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teatavanxhiu's avatar
teatavanxhiu
Community Member
13 years ago

Timeline length

Hi, 
I'm using articulate storyline and i have a small problem of timeline length. It automatically after adding an audio sets to a big value such as 500sec and so for each slide i have to drag the line to adjust the display time. but this is taking me in total too much time. Is there a method to set the timeline for each slide manually?
I would really appreciate your answers and your help.

Best Tea. 

  • AnthonySaba's avatar
    AnthonySaba
    Community Member

    I came across the same problem when embedding videos. The timeline was as long as several thousand seconds which took minutes to drag back to .25 seconds. Tea Tavanxhiu's solution seems to work when embedding new content. If you embed it while in the states tab it goes to a default of 5 seconds. But I already had 100's of videos embedded when I realized the problem.The solution to the dragging problem is to start dragging and then press the left back arrow on  your keyboard. This will jump you to the beginning of the timeline. Then put your mousepoint on one second and release the mouse button. Viola! You just saved agonizing time scrolling all day. Hope this helps others!

    • ErinSadler's avatar
      ErinSadler
      Community Member
      Anthony Saba

      The solution to the dragging problem is to start dragging and then press the left back arrow on  your keyboard. This will jump you to the beginning of the timeline. Then put your mousepoint on one second and release the mouse button. Viola! You just saved agonizing time scrolling all day. Hope this helps others!

      I realise this thread is OLD but I can't tell you how glad I am I came across this tip - thank you so much!

  • teatavanxhiu's avatar
    teatavanxhiu
    Community Member

    Yes i think it is a bug.
    I managed to resolve my problem by referring to the media and not to the timeline while working with triggers...
    Anyway thank you both!
    Best

  • Hi Anthony and welcome to Heroes!

    Thanks for sharing that solution here and I'm certain it'll help other community members. Since you're jumping right in to assist in the community, have you thought about recording a screenr to share here as well?

  • Thanks so much, Anthony. Your drag + left arrow trick works perfectly. Once again, the Articulate community turns frustration into satisfaction.

  • JacobSelin's avatar
    JacobSelin
    Community Member

    Cleaver solution. 
    BUT, may i suggest that Articulate develope a way to manualu set the lenght of the timeline.
    For example it could be under slide properties.