Slide timings change when new slides are inserted [SOLVED]

[Mike-PDX]

Sometimes, when I insert slides into an existing project it causes the timing of subsequent slides to change.  I'm looking for a way to guarantee that existing timings will not change when new material is inserted.

I know I have seen the answer to this issue in one of the Beckham tutorial videos, but I can't find it now, nor can I find a reference in the online help.  Could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

   -Mike

[vbl2007]

50 minutes ago, Mike-PDX said:

Could someone point me in the right direction?

New images should be inserted only in Slide mode, not Timeline.

[Mike-PDX]

That was the answer!  It even works when copying slides from one .pte file to another maintaining the timing of both segments as long as the audio tracks are linked to their own starting slides.

Thanks for the help. 

[jkb]

Also make sure you are NOT using 'Full Duration' as this can cause the Transition timings to change when inserting/deleting/moving Slides

Jill

[Mike-PDX]

Thanks.  To the best of my knowledge I have never intentionally used Full Duration. 

What I'm doing here is adding a few slides of intro to several existing presentations.  I made a small project to create and debug the intro.  And now I'm copying a small number of slides from that project, including a couple blank slides, to the beginning of some of my slide shows.  The blanks didn't seem to copy well, but now I think I have the right process worked out.

I'm a firm believer in "just in time learning." This was the sort of situation when I really wished software makers would still provide manuals that were indexed' so that one could find and correct these little gotchas.  I guess I'm too old-school.  I watched all of Barry Beckham's videos a while ago, but I can't retain everything.  And it's nearly impossible to find the right video.

Thanks for your help.

-Mike