I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction because I am getting
really frustrated. I am trying to publsih a project that I did but when I
publish it as a .exe file I get no menu buttons anywhere for the user to
advance to the next slide if the want to skip one.. I can get it if I resize
and then publish but then the picture becomes blurry. I would rather not resize
it if I don't have to and I don't understand why this is the case. Bottom line
is, can anyone tell me how to publish as a .exe file without having to resize
but while being able to get the menu bar for users?

Welcome to our community, Jynxkittie

One thing you may wish to try is to click Project > Skin... > Borders tab and
DE-select the option called "Show Borders". This should have the net effect of
reducing the vertical size of your project without sacrificing quality. The
possibly unwanted side effect of this will be that the playback controls will
shift upwards and occupy part of the space for your movie. This may cover
actions you didn't intend to cover. Then again, you may be fine with it. Only
trying and seeing the result will tell the tale.

Cheers... Rick :smile;