I reached out to TechSmith support and received the following reply (and the fix). I was able to replicate this issue on my computer, but I found this strange because when I wrote the book, the Duration feature worked just fine (changing the Duration of a Timeline object pushed items on the same track to the right). Any suggestions you might have would be appreciated.

I have tried grouping the items as directed on page 59 and then trying to extend the duration in that manner, but that method doesn’t work either. I am also attaching a screen shot so you can see the actual message. 1 and 5,” and the time can’t be extended beyond 5 seconds.

I followed steps 1 and 2 on page 58 for the logo, but when I attempted to change (by typing) the Duration from 5 seconds to 20 seconds, I got the screen message “Please enter a number between. I am really enjoying your Camtasia 9: The Essentials eBook that I purchased on Amazon recently, but I have run into a problem regarding how to extend the duration (pages 58-59) on the Timeline.

I recently received the following email from a reader of my TechSmith Camtasia 9 (Windows): The Essentials book.

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