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Converting View mode to Try me mode
When editing a recording of my screen I must select either modes, View/Try/Test.
I have quite a few changes in the recording to make, and when having finished the first mode,- View, I would like to use THAT modified version of the recoding as a starting point for my Try mode.
I tried picking up the scene from the Insert/Recording menu - but I always get the "raw" version as a starting point.
I tried duplicating the View mode and find a way to convert it - no luck,
It would save me a lot of time and effort if you could give me some insight in how to do this little trick 
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Thanks John for sending in the feature - I could definitely see that being valuable to a lot of users!
Thanks Ashley and I agree,
I'm working on a simulation project right now and it is quit time-consuming.
But we will get there :)Best regards,
John
Any updates on this?
Hi Danielli,
It isn't yet a feature of Storyline to change it after you've modified the slides, but you can always reinsert it as a try mode and make any custom adjustments on the new set up.
So... I wouldn't need to record a new simulation, I can reuse the recording from the "view mode" for example, but all the custom modifications made on the slide would be lost. Correct?
What are the steps for me to reinsert a previously used simulation?
I figured out the steps. Thanks again for the help.
You beat me to it Daniello - but here is the tutorial article.
I need to convert Try mode to Test mode in storyline 360, is this a feature that has been added yet?
Hi Kate
once you have made the recording you can re-use it by selecting any mode.
To insert an existing screencast you previously recorded, go to the Slides tab on the ribbon, click the Record Screen drop-down arrow, and choose a screencast. Then select the option to insert it as Step-by-step slides.
Here is the tutorial
Thanks Wendy but I have modified the Try mode extensively, that's why I'm asking if I can convert it rather then have to make 100s of changes again for the test mode.
Hi Kate,
The different modes are built in options of the screen recording, so there isn't a way to convert one to the other. You could look at inserting in the screen recording as test mode in a new scene, and then you could copy/paste the elements you'd modified in Try mode to your Test mode set up.
sorry for bumping an old post, but this is easily possible in captivate. I wonder why not storyline.
Yes, I've been a user with Captivate and it was easier. I'm learning the View and Try modes and wish it was like Captivate.
Thanks Ashley, I will give your suggestion a go.
I wish I'd read this thread a couple of days ago! However, I came up with a potential solution that works during preview and when published to CD which will hopefully work just as well when uploaded to LMS.
I added a 'pause timeline when timeline reaches 1 second' trigger to each slide. I need to set it for one second as there are some other actions triggered when the timeline starts that I needed to make sure happened.
Not quite a one click solution but much easier than trying to recreate it all again.
