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So far, everyone I've recommended this program to has spurned me, but here goes again.
ACDSee Pro has the ability to create slide shows (with music if you want!  ) in either Windows screensaver (SCR) format or as EXE files. Either can be made to autorun off a CD-ROM. The SCR has advantages and drawbacks -- wiggle the mouse, and it stops. Restart means starting over from the beginning. The EXE files include a small control bar at the top which disappears on its own, then reappears when you run your mouse up there (you might include instructions as your first slide).
If you don't like the idea of having your clients pause the slide show on their own, ACDSee allows you to create a slide show that requires manual advance (hitting the space bar, or the down arrow, or something like that), but that negates the ability to include music.
You can also include either header text or footer text (or both). The text is completely customizable is every way, and can be anything from your contact & ordering info to file names (personally, I'd do the former as the header, and the latter as the footer, but that's me). You can insert any metadata, or darn near anything else.
Making it autorun is easy. You'll need a file called autorun.inf . Open Notepad, and copy this code (assuming you've created an EXE file):
[Autorun]
OPEN=yourfile.exe
Make sure you change the file name from "yourfile.exe" to whatever you named your slideshow file. Don't use anything except Notepad for this.
Save the file as "autorun.inf" (without the quotes, of course), and burn that along with your EXE slideshow to the CD. Make sure to test the whole thing on a different computer than the one you created it on, just to make sure. (Note: if you save a copy of the autorun.inf on your computer's hard drive, change the name or it will try to run every time you boot your computer  )
That's how I create proof slideshows on CD. Good luck with your project.
Don
Edited on Jul 20, 2008 at 02:58 PM
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