I may be missing something obvious here, but isn't it possible to set the default Slide Properties in the Slide Master layouts? I'm talking about these:
For instance, I'd like to have the seekbar on my "movie layout", and not on any other layouts. Can this be done in SL2, or is it a viable feature request?
There is no way to my knowledge to set the slide properties on the Master slides. One thing you could try, using your example, is to build one "movie layout" slide and change the properties to what you want (e.g. removing the seekbar), then duplicate that slide when you need to create another one. The slide properties will show up on the new slide.
It never hurts to put in a feature request! This would be a helpful feature.
That's a good idea Jill - I will probably use that approach, when editing larger courses. However, when importing questions from Excel for instance, this is not an option. I'm manually disabling submit buttons on all slides every time ;)
Hi Ashley, thanks for your feedback. That's a great tip.
But, either changing slide properties for multiple slides is not working correctly in SL2, or I am not doing it right... Please see the screenshot below. I a) selected multiple slides in my question bank, b) clicked the gear icon highlighted with a red rectangle, c) changed the slide navigation controls. But it only seems to take effect for the first slide I selected...
Hit the Story View tab. The slide properties dialog only works on the current slide in slide view. Story View lets you select some or all of the slides in your entire story and update properties there.
Hi Steve... Thanks! - That works for me... Any idea how I get it to work for slides in question banks? (not a big issue, I can get used to set slide properties before I import them into question banks)...
In Story View you also have a way to edit your question banks in the same way. Using this form view, you can select multiples within your bank and apply slide properties.
You can also copy and paste slides or questions into your bank (any slide can be part of a bank) from slide view or from the slides panel in slide view.
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Hi Bjarne,
There is no way to my knowledge to set the slide properties on the Master slides. One thing you could try, using your example, is to build one "movie layout" slide and change the properties to what you want (e.g. removing the seekbar), then duplicate that slide when you need to create another one. The slide properties will show up on the new slide.
It never hurts to put in a feature request! This would be a helpful feature.
Hope it helps!
Jill
That's a good idea Jill - I will probably use that approach, when editing larger courses. However, when importing questions from Excel for instance, this is not an option. I'm manually disabling submit buttons on all slides every time ;)
Have nice weekend :)
Bjarne
Hi Bjarne,
If you want to submit the feature request, please feel free to do so here.
You can change the slide properties for a number of slides at once though, by doing it from story view.
Hi Ashley, thanks for your feedback. That's a great tip.
But, either changing slide properties for multiple slides is not working correctly in SL2, or I am not doing it right... Please see the screenshot below. I a) selected multiple slides in my question bank, b) clicked the gear icon highlighted with a red rectangle, c) changed the slide navigation controls. But it only seems to take effect for the first slide I selected...
Any advice?
Best regards,
Bjarne
Hi Bjarne -
Hit the Story View tab. The slide properties dialog only works on the current slide in slide view. Story View lets you select some or all of the slides in your entire story and update properties there.
Hi Steve... Thanks! - That works for me... Any idea how I get it to work for slides in question banks? (not a big issue, I can get used to set slide properties before I import them into question banks)...
Hi Bjarne -
In Story View you also have a way to edit your question banks in the same way. Using this form view, you can select multiples within your bank and apply slide properties.
You can also copy and paste slides or questions into your bank (any slide can be part of a bank) from slide view or from the slides panel in slide view.
Glad Steve was able to help you out her Bjarne and let us know if you need anything else!
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