I've just come up with an interim solution, which seems to work - but requires QuicKeys to set up a keyboard macro Assuming you want to apply 'cover slide' to all your images, and click initially on the first slide in your timeline, Quickeys can be configured to: 1. Ctrl B - top open Objects and Animation 2. Alt S - to cover slide 3. F12 - to go to the next slide 4. ...and so on Crude, but fairly effective Julian