No shuffle in slide show?

I hope I'm wrong on this, but... If I view an event and then click on slideshow, I can add music and shuffle. However, if I want to actually create a slideshow, I have all the options except for slide shuffle. In my case and for this slideshow it matters. Am I missing something? I don't know why you could do it in part of iPhoto, but not in the actual creation of a slideshow.
Thx,

Ashford:
You're not missing anything. The only shuffle is thru the album/event play button at the bottom. The randomness can be exported to Quicktime. Be sure to post that as a feature request at http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html.

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