Victoria - I have been looking for this solution for years! Thank you so much. I should have read further down in the comments way earlier! You're a life saver.
Here's a handy way to quickly shorten the duration of the timeline: click and drag the end of the timeline to the left, and as you're dragging, hit the left arrow key on your keyboard. The timeline will jump back to the object with the longest duration on your timeline.
You can also use CTRL+Mousewheel to adjust the timeline zoom.
I am having "sort of" the same issue. Every time I add an object it auto selects to show until the end of the slide. I very rarely want this to happen because I bring graphics in and out of view. If I have 10 graphics added I have to go all the way to the end of the slide and move it back to the point I want it to stop.
Is there a way to change the default setting so that object are NOT auto set to the end of the slide? I think this would help my frustration of not having an easy way to adjust the slide length.
When you insert an object on a slide, it'll default to show until the end of the timeline. Having the ability to change that default setting would make a great feature request! I'll be sure to pass along your feedback. Thanks for letting us know what you'd like to see!
Robert, you are my elearning hero of the year. Thank you for providing that trick. That was driving me (as I'm sure with many others) mad for some time! Funny how Articulate couldn't come up with that and its in their own app.
This post has been up for a while but thanks Robert & Alyssa - EXTREMELY helpful... Had videos that were up and over an hour and has saved me so much time instead of dragging the end point for a decade... Much appreciated!!!
Thank you all! My slide was 19,000 seconds!!! I would have sat there for quite some time trying to drag it. I did the "create a cue point and press left arrow while dragging and it worked great!
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this method (it's the best I've come across in my work):
Begin dragging the timeline backwards to shorten it, while dragging, press the left arrow key, and this will jump the timeline to the longest element within it.
Note: this is somewhat buggy, but should work after a few tries.
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Hi Angelo,
Looks like I also responded in this discussion.
Let me know if you need anything else!
I know this was originally posted long time ago but thank you Robert for posting the video - it has saved me so much time!
Glad to hear it Jonna - and glad we keep this older discussions around. 😀
Woo hoo!!! Loved this tip :-)
Glad this was able to help you out as well Elizabeth. Thanks for popping in to share and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
Victoria - I have been looking for this solution for years! Thank you so much. I should have read further down in the comments way earlier! You're a life saver.
Glad that this older thread was able to help you out here Linda :) Thanks for chiming in to share.
You are a rock star Robert. Thank you!!!!!!
So glad that this older post was able to help you out Betti! Thanks for chiming in to share.
Thank you sooooooo much. I've been trying to find a solution for this for so long. Best news since sliced bread :-)
Awesome Kim, glad this was able to help you out as well :)
Dear Team,
I had same problem with entire long slide duration timing. Please resolve , how to reduce slide duration timing without drag .
Thanks.
Hi Anu,
Here's a handy way to quickly shorten the duration of the timeline: click and drag the end of the timeline to the left, and as you're dragging, hit the left arrow key on your keyboard. The timeline will jump back to the object with the longest duration on your timeline.
You can also use CTRL+Mousewheel to adjust the timeline zoom.
I am having "sort of" the same issue. Every time I add an object it auto selects to show until the end of the slide. I very rarely want this to happen because I bring graphics in and out of view. If I have 10 graphics added I have to go all the way to the end of the slide and move it back to the point I want it to stop.
Is there a way to change the default setting so that object are NOT auto set to the end of the slide? I think this would help my frustration of not having an easy way to adjust the slide length.
Hello, Valesa!
When you insert an object on a slide, it'll default to show until the end of the timeline. Having the ability to change that default setting would make a great feature request! I'll be sure to pass along your feedback. Thanks for letting us know what you'd like to see!
Robert, you are my elearning hero of the year. Thank you for providing that trick. That was driving me (as I'm sure with many others) mad for some time! Funny how Articulate couldn't come up with that and its in their own app.
Thank you! Worked for me today!
Awesome Tonya! Thanks for chiming in to share.
I love seeing these older threads continue to help out :)
This post has been up for a while but thanks Robert & Alyssa - EXTREMELY helpful...
Had videos that were up and over an hour and has saved me so much time instead of dragging the end point for a decade...
Much appreciated!!!
Glad that this was able to help you as well, Niall.
Thanks for popping in to share.
Thank you all! My slide was 19,000 seconds!!! I would have sat there for quite some time trying to drag it. I did the "create a cue point and press left arrow while dragging and it worked great!
My goodness. Glad you found this conversation, Michelle :) Thanks for chiming in to share.
Thanks for Sharing!!! Super helpful!
Hi Geert,
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this method (it's the best I've come across in my work):
Begin dragging the timeline backwards to shorten it, while dragging, press the left arrow key, and this will jump the timeline to the longest element within it.
Note: this is somewhat buggy, but should work after a few tries.
Robert... 5 years later and you're still making a difference. This is GOLD. Thanks.