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JanMcC
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March 14, 2018
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Issue with Slides not Showing in Preview

  • March 14, 2018
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Good afternoon. I am having an issue with some of the slides in my project showing up as they should in the viewer and the Filmstrip, but when I try to Preview them, they are blank until the preview finishes. Then the slide shows up as expected and continues to the next slide. I can't re-record without deleting all of the slides in the project (86) and starting from scratch as each time is a one-of. Is there some way I can get these blank slides (three in this project) to show up when previewed? Thanks...

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    JanMcCAuthor
    Participant
    March 14, 2018

    I figured it out. Not an issue any more...

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    March 14, 2018

    I do not understand the explanation, sorry. Which Preview method are you using? Is this a software simutlaion?  What do you mean by '

    "....when I try to Preview them, they are blank until the preview finishes."?

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    JanMcCAuthor
    Participant
    March 14, 2018

    Wnen I click Preview > This slide, the slide is blank but all of the objects I add are there and move the way they are supposed to.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    March 14, 2018

    It is not a Preview Side but PLAY SLIDE. That is not a Preview method at all, although it is under the Preview button (bad UI). It is just meant for editing, synchronzing but will not at all show the slide as it will play when published. Use Preview in Browser (F12)  if your goal is SWF output or Preview HTML in Browser (F11), at least if you talk about a non-responsive project. What do you see with one of those real Previews?

    Since Play slide shows everything, i suspect this very common cause, due to lack of understading of the timeline: you have an interactive object on that slide with a pausing point. Whe that point is reached, the playhead stops and every object timed to come in later will not appear. Have a look at this movie:

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