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Auto Advance and Pauses
The ask:
I need advice on the best way to add a pause between slides that auto advance. Initially I extended the timeline by a few seconds. This works well for the initial course. However...
The issues that complicates:
My course has 2 languages. The second language typically has longer timelines. With the longer language (I have to manually extend those timelines; otherwise the slide cuts off) plus the added few seconds to extend the timeline. The initial course then has a much longer timeline. For 2 languages, our best practice is to create one course, not 2.
Any advice on fixing my slides?
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When the Slide Properties are set to advance automatically, the program will jump to the next slide when the timeline ends. To jump sooner than that requires a trigger. You could do this:
- Create a variable to track which language is being used. (You may have already done this.)
- Add a cue point where the timeline "ends" for the shorter language.
- Add a trigger that jumps to the next slide when the timeline reaches the cuepoint with a condition that the language-tracking variable indicates the shorter language is being used.
