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Slideshow
You know what's harder than creating a
compelling screen presentation of your work,
coupled with a moving and emotionally-
charged background music track? It's finding
a song, TV show, or movie title that uses the
word “Slideshow.” By the way, I can't tell you
the amount of angst the word “slideshow”
has caused my beloved editor, Kim Doty,
because, really, the word slideshow is two
words (slide show), but in Lightroom, Adobe
chose to name the module with just one
word—Slideshow. Well, when the Lightroom
2 version of this topic came out, I noticed that
Kim had taken all uses of the word “slideshow”
and changed it to “slide show,” except when it
referred to the actual module name itself. So,
in this edition, I asked to Kim to make it con-
sistent and always refer to it as one word—
slideshow. This didn't go over very well with
Kim, which troubled me because Kim, by
nature, has the happiest, bubbliest demeanor
of not only any editor in the editing world,
but of most people on the entire planet. So,
I thought I could kind of joke around about
it and Kim would change it all back to one
word, and she begrudgingly said “OK” and
went back to her office. But then, as we were
wrapping up the topic, Kim came to my office,
sat down, and I could tell something was
wrong. This is a rare moment indeed, so I gave
her my full attention. She went on to let me
know how much the single-word thing was
bothering her, and we went back and forth
for about 10 minutes, until she pulled out a
knife. I clearly didn't realize how much this
meant to Kim, so of course, I relented and the
chapter has been adjusted so the two-word
“slide show” appears where appropriate. Also,
the other good news is: the doctor says my
stitches should be out within two weeks.
