Hi John,

You need to start reading the manual. You have to learn the difference about saving the project and exporting to a video format like mp4 or wmv.

The project is everything that you do in PhotoStory. It is a set of instructions that is saved. You save it, exit the program, turn off the computer, come back the next day, turn on the computer, load PhotoStory, open your saved project and continue on.

The output is an export, so please don't refer to it as a save. File, export, select a format, give the export a name and location to put it on your computer, ok. Note the folder that you sent the export to. Do a Save to also save your PhotoStory work. Using Windows File Explorer, go find the exported file, copy it, paste it on a USB memory stick, take it to your colleague, run it with whatever video player program your colleague has on her computer. Take notes. Go home. Open up PhotoStory, your project, and edit it. Save your work. Export to a new mp4 or wmv file, etc. You can delete the first exported file as you don't need it anymore. Don't delete the project file or any of the photos or videos that are used by your project, or you will not be able to use them in the project. The project uses the photos and videos, it does not import them or change them; they have to remain in the same location or PhotoStory won't be able to find and use them the next time that you open the project.

If you used the wizard to create the slideshow initially, you can't go back into the wizard to make changes without doing it all over again. That is why you have the timeline mode to fine-tune and edit the output from the wizard.