How to stop auto-advancing slides in Storyline after you have imported your slides from PowerPoint?
I've imported slides from PowerPoint, and they seem to have made all the slide auto-advance (forward). I want to turn this feature off. Can someone help me with this situation? I've seen similar threads to this question, but none provide me with an answer. I know how to change the advancement on layers but what about the slides themselves?
You can easily change all of your slide to Slide Advances: By User from Story View. In Story View use the keyboard shortcut CONTROL + A (and CONTROL + A a second time if you have multiple scenes). This will select all of the slides in your entire project! Then, make that adjustment there in the Slide Properties area to BY USER and it will change all of the slides that are selected!
(One thing to note, if you have a question bank draw selected, you won't be able to access the Slide Properties. You can de-select the Question Bank Draw(s) and you'll be good to go!)
Hi! I have my slide properties to continue by user and my surveys/graded questions. The slides are advancing anyway. I there another to stop it from doing this?
Can you confirm that in Story View, if you select all your slides, this is what you see in the Slide Properties?
If your properties are the same as the screenshot above, I'd like to look at your project to see what's going on. Would you be comfortable sharing your .story file either publicly here or privately through a support case?
For me, I can see the Slide Advances option but the dropdown shows only one option "Automatically". I can't click to change it to "By user". What am I missing?
Hello, Vivekananda, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! ✨
I'm sorry to hear you're having issues with the slide advances option! Would you be comfortable sharing your .story file either publicly here or privately through a support case so we can see what's going on?
I am having the same issue as Vivekananda. I can see the Slide Advances option but the drop down shows only one option "automatically". It will not give me the drop down options to change it to "by user".
If a repair doesn't solve the issue, would you be able to share your .story file either publicly here or privately through a support case so we can see what's going on?
Thank you for the quick response! I don't believe any of those are the underlying issue:
• Yes, seems to be happening with multiple .story files for multiple users • I believe I am working from a local hard drive. I uploaded the PowerPoint from my personal H drive • We shouldn’t need to repair Storyline as it was just re-installed by our IT department today
Thank you for sharing the .story file and the additional details!
I was not able to replicate the issue on my end, as I could click the drop-down menu and change Slide Advances to By user on your file:
It couldn't tell from your screenshot what happens when you try to click the drop-down menu. Does it open but with a disabled option? Or are you not able to click the arrow?
I logged out of the program and back in and it is working now! I have no idea what the issue was but it seems to be working now. Thank you for your quick responses and for working with me!
I could change it manually for each slide to complete the assignment. And now, when I tried to verify if the issue still persists (to change for the set of slides) looks like it is working as expected. I do see the drop-down option "By user" now.
But I didn't change anything with the deck or the software. Closed after exporting the file on that day and opened again today. Strange.
i am experiencing the same issue. I have imported slides from PowerPoint into Storyline 360, and I have manually changed the Slide Advances setting from "Automatically" to "By User", using multiple methods (i.e. on each slide individually, selecting all, in the story view and in scene view).
I have also saved the project, closed and reopened Storyline and every time the setting is reverting to Slide Advancement Automatically.
Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, Narelle! Sorry for this trouble; happy to help!
Any chance you could share your file with us to see what you have going on in your project and offer suggestions? You can share it in this discussion or privately here.
Staying tuned for your response so we can keep at this!
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Hi Maree!
By default, when you import your slides from PowerPoint, all slides have the Slide Property of Slide Advances: Automatically. See this article: https://community.articulate.com/series/74/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-adjust-slide-properties#advance
You can easily change all of your slide to Slide Advances: By User from Story View. In Story View use the keyboard shortcut CONTROL + A (and CONTROL + A a second time if you have multiple scenes). This will select all of the slides in your entire project! Then, make that adjustment there in the Slide Properties area to BY USER and it will change all of the slides that are selected!
(One thing to note, if you have a question bank draw selected, you won't be able to access the Slide Properties. You can de-select the Question Bank Draw(s) and you'll be good to go!)
I hope that helps!
Stefanie
Hi Stefanie,
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much - you made my day. You are my superhero !!
Oh my, this is exactly what was happening to me - you've just saved me potentially hours! Thank you!
Still relevant and useful now. Thank you!
Hi! I have my slide properties to continue by user and my surveys/graded questions. The slides are advancing anyway. I there another to stop it from doing this?
Thank You'
Hi, Andrea.
Thank you for reaching out!
Can you confirm that in Story View, if you select all your slides, this is what you see in the Slide Properties?
If your properties are the same as the screenshot above, I'd like to look at your project to see what's going on. Would you be comfortable sharing your .story file either publicly here or privately through a support case?
For me, I can see the Slide Advances option but the dropdown shows only one option "Automatically". I can't click to change it to "By user". What am I missing?
Hello, Vivekananda, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! ✨
I'm sorry to hear you're having issues with the slide advances option! Would you be comfortable sharing your .story file either publicly here or privately through a support case so we can see what's going on?
I am having the same issue as Vivekananda. I can see the Slide Advances option but the drop down shows only one option "automatically". It will not give me the drop down options to change it to "by user".
Hi, Shauna, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! ✨
Thank you for reaching out!
Let's try to narrow down the issue:
If a repair doesn't solve the issue, would you be able to share your .story file either publicly here or privately through a support case so we can see what's going on?
Thank you for the quick response! I don't believe any of those are the underlying issue:
• Yes, seems to be happening with multiple .story files for multiple users
• I believe I am working from a local hard drive. I uploaded the PowerPoint from my personal H drive
• We shouldn’t need to repair Storyline as it was just re-installed by our IT department today
I have shared the .story file for you to look at.
Hi, Shauna.
Thank you for sharing the .story file and the additional details!
I was not able to replicate the issue on my end, as I could click the drop-down menu and change Slide Advances to By user on your file:
It couldn't tell from your screenshot what happens when you try to click the drop-down menu. Does it open but with a disabled option? Or are you not able to click the arrow?
I logged out of the program and back in and it is working now! I have no idea what the issue was but it seems to be working now. Thank you for your quick responses and for working with me!
Hi, Shauna.
That's great news! Thank you for taking the time to share the solution, as others might benefit from this discussion!
I could change it manually for each slide to complete the assignment. And now, when I tried to verify if the issue still persists (to change for the set of slides) looks like it is working as expected. I do see the drop-down option "By user" now.
But I didn't change anything with the deck or the software. Closed after exporting the file on that day and opened again today. Strange.
Hi team,
i am experiencing the same issue. I have imported slides from PowerPoint into Storyline 360, and I have manually changed the Slide Advances setting from "Automatically" to "By User", using multiple methods (i.e. on each slide individually, selecting all, in the story view and in scene view).
I have also saved the project, closed and reopened Storyline and every time the setting is reverting to Slide Advancement Automatically.
Is this a new issue?
Many thanks.
Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, Narelle! Sorry for this trouble; happy to help!
Any chance you could share your file with us to see what you have going on in your project and offer suggestions? You can share it in this discussion or privately here.
Staying tuned for your response so we can keep at this!
Hello,
Do you know if there is a way to override the automatic slide advancing when you create a custom player in the software?
Hi, Samantha.
Thank you for reaching out!
Can you clarify what you mean by "a custom player in the software"? Are you asking about importing or opening a custom layer in Storyline?
You should still have the same options to change the slide advancing settings in Story View:
If this is not your scenario, I'm happy to continue troubleshooting!