Set initial state on all slides at once for an object.

Thanks for the feedback and the other option, but this still just changes the states when previewing and publishing views. I wanted it to change on the slide (base layer) when designing.

The keystroke triggers work for quickly changing the slide without having to reset the variable for the who thing. I will definitely incorporate this in the template for my team. 

Regarding separate templates for each would be a maintenance nightmare - keeping it all in one works best for our team.

Thank you again, Daniel. I appreciate you taking the time.