Setting slide duration for ALL slides

Just an addendum: Setting Powerpoint page transitions to 60 seconds for all slides
and then importing  doesn't work. The time slider will always end 5 seconds after the last
animation.

Bernd

Hi Bernd,

There isn't a way to globally change the slide duration for all the Storyline slides. As a default it's set to 5 seconds, and is only extended by adding in media that is longer, or by manually changing the timeline length. It's been something a few other users have shared their thoughts on in the form of a feature request, and you're welcome to do so here as well. 

Hi Bernd. Why not setup a Master Slide with some options you want that sets conditions on the NEXT button use?

Thanks Dave -Would you do that in ppt or Storyline?

What I tried is to put an animation in the slide master that lasts for 55 seconds and
make it invisible in the final version of the presentation. However, Storyline showed
the animated object on the slide but the animation appeared in the time axis only
when I opened the slide master, not in the individual slides.

Bernd

You can set a custom conditional NEXT button trigger to:

Jump to next slide>when user clicks the NEXT button / AND / 60s timer variable = True

You will also need to setup a separate variable trigger that adjusts to True after 60s.

Hi Dave,

I played around with that option for a while and it looks promising. However, the slides
all come with a predefined trigger "Goto next slide when time axis ends". I would have
to remove them on each slide individually so they don't override my 60-sec condition.

The desired behaviour would be:
- Next/back buttons always work
- After animation finishes, slide stays up to 60 secs independent of length of animation 

My plan is to work on the slide content and individual behaviour only in Powerpoint
and make only some global changes in Storyline before exporting. Otherwise the workflow
of creating and maintaining large numbers of trainings is too cumbersome.

Bernd

 So you should probably have a look at what Storyline can/can't import from Power Point, because there are some things (animations and slide behaviors) that will not import cleanly.

The solution of adding that conditional NEXT button trigger onto a master slide should work but you will probably have to remove the NEXT button triggers from individual slides after applying the master slide to them all. The easiest way to do that is from Scene view, double Ctrl+A (to select all slides), then right-click>Layout, and so on.

Seems people have been requesting a global slide duration setting feature for a while, and it still hasn't happened. Not having to shorten hundred of slides one by one by one would immeasurably cut development time. Is this feature even on the horizon?

Hey John, thanks for adding your voice! We're tracking these requests, so I appreciate you letting us know what you'd like to see. 

If we add a new timeline duration feature to Storyline 360 in the future, we'll let you know!

Hi Rebe,

Thanks for checking in! No changes to this feature yet, but we'll post here when we have any new details to share!