S5
S5 stands for Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System and is an XHTML-based file format for defining slideshows. It was created by Eric A. Meyer as an alternative to the browser-centric Opera Show Format. S5 is not a presentation program, but fulfills the same purpose in combination with a standards-compliant web browser. The text of an S5 presentation can be stored in a single XHTML file. This file contains several slides which are coded in the following way.
<div class="slide">
<h1>slide title</h1>
<ul>
<li>the first point</li>
<li>the second point</li>
<li>the third point</li>
</ul>
<div class="handout">
... additional material that appears
on the handout
</div>
</div>
S5 presentations can be viewed in outline and slideshow mode - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used to define different layouts for outline, slideshow and print. Navigation controls, a dynamically generated list of slides and accesskeys allow browsing back and forth.
The S5 format and software was placed in the Public Domain. |
Keyboard controls
| Action |
Key(s) |
| Go to next slide |
- Space bar
- Return
- Enter
- Right arrow
- Down arrow
- Page down
- Click left mouse button outside of control area, Flash object, or movie
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| Go to previous slide |
- Left arrow
- Up arrow
- Page up
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| Go to title (first) slide |
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| Go to last slide |
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| Jump directly to slide |
- Type slide number, then hit Return or Enter
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| Skip forward n slides |
- Type number of slides to skip, hit any "go to next" key but not Return or Enter
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| Skip backward n slides |
- Type number of slides to skip, hit any "go to previous" key
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| Switch between slideshow and outline view |
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| Show / hide slide controls |
- C
- Move mouse pointer over control area
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