I'm trying to find a way to select all of the slides in a quiz bank and change properties by removing player defined dtabs, menus, glossaries, etc. I've tried selecting slides in a group, clicking the gear, and changing the 'player default' to 'custom for the selected slides', but the change only affects the first slide- not the others. I've needed to modify each quiz slide separately and it's costing a ton of time. Have I overlooked something?
Hi, Jeff: Someone please correct if I'm wrong, but you can edit the player at the global level (edits affect every slide) and at the slide/individual question level. I don't think there's a way to edit player properties at a level in between (question bank level).
I can normally see those types of changes in a preview and I'm quite sure that my issue seems to be only with quiz banks and draws. My program has player properties that include narration (notes), glossary, menu, resources, and a custom tab, 'Program Sources'. I want these to be available globally for the program, but not for the quiz slides. I open the quiz banks and get to slide views, then select all of the slides, then click on the gear and attempt to change from 'player defaults' to 'custom for the selected slides'. I can uncheck all of the features. Then when I check each slide for appication, only one of the selected slides shows the change. The rest of the selected slides do not register the change. I'm pretty sure I'm missing something simple, but I guess there's lots of trees in this forest.
Selecting all the slides and then changing the player properties, will only update the original slide that you clicked on. It doesn't translate across all slides unless you're updating the main player template that you've set up. What your describing sounds to be it's functioning as designed.
this issue is killing me! I have 700 slides in the program and 120 of them are test questions that I do not want to have the menu displayed on. I have to change the properties of each one of 120 individually? Is there a work around?
Absolutely. But 450 questions need the menu displayed and 450 need the menu hidden. No way around it, it is functioning as designed. It is only going to take me a day or 2. Sometimes I just need to complain a little. :)
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Hi, Jeff: Someone please correct if I'm wrong, but you can edit the player at the global level (edits affect every slide) and at the slide/individual question level. I don't think there's a way to edit player properties at a level in between (question bank level).
Hi Jeff.
I just tested this out and was unable to duplicate your issue. After you have made the changes are you publishing your presentation view the changes?
Hi Justin..
I can normally see those types of changes in a preview and I'm quite sure that my issue seems to be only with quiz banks and draws. My program has player properties that include narration (notes), glossary, menu, resources, and a custom tab, 'Program Sources'. I want these to be available globally for the program, but not for the quiz slides. I open the quiz banks and get to slide views, then select all of the slides, then click on the gear and attempt to change from 'player defaults' to 'custom for the selected slides'. I can uncheck all of the features. Then when I check each slide for appication, only one of the selected slides shows the change. The rest of the selected slides do not register the change. I'm pretty sure I'm missing something simple, but I guess there's lots of trees in this forest.
Hi Jeff,
Selecting all the slides and then changing the player properties, will only update the original slide that you clicked on. It doesn't translate across all slides unless you're updating the main player template that you've set up. What your describing sounds to be it's functioning as designed.
this issue is killing me! I have 700 slides in the program and 120 of them are test questions that I do not want to have the menu displayed on. I have to change the properties of each one of 120 individually? Is there a work around?
Hi Robin! Have you updated the player properties as Ashley shared above at the main level?
Absolutely. But 450 questions need the menu displayed and 450 need the menu hidden. No way around it, it is functioning as designed. It is only going to take me a day or 2. Sometimes I just need to complain a little. :)
Understandable Robin - and I'm sorry there isn't an easier/faster solution for you.
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