# Changing slide timing

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The amount of time an individual slide appears is as important as the overall length of the movie. It is critical that end users have enough time to read and comprehend what is on the screen. You can make many changes to slide timing using the Timeline, but it is also useful to set an amount of time for the slide to display. For example, you may want to set an exact amount of time for the first and last slides in the movie if they contain a great deal of text.

#### To change slide timing:

1. Open a Captivate movie.

2. Double-click a slide whose timing you want to change.

3. If it is not open already, show the Timeline by clicking on the splitter bar . To expand the Timeline, click on the display arrow.

   Click on the black arrow.

4. The slide timing is contained in a Timeline object named "Slide." To shorten or lengthen the amount of time it takes for the slide to play, click the left or right edge of the Slide object until the resize cursor appears and drag the edge to the left or right. The amount of time the slide will display is shown, in parentheses, next to the word "Slide." The maximum amount of time a slide can display is 1 hour (3600 seconds).