideshow, yet I failed to start from the current slide.

No matter which method I tried( 1. by pressing the shortcut ‘ctrl+F5’; or 2. by clicking ‘slideshow’ tab and click on ‘start from current slide’, the slideshow will always jump back to the first slide.

My libreoffice version is Version: 4.4.1.2, Build ID: 45e2de17089c24a1fa810c8f975a7171ba4cd432
My OS is ubuntu 14.04 64-bit.

Have a hard time trying to get to the slide I want if the file is too big (something like 100 pages and you want to just show the last page in full-screen, then you have to click for 99 times or more if there’s any animation!)

[patng]

I hit the same problem. I am running LibreOffice 4.4 on Macbook.

When I use “Start from current slide”:

• Sometimes it started from the first slide

• Sometimes it started from a slide which is NOT the current slide.

It looks like there is a bug there!

[ROSt53]

As far as I remember, the default setting in LibO is shift-F5. However you can configure it the way you want. I am using F5 to start from the current slide and shift+F5 to start from the beginning.

Tools > Customize > keyboard tab > Category > View > Function: Start from current slide / Start from first slide; here you see your current settings and you can modify it.

[PYS]

Hi

With Version: 4.4.1.1 toolbar contains two tools: Start from first (F5) & Start from current (Shift + F5)

But you can also create a custom slideshow.

• Menu Slide Show > Custom Slide Show
• Click New, give a name
• Select slides to show

To disable or enable, check Use custom slide show in the same dialog

[patng]

The problem seems to be that the “start from current slide” function will start from where the “last slide show ended”, instead of from the side that I currently select. Looks like a bug to me.

[PYS]

Hi - Bugs have been reported. Some are resolved, such as: #76953

One still needs information. You can complete it with as much information (system versions, LibreOffice version & settings…) to help identify and solve it : 89752

[patng]

I added comments to that bug. What else do I need to do?

[PYS]

Thank you for that…

Pending resolution of the problem you can use the following workaround: when presenting the slide show, Right-click> Goto slide provides instant access to a slide. This technique reinforces the importance of having renamed the slides with a meaningful name …

[patng]

Thanks a lot. This morning I ran Impress again, but I couldn’t repro the bug. Then I added a slide to the middle of the deck, and the problem was back. I just added the details to the bug comment.