You can open files as a slideshow directly by selecting the files you want to see and then taking advantage of the Option key. Command-Option-Y will open the slideshow directly, or you can Option-click the Quick Look toolbar button, or activate the contextual menu (Control-click), hold down Option, and then choose Slideshow nn Items, where nn is the number of objects you selected.
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