While one of my co-workers has no trouble copy and pasting triggers via the typical keyboard shortcuts (ctrl c/v), I am unable to do so. I am working on a PC and have many triggers to paste individually from slide to slide.
Additional Reasoning:
It would save me a lot of trouble if my mouse could focus on changing slides while I paste triggers with the keyboard. Of course, none of this would be an issue if I could apply triggers to multiple slides simultaneously or easily paste multiple triggers (without the workarounds I've read about).
When you try to copy paste using the shortcut keys, what happens? You'll see the directions in this article here allow you to copy/paste with the shortcut keys or the copy selected trigger icon.
Copy and pasting triggers
When you're working with a lot of triggers, you'll likely find it faster to copy and paste existing triggers to new objects. This lets you bypass some clicking because once you paste a trigger to a new object, you can often make any needed adjustments to the newly pasted trigger by working right within the Triggers panel. Here's how it works.
In the Triggers panel, select the trigger you just created for Button 1.
Copy the trigger by pressing CTRL+C or by clicking the Copy the selected trigger icon.
Select Button 2 in the Triggers panel (or select Button 2 on your slide).
Paste the trigger by pressing CTRL+V or by clicking the Paste the copied trigger to the selected object icon.
Update Button 2's trigger by clicking Layer 1 in the Triggers panel, and selecting Layer 2 from the dropdown menu.
I'm not sure what you're describing in regards to the mouse focusing on changing slides while you use the keyboard to copy/paste - but please always feel free to share your thoughts on new features with our Development team by submitting a feature request.
Sorry if I'm being vague. You're correct in that objects can be copy/pasted in the situation you've outlined. Unfortunately, I don't believe the items I'm copy/pasting are typical objects.
I'm trying to paste triggers with settings that go as such:
Action: Stop media
Media: [video]
When: User clicks
Object: Next Button
Then I'll paste triggers for the "Previous Button." The problem is, "Next Button" and "Previous Button" are not objects that are being copied from one slide to the next, they are objects that are preset in the navigation menu. Also my copy pasting routine occurs in the "Story View," which seems to reject the copy/paste functions.
I'm able to copy/paste within Storyview - but you'll want to copy/paste within the trigger panel itself not within the Story view set up. I also tried copy/pasting a trigger as you shown - and it pastes over, except for knowing which media file to reference - so I have to reset that.
You'll also want to ensure that you have enabled the prev/next buttons for each slide that you're trying to copy paste onto.
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Hi Zollie,
When you try to copy paste using the shortcut keys, what happens? You'll see the directions in this article here allow you to copy/paste with the shortcut keys or the copy selected trigger icon.
Copy and pasting triggers
When you're working with a lot of triggers, you'll likely find it faster to copy and paste existing triggers to new objects. This lets you bypass some clicking because once you paste a trigger to a new object, you can often make any needed adjustments to the newly pasted trigger by working right within the Triggers panel. Here's how it works.
I'm not sure what you're describing in regards to the mouse focusing on changing slides while you use the keyboard to copy/paste - but please always feel free to share your thoughts on new features with our Development team by submitting a feature request.
Hi Ashley,
Sorry if I'm being vague. You're correct in that objects can be copy/pasted in the situation you've outlined. Unfortunately, I don't believe the items I'm copy/pasting are typical objects.
I'm trying to paste triggers with settings that go as such:
Action: Stop media
Media: [video]
When: User clicks
Object: Next Button
Then I'll paste triggers for the "Previous Button." The problem is, "Next Button" and "Previous Button" are not objects that are being copied from one slide to the next, they are objects that are preset in the navigation menu. Also my copy pasting routine occurs in the "Story View," which seems to reject the copy/paste functions.
Hi Zollie,
I'm able to copy/paste within Storyview - but you'll want to copy/paste within the trigger panel itself not within the Story view set up. I also tried copy/pasting a trigger as you shown - and it pastes over, except for knowing which media file to reference - so I have to reset that.
You'll also want to ensure that you have enabled the prev/next buttons for each slide that you're trying to copy paste onto.
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