I may not be reading the manual where you were but it looks like it says it only has the controls during normal view mode (not slide show):
" To play a movie or sound file in an Impress presentation 1.Open the slide that contains the movie or sound file. 2.Click the object icon for the movie or sound file on the slide. 3.Click Play on the Media Playback toolbar. " If you saw the manual mention somewhere else that it should have playback controls during slide show mode please let me know where in the manual and I will file a bug with OpenOffice upstream about the issue. Thanks, Chris Cheney ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris Cheney Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- ooimpress automatically plays media files https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/94375 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs