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laurent49399309
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August 30, 2017
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Duration of slides

  • August 30, 2017
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Hello,

Does the duration of individual slide impact on the size of the file?

I have a number of slides that when I added the unedited sound file became very long in duration.  I edited the sound file, but left the slide run for the same amount of time because I included a next button for learners to move forward with.

Thank you,

Lauren

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    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
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    August 30, 2017

    If there are no extra objects added and the audio does not extend to the end of the slide then the extra length should not be affecting the file size (as far as I am aware).

    However, it's generally good practice to keep the slide timeline lengths only as long as they really need to be.  An overhang of a second or two is fine.  But I have seen projects where the slide timeline goes for several minutes longer than it needs to be.  That can create issues in large courses because then the total number of frames can eventually exceed the maximum number allowed for an SWF file.

    So don't let it become excessive.

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    laurent49399309Author
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    September 12, 2017

    Thanks Rod,

    and yes, really good point about not letting the slide run on too long unnecessarily - leaves the poor learner just hanging.

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