In attempting a slide show in PSE 08 w/275 pics, PSE warns .. take a long time, sends me to Bridge.

I am attempting to create my first slide show in PSE, version 08.  I have a Mac OS with 199.03 GB available.  I have selected and organized 275 photos.  When I select "PDF Slide Show" under the CREATE option, I am warned twice that it will take a long time.  Then I am sent over to Bridge where these photos appear, all organized.   Nothing happens.  Is there something going on in PSE that takes a long time and I cannot see?

You can't do any of that in the mac version even if you have 2 photos. The so-called slideshow is basically a multipage pdf document that displays transitions as it turns pages. That's it.
EDIT By "turns pages " I mean "changes from one page to the next".

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