Preview Slideshow

Whenever I open a batch of pics in Preview and choose the option to view them as a Slideshow the pics display in a completely random order.
Is there any way that I can get them to display in numerical order? i.e the order I took them in.

not to offend anyone, but with all respect that isn't a solution. There are many reasons why someone would want to view images in Preview in the order they were taken or some other sorted order. A slideshow program is not a PREVIEW program. Preview is a program for doing exactly what it says PREVIEWING. Unfortunatley Apple has stricken it with many limitations that make it less than desirable for PREVIEWING sets of images efficiently. hopefully though, i can help you with your problem.
as for your issue, i personally do not have that problem when viewing images. i see you're running 10.4, so i assume you've also run all software updates that it has thrown your way. if that is the case, im stumped as to why your Preview would behave differently than mine.
so here are a few things to look at, if you've not been aware of them to this point.
have you right-clicked (ctrl-clicked) on an image in the drawer before going to Slideshow mode? If you do this it gives you options for sorting your images in a particular order. You can also drag and drop the images in the image drawer to change their order. you can also drag images from the Finder into the image drawer to add them to the set. i've tested these features and when i go to Slideshow they appear in Slideshow in the order I sorted or placed them in. MAKE SURE you realize that whichever image in the drawer is currently selected when you choose Slideshow, that it will be the first image to be shown. Selecting the first image in the drawer will get Preview to start with the first image in your set when you go into Slideshow mode. You should also notice that if you go to Index view when in Slideshow, that your images should appear from Left-to-Right-Top-to-Bottom (like reading a book) in the same order as they appeared in the image drawer (Top-to-Bottom) before entering Slideshow mode.
i hope this helps. if you continue to have problems, i would suggest next taking a look at your filenames. i've not been able to test this theory, but if the images you're viewing don't share a similar structure (ie, DSC001.jpg, DSC002.jpg) but are random filenames (ie JohnBoylaughing.jpg , 2007vacationpic.jpg) then it could be possible that the Image Drawer is sorting "properly", but the Slideshow component of Preview is interpretting the names, dates, etc different. To test this, rename the files 001,002,003, etc, and see if that makes a difference for you.
again i hope that helps.
i personally struggle with the fact that when an external display is attached to my laptop, i am unable to get Preview to go into Slideshow (fullscreen) mode on the attached display. It always defaults to the laptops display. oddly you can drag the Slideshow controls to the external display, and it will stay there, EVEN if you leave Slideshow and return, it'll stay on the External display, but the Slideshow will default to the built-in one. but thats a whole different discussion now isn't it
good luck
ralph

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