Slide Order

I used to have a lot of problems with this, until I learned three secrets:

#1. Story view has no connection to slide order not the menu. I merely attempts to show the flow of the slides. It does this by trying to put a slide under the slide that is previous to it. But previous is not defined by number, or the order I create them, or how I want them to be. It is defined only by the trigger that jumps to this slide. The triggers control everything, slide order, menu (unless you modify it), and program flow.

#2.I work on a slide, and when I want to work on another one, I click on its icon in story view. I found that if there is the slightest twitch of the mouse when I click, the slide is moved to another location. This is more pronounced the smaller the thumbnails are.   I learned that if I used "jump to slide name" triggers, instead of "jump to Next Slide" triggers, that problem went away entirely. I saved so much time, not having slides moving around and having to hunt for them.

#3. There is a secret to renumbering slides. The attached video shows it, but it only works if you use "jump to slide name" triggers. The little blue arrow is the secret. In the video notice that the slides do not change position or name, only numbers. It would have worked exactly the same if I had moved the original #3 (up or down), instead of #2. REMEMBER: This only works if you use "jump to name". Otherwise, the slides will be re-ordered.

I have saved so much time by not having to look for moving slides. It is certainly worth the minuscule amount of time I spend in the trigger wizard choosing Slide 1.2 rather than next slide.