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Can you adjust a slide duration without dragging the end point?
I know this has been asked before but I can't find an answer...
Is it possible to adjust a slide duration without dragging the end point?
I have a slide that is 900 seconds long.
It contains 10 seconds of audio and 890 seconds of silence. When using a seekbar the audio ends and the seekbar is only 5% full.
Every slide in my course is the same and it takes forever manually dragging the end point back to 10 seconds.
I just want a box where I can type in the number of seconds for slide duration, or to right-click on the time line and select "set end point".
Hi Andrew,
Hmmm.... yes it is posbible to do this... yet why 900 seconds...
Here is how.
- right mouseclick on an object on your timeline
- select timing
- un-tick show until the end of slide
- change the duration
Cheers
Geert
Hi Geert,
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this method (it's the best I've come across in my work):
Begin dragging the timeline backwards to shorten it, while dragging, press the left arrow key, and this will jump the timeline to the longest element within it.
Note: this is somewhat buggy, but should work after a few tries.
Hi Geert,
Thanks for replying.
Unfortunately this did not solve my problem. The last step, "change the duration", only changes the duration of the object, not of the entire time line.
I would like to know the answer to this too. I've had several slides where I've pasted an object from somewhere else onto a layer, and only want the layer to last a few seconds, but because the object came from elsewhere and was many, many minutes long, I couldn't find a way to shorten the time line of the layer without spending forever dragging it backwards.
Hi andrew,
how about creating a phantom (hidden textbox...) object, put is as show until the end and give it a duration of 900 seconds?
By this the timeline will be extended to 900 secs and all your other object will keep their duration...
CheersGeert
Jeanette has a couple great Screenrs on ideas for working wtih timeline duration.
Thanks again. I've read all the responses and watched all the videos.
Unfortunately, none of them contain a method to shorten the time line, except by manually dragging it.
Changing the duration of indidual objects only helps if you're trying to make the time line longer.
Here is the challenge!
- Make a new side
- Create an object with a very long duration, eg. 900 seconds (Right-click and use the 'timing' controls to do this)
- Delete the object
- Figure out a way to reduce the timeline back to 10 seconds without having to drag it manually.
And then, post the solution here for instant fame and glory.
Go to Robert Lengacher post below...it works Perfectly! -Start dragging timeline over and simply 'tap' your left arrow on keyboard and your timeline will jump to end of media or objects that are not fixed.
Just to clarify, when I say "shorten the time line" I am referring to entire slide duration, not individual objects.
Cheers
I too would like to know a solution to this. If only there was a way to simply right click the time line and snap to longest object.
Hi Ed,
There is not a feature to "snap to longest object" although it sounds like a good feature request.
Done! Submitted a request! :)
I too would like to know if there is a way to adjust the length of the slide without dragging the arrow. I was looking for a feature like in Captivate where you can manually type in the length of the slide. It would make it so much easier if you have a slide that is say 900 sec long and you want to shorten it without having to drag over that super long period. If it is not available, definitely needs to go into the new release.
