The main window
Author: ffDiaporama Team

The main window of ffDiaporama allows all the common tasks of slide management.
The general principle is:

- Add files and titles to the timeline in the form of slides
- Organize slides
- Adjust slides and create animations

To manage slides, ffDiaporama provides three display modes:

File mode | In this mode, the main window is divided into 3 zones: The toolbar and menu at the top The timeline The multimedia file browser In this mode, you can display the multimedia files present on your hard disks and insert them using Drag & Drop into the timeline to create your slide show. A small multimedia player is displayed above on the right, near the toolbar and menu, to allow you to preview the slide show.
Sheet mode | In this mode, the main window is divided into 2 zones: The toolbar and menu at the top The timeline In this mode, the timeline is displayed on several lines to show as much slides as possible of the slide show. Slides are shown as on a musical score, in the form of line and at the end of a line, we pass over to the beginning og the following line. You can reorganize your slides by moving them using Drag & Drop within the timeline. A small multimedia player is displayed above on the right, near the toolbar and menu, to allow you to preview the slide show.
Preview mode | In this mode, the main window is divided into 3 zones: The toolbar and menu at the top The timeline A big multimedia player In this mode, you can preview your slide show in big size. You can modify your slides and preview your changes in the multimedia player

To change display mode, use the buttons located in the status bar, to the right, at the bottom of the main window.

- Switch display to file mode
- Switch display to sheet mode
- Switch display to preview mode

The editing of slides is done:

- by using the buttons of the toolbar
- by using contextual menus (right click on an element)
- by double clicking on elements of the slide