Hi Stevek,
My slideshow is in the form of a playlist comprising photos and videos. I want to be able to have a particular photo on screen for long enough for me to talk about it, (invariably longer than 6 seconds) then advance it with the right-arrow (or a mouse-click, but see my next para about the mouse). If there was a much longer duration option available (30 seconds or longer) I would be happy. Better, if there was an option with no duration and advancing only by the right arrow (or a mouse click).
At present I can use the mouse to pause and advance, but with the mouse PDVD13 immediately displays the "task bar" across the bottom of the screen and other info at the top - this loses the full-screen appearance and in my opinion spoils the look of the presentation.
I can pause and advance using the space bar, but I find this to be not reliable. Ideally, one press of the spacebar pauses the presentation and another press re-starts it, then press the right arrow to advance. However some keyboards are very sensitive and it is very easy to accidentally press the spacebar twice, so instead of pausing it continues in play mode which you don't discover until the slide changes.
Since there appears to be no way to extend the duration it seems that I am going to have to learn to control the spacebar more effectively. Perhaps PDVD14 will address the duration issue!
Alternatively I can use PowerDirector to convert my slideshow (photos and videos) into a movie on disc, using a short duration for each photo, and use the controls on my DVD player to pause as necessary.
Thanks for your help.
Robert