I really need some assistance! My slides are now out of sequence, they were fine a moment ago, I add trigger layers to one slide and now they are all out of order. How can I get them back in order again?
Your slides are in order. It is just that when you changed the trigger, it appears that on slide 1.15 you changed the trigger that jumps to Slide 1.16. On the layer, it says this:
Since both Rectangle 1, and this trigger are on the layer, I don't think you intended to show this layer when the rectangle is clicked. This trigger should probably jump to Prevention of False Allegations.
FYI: Do understand that it is the triggers that jump from slide to slide that determine the order, not the menu, not the slide numbers, not the slide view. The slide view attempts to present a graphic representation of how the slides are related to each other. It does this by means of red arrows, which are drawn to represent the "Jump to ..." triggers.
Your slides present in two parallel columns, with no arrows connecting them. That means there are no slides in the first column that have a trigger that jumps to any slide in the second column.
Let me share with you a very costly lesson that I learned, in hopes that someday it may save you a lot of time and trouble. I used to jump to Next or Previous slide. Now, I never do. I always jump to a slide using its name. The reason for this is that any slide can be the next slide, but only one slide is named Review Question 6. I see to it that each slide has a unique name. The reason is that I frequently click on the thumbnail in story view to select a slide to work on. I found that if my mouse is moving, or twitches even a little bit during the selection process, I can easily (and completely unintentionally) drag that slide to a position under a different slide. That makes it the next slide to a new and different slide than where it was previously. In short, jumping to slides by name prevents you from accidentally dragging one and changing the sequence of the entire program. (been there, done that WAY too many times).
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Your slides are in order. It is just that when you changed the trigger, it appears that on slide 1.15 you changed the trigger that jumps to Slide 1.16. On the layer, it says this:
Since both Rectangle 1, and this trigger are on the layer, I don't think you intended to show this layer when the rectangle is clicked. This trigger should probably jump to Prevention of False Allegations.
FYI: Do understand that it is the triggers that jump from slide to slide that determine the order, not the menu, not the slide numbers, not the slide view. The slide view attempts to present a graphic representation of how the slides are related to each other. It does this by means of red arrows, which are drawn to represent the "Jump to ..." triggers.
Your slides present in two parallel columns, with no arrows connecting them. That means there are no slides in the first column that have a trigger that jumps to any slide in the second column.
Let me share with you a very costly lesson that I learned, in hopes that someday it may save you a lot of time and trouble. I used to jump to Next or Previous slide. Now, I never do. I always jump to a slide using its name. The reason for this is that any slide can be the next slide, but only one slide is named Review Question 6. I see to it that each slide has a unique name. The reason is that I frequently click on the thumbnail in story view to select a slide to work on. I found that if my mouse is moving, or twitches even a little bit during the selection process, I can easily (and completely unintentionally) drag that slide to a position under a different slide. That makes it the next slide to a new and different slide than where it was previously. In short, jumping to slides by name prevents you from accidentally dragging one and changing the sequence of the entire program. (been there, done that WAY too many times).
Thank you so much!!! I got it fixed!!
You're welcome. PIAWYC (Pass it along when you can).