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KandiHorsman-0f
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7 months ago

Can't Decrease the Total Display Time

Wondering if someone can help me out. I have tried everything I can think of to decrease the total display time on one of my slides. The audio completes at 1min 37.32sec. However, the timeline continues to 10min 37.63 sec. I have made sure that there are no locked objects on the timeline. I have tried zooming the timeline. Strangely, when I left-click on the End of the timeline, I cannot drag it to the left. Instead, the timeline jumps back to the beginning.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kandi

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  • JHauglie's avatar
    JHauglie
    Community Member
    7 months ago

    You may find better assistance if you can upload that slide as standalone story... 

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        KandiHorsman-0f
        Community Member
        7 months ago

        This is interesting....I tried pulling the timeline from right to left at the bottom (instead of the top) where the last object is located (i.e., title). I was able to reduce the total display time from 10min 37.63 sec to 3min 38.25sec. However, I still can't get it to decrease to the end of the audio file at 1min 37.32sec.

        Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

        Kandi

           

  • JHauglie's avatar
    JHauglie
    Community Member
    7 months ago

    Thanks Kandi - I was able to get the timeline fixed. See attached story file.

    As to *why* the problem occurred in the first place, I suppose it's ultimately the same reason that most issues occur: some type of human error committed without recognizing what had happened.

    One reason why the timeline wouldn't reduce to less than 3 min., 38.25 sec. is that there were two objects (the wall and the TV; see timing01) which were *not* set to "show until end" (of the slide; see show_to_end).  Both objects had no time limits, so if you opened the Timing for the object (see timing00), you could adjust that to whatever you need it to be - I set these to 1 min., 38 sec.

    You can set the timing of the objects and elements to whatever you need, of course, but if you see the problem again, I would check the timing of any object that is not flagged as "show to end." 

    Good luck! Looks like a great project!

    • KandiHorsman-0f's avatar
      KandiHorsman-0f
      Community Member
      7 months ago

      Hi Joe,

      Can't thank you enough for investigating the issue so quickly and for devising a solution :)

      Kandi

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