Order and group images in slideshow with Places theme

Question

Hi,
I'm getting realy comfused in the slideshow feature of iPhoto 11
I try to get a slideshow using the Places theme (the one with the maps).
Two things that really upset me:
- how can I order the pictures, group them instead of having them automatically arranged by time. I may want to group two trips to the same place that took place at two different dates, without having other pictures in between.
If I drag the pictures to the new place, iPhoto automatically adds a new map title, I don't want that
- how can I increase the range of the locations. For example, I want all pictures taken in Portland appear in a Portland map section, I don't want it to then cut all pictures into 14 different sections of the town since I moved around taking pictures. For me it's still one unique event and one unique place.
Can I force it to group everything within a range of, say, 50 miles, to be shown as one unique place?
In a few words, what I try to achieve:
1- organize the pictures the way I want (timewise)
2- groups them into places I control.
Thanks for any help. Without those two controls, this slideshow is unfortunatelly 100% useless to me.
Steve

Answer 1

Sorry about the slide legends -  I wouldn't have suggested changing themes if I realized you had those.
I'm not sure why that didn't work for you, it does for me, and yes there is a setting in iPhoto preferences to turn off automatic place look up (I'm not sure it would help here, I think that primarily happens when you import photos). And ivansky makes an excellent point - there's a lot of information about this in the "Help" menu - including how to "fine tune" a location to cover a larger or smaller area:
To manage your places:
You can edit and delete the locations you have personalized.
Choose Window > Manage My Places.The Manage My Places dialog appears, showing all the personalized places that are assigned to your photos.
Do one of the following:
To change a place name, click it and type the name you want into the field.From now on, this changed location appears in the Information pane as an option when you’re adding locations to photos or Events.
To fine-tune a location on the map, use the plus and minus buttons (in the bottom-left corner of the map) to zoom in or out of the map. You can drag the map to move it around and drag the pin to a more exact location.You can also drag the vicinity circle larger or smaller, depending on how specific you want the location to be.
To delete a location, click the minus sign to the right of the place name.If there are photos associated with this location name, a message appears, asking you to confirm. Click the “Delete place” button.
When you’re finished, click the Done button.