How to set the time of slides when using imported audio.

Hi Vicki - there are 2 tricks you can try for that. One is to record or import silent audio at whatever length you want your slide to be. Another approach is to add a shape to your slide, move it off the slide stage (so it's not visible to the learner) and apply a PowerPoint animation to it. Then time the animation such that it appears at 15 seconds (or whatever you want your slide duration to be).

Thanks, Jeanette.  I have several animations in the slide, and I thought the end of the last animation would signal the advance of the next slide, but that hasn't worked.  I'll try adding a hidden animation up front that is timed for the desired length of the slide.

If I import silent audio, will that override the audio from the avatar?  Logically, I suppose it shouldn't, because the avatar is imported as a flash movie.

Thanks again for your suggestions--and for your fast response!  I'll give them a try!

It sounds like maybe Presenter is "hanging onto" a previous slide duration of 25 seconds... which might be why the slide lingers even after your other animations complete. You might try publishing (not previewing) to see if that helps reset the slide length. If all else fails, you could try copying/pasting the slide contents into a totally new slide (with no audio).

Hi Jeanette/Vicki

I'm having the exact same problem as Vicki doing the exact same thing (media semantics character with images animating on the screen).  I managed to get rid of the delay on other slides but am having trouble with just the one.    I've tried the workarounds mentioned above, have re-built the slide from and scratch again and have tried publishing to reset the slide length - but not luck. 

Any other suggestions?  I don't want to add a hyperlinked "next" button/arrow as I'd then need to apply it to all the slides and they are working fine.

Thanks!
Heather

Hey Heather - not sure what would be causing the slide to bloat like that, especially if you've even tried creating the slide fresh from scratch. Want to upload your project to our support team so they can take a look and help troubleshoot?

Vicki,

What does your trigger look like to advance it to the next slide? I was going to suggest that you add something off screen to trigger the slide to advance on your timeline as well. Maybe the trigger isn't setup right? 

-Melissa

Hi, Melissa.

Thanks for the reply.  To be honest, I posted that question about 18 months ago on this forum, so I can't recall the specific program or issue I was working on at the time. Obviously, I got it to work somehow, but can't recall exactly what I did now.

Hey, same problem here! I put animations and a flash video displaying as presenter mode and when i preview, when the video and the animations are done, the slide continues without advancing to the next slide with complete silence. What can i do for the presenter to advance to the next slide automatically when the video really finishes? (the option for advancing to the next slide when video finishes when incerting the flash video doesnt work).

Note: Animations are delayed because of a syncronisation. It might be that, but still i dont know why because delaying timings does not over pass video time.

Thanks!!

William,

What does your timeline look like. If it looks like this then drag the "end" to where you want it to really went for example at 9 seconds instead of close to 18.

Never mind! i solved it! the problem is the Preview option. I published it and it worked perfectly! Thanks anyway!

Hello

Thanks for your help.  I have to say...I'm feeling a bit "stary eyed" talking to you Jeanette!  I listen/watch and read your tutorials on a regular basis.  You've helped me a lot over the last 12 months so thank you!

There was one thing I didn't try which was to import silent audio which I tried today and guess what..... it worked! 

Thanks one and all for your help.

Hi Heather and thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear that it worked to import silent audio to your slide. Thanks for letting us know and have a great day!