"Preview from slide" option?

Hi Jennifer, 

Within Storyline you can preview:

• a specific slide
• a specific scene
• or the entire project

Though most content displays during Preview just like it would in the published output, there are a few items that are unavailable during Preview. They are:

• Web objects
• Videos that you insert from websites such as Screenr, YouTube or Vimeo
• Content that you import from Articulate Engage 

I understand the above, but want to know if I have a set of slides, say 1 through 15, and I want to preview from slide 10 to the end of the project, is there a way to do that? So far all I've been able to do is preview slide 10 only or the entire project, but not slides 10 through 15.

You cannot preview a range of slides, only one or a scene or all of them

Hi Jennifer,

You can't preview a range - the options I shared were the only "Preview" option available within Storyline. 

Jennifer you have to add those slides(which you have to view) to a new scene or to a new project and press f12 to view the whole scene and no other way

Bummer. Thanks, everyone!

This would be a great feature to add in the future.

Hi Jennifer,

I agree that it would be a great feature. To that end, quite some time ago I submitted a feature request. Hope you'll join me, and many others!

When I'm developing/testing a project I make sure the navigation lets me skip through slides so I can review quicker, and then add any navigation restrictions at the very end. For example, I might have custom built navigation buttons triggered to appear at the end of the timeline, but for review purposes I enable the player navigation buttons as well.

Possibly a workaround for you?

Rebecca - thanks for the heads up! I just submitted a feature request.

Steve - excellent workaround! Thanks for the tip.

Ashley,

I have a slide with a somewhat lengthy timeline and several layers. Can I preview just a slide layer, or do I need to always preview the entire slide? I am trying to add cue points in layers 2 and 3, but find the audio won't play when I am in the timeline for the layers--it only plays when I am in the base layer.  

Hi Deirdre,

Although you won't be able to preview just a slide layer, have you thought about adding the seekbar to the player? You could use it to skip ahead to the layer you wish to review, then remove it once you're done reviewing. 

I hope that helps!