Viewing preview slideshow on two monitors

When I have two monitors working at the same time (20" apple flat + my 12" powerbook I have this problem: i go to view a slideshow from preview, nothing appears but a blank black screen. When I press the index sheet button, all the pictures appear in the index format clearly visible. I then press a picture from the index sheet and the selected photo zooms in to fill the screen where for a short moment ( say 1 second ) it stays before disappearing again to the black screen. Could anyone be so kind to let me know how to rectify this problem. But when I just use the powerbook to use preview's slideshow, it works. Please does any one know what the problem is here, and if there is a solution?

Sorry if I was unclear.
Like the screen saver, I wish to play my slideshow on 2 monitors simultaneously (not either/or, one at a time, as your suggestion does).
Screen saver alternates between my 2 monitors, zooming and panning à la the Ken Burns effect. With hundreds of pics, it can go through them in half the time, without having to cut the individual slide duration in half.
I then go to iTunes separately to start a playlist playing.
It appears that when Aperture says that it can make use of 2 monitors, it's only one at a time. I use shift-s to create a quick slideshow that I show to customers; I have to hem-and-haw when they ask, "Why don't you show it on both monitors? Even Screen Saver can do that. I thought Aperture was a pro application."

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