Is there a way to change the duration of a lot of pictures once they are on
the story board by using the select all function? I found out how to change
the duration under Tools/Options, however, that only changes the default
before the pictures are moved down to the story board. I am trying to avoid
going to every picture and trimming them back 1 second.

No... once on the timeline, it's one by one.
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"Nick@Nite" <NickNite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2163B666-2769-4D3C-96D8-8A9FBC9FE0E3@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way to change the duration of a lot of pictures once they are
> on
> the story board by using the select all function? I found out how to
> change
> the duration under Tools/Options, however, that only changes the default
> before the pictures are moved down to the story board. I am trying to
> avoid
> going to every picture and trimming them back 1 second.

As Papajohn said no you can't do a mass adjustment to images already on the
timeline.
If you are looking for precision to music or something like that and you are
only working with still images and audio then I recommend using Photo Story
3 for the task instead of Movie Maker. PS3 is also a free download from
Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...y/default.mspx
-Wojo

"Nick@Nite" <NickNite@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2163B666-2769-4D3C-96D8-8A9FBC9FE0E3@microsoft.com...
> Is there a way to change the duration of a lot of pictures once they are
> on
> the story board by using the select all function? I found out how to
> change
> the duration under Tools/Options, however, that only changes the default
> before the pictures are moved down to the story board. I am trying to
> avoid
> going to every picture and trimming them back 1 second.