Greetings--

Not knowing which slide show software you are using, I'll just relate what I know about PowerPoint. There is a free PowerPoint viewer that can be downloaded from MS. You could either include that on the disc or ask your recipients to download and install it. To make things "easier" for all (using PowerPoint), you could save the presentation as a Slide Show (pps instead of ppt extension). This can even be done by the simple expedient of changing the normal ppt extension to pps. You'll be 'warned' but it works.

As for DVD authoring, those disk menus can involve a bit of a learning curve. It regularly does for me as I don't creat DVDs that often, so I have to relearn... I've been using Sony Vegas Movie Studio DVD and, once you have a slide show or an avi file, authoring the DVD is done with the included DVD Architect Studio. I suppose for someone who's been trained in this type of video production, the interface and procedures might be intuitive enough, but I struggle with them every time. They're not for the faint of heart. Good luck with whatever choice you make.

Paul A. Shippert
Library Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
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> I have a collection of 30-40 jpeg pics I want to put on a disc to  send to 
> friends and family in a slide show format. Some people recieving it will  not 
> have slide show software on their machines so I wonder if there is a small  
> (free) program that I can include on the disc to give them easy controls of the  
> show. Would I have to create the disc as an iso image to "auto-start" the  show?
>  
>  Another option I wonder about is creating it as a DVD. Some of the  folks 
> don't use computers (imagine that!) but do own dvd players. I recently  bought 
> and installed Roxio Easy cd and dvd creator. I haven't used it except for  data 
> cds so I'm not really familiar with the program yet. Would the individual  
> pics be saved as chapters and would I have to create a chapters list as seen at  
> the begining of factory movie dvds? I realize a lot of this can be discovered 
> by  a deeper study of my software, which I'm embarking on, but I hoped some 
> of you  may have some tips, pointers or shortcuts that might help.
>  
> Many thanks,
> Phil Williams
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