I'm currently working on a project with lot of scenes. These scenes seems to be numbering in a default (creating) order. Is it possible to change this numbering to have a linear presentation?<
Example : my "starting scene" have an "13." Can it be just "1." ?
Yeah, I wish it had drag & drop capability for the scenes & it would renumber them accordingly.
If you have branching on a slide to multiple scenes, the scenes will typically appear below it in the story view. The order they appear below it is based on the layering within the branched slide. For example, if they are layered 2, 4, 3, 5 in the branched slide - they will appear 2, 4, 3, 5 from left to right below it. Simply change the layering to be 2, 3, 4, 5 & the scenes will rearrange below it.
That was the "meat & potatoes" of Dave's explanation.
Dave Anderson posted a solution / (explanation) to this in the Beta forum, but I cannot find it.
It is one of the more infuriating features of Storyline
Bruce
Actually, and this may be a very minority position but a number is just a number is just a number.
What difference does it make what the scene number is since the learner does not see this. As long as the path(s) through the course works properly that's the important thing.
I agree Gerry. I actually worry more about what I name the scene so it's easy to pick up in my more complex projects. The numbering bothered me for all of about 2 seconds until I realized it really wasn't a big issue. In fact, I wish you could just turn the numbers off. =-)
I'm not really understanding. I'm my case, I need scenes who calls next scenes at the end. But the "next scene" is not the one I want. I don't have button on my slide. The navigation is based on the next button or the end of slides. I really need a good numbering because we are 3 peoples to work on differents parts and we want to import all these part in a master project. With 60 scenes, it can be helpful to get a good numbering.
I totally understand (now) what you're asking about.
Basically, the order in which you create your scenes--by default--determines the scene order when using "next scene" trigger for the next button.
You can get around that by selecting and cutting your scenes to the clipboard and pasting the scenes in the order you want. Here's a quick overview of how that works:
I understand how to control the scene order by Trigger but I want it to show up re-ordered in the Menu as well.
Currently the Trigger action will just jump to the 8th scene (instead of going in sequential order) but the menu navigation still shows that it is on the 8th scene.
That's what I have trouble with - I may only have one scene and may have moved some slides around in my timeline but because I originally created them in a different order it still has them numbered the original way - so when I go to print to word it throws everything out of order and I have to go in and manually re-arrange them. This is a big problem for me since that's how my work gets approved. Is there a way to force that number to change so this doesn't happen?
Hi, I have seen a few recordings on how to get your screens in order in story view when you have several triggers on one slide -- and I have made sure all my triggers are in the order in which I want them and on the timeline as well. However, in Story View, it stills reads left to right 9, 8, 7, etc. instead of 2, 3, 4, etc. See screenshots below.
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Dave Anderson posted a solution / (explanation) to this in the Beta forum, but I cannot find it.
It is one of the more infuriating features of Storyline
Bruce
Yeah, I wish it had drag & drop capability for the scenes & it would renumber them accordingly.
If you have branching on a slide to multiple scenes, the scenes will typically appear below it in the story view. The order they appear below it is based on the layering within the branched slide. For example, if they are layered 2, 4, 3, 5 in the branched slide - they will appear 2, 4, 3, 5 from left to right below it. Simply change the layering to be 2, 3, 4, 5 & the scenes will rearrange below it.
That was the "meat & potatoes" of Dave's explanation.
Actually, and this may be a very minority position but a number is just a number is just a number.
What difference does it make what the scene number is since the learner does not see this. As long as the path(s) through the course works properly that's the important thing.
Hiding now, preparing to be barraged . . .
I agree Gerry. I actually worry more about what I name the scene so it's easy to pick up in my more complex projects. The numbering bothered me for all of about 2 seconds until I realized it really wasn't a big issue. In fact, I wish you could just turn the numbers off. =-)
Hi guys - I think this is the explanation you're looking for:
https://david.viewscreencasts.com/1b086eb36c35eb933a595c5775182fbd
Scene order and numbering is based on trigger and object order in the main timeline. Let me know if you have any questions on this one.
I'm not really understanding. I'm my case, I need scenes who calls next scenes at the end. But the "next scene" is not the one I want. I don't have button on my slide. The navigation is based on the next button or the end of slides. I really need a good numbering because we are 3 peoples to work on differents parts and we want to import all these part in a master project. With 60 scenes, it can be helpful to get a good numbering.
Hi Remi -
I totally understand (now) what you're asking about.
Basically, the order in which you create your scenes--by default--determines the scene order when using "next scene" trigger for the next button.
You can get around that by selecting and cutting your scenes to the clipboard and pasting the scenes in the order you want. Here's a quick overview of how that works:
Great Screenr Dave - thanks.
Bruce
REALLY good Screenr - thanks - it makes sense now!
Diane
That's a lot easier than creating a new project and importing all the scenes in the correct order.
(I did not do that...)
Very nice. Thanks!
Great - thanks.
thanks. I test this.
I understand how to control the scene order by Trigger but I want it to show up re-ordered in the Menu as well.
Currently the Trigger action will just jump to the 8th scene (instead of going in sequential order) but the menu navigation still shows that it is on the 8th scene.
Hi Jenn,
Here's a great screencast by Hamtra that shows you how to move your menu items around. https://player.vimeo.com/video/149066293
Hope it helps!
Jill
Thanks Jill! that helps me a lot!
Thanks for showing how to reorder scenes in story view.
Very helpful, especially when you are using the numbering in your player menu and something gets out of order.
Thanks David!!
When you publish screenshots to word it orders everything according to these numbers. Another reason to have them in order.
Very nice!! I was looking for that
That's what I have trouble with - I may only have one scene and may have moved some slides around in my timeline but because I originally created them in a different order it still has them numbered the original way - so when I go to print to word it throws everything out of order and I have to go in and manually re-arrange them. This is a big problem for me since that's how my work gets approved. Is there a way to force that number to change so this doesn't happen?
Hi, I have seen a few recordings on how to get your screens in order in story view when you have several triggers on one slide -- and I have made sure all my triggers are in the order in which I want them and on the timeline as well. However, in Story View, it stills reads left to right 9, 8, 7, etc. instead of 2, 3, 4, etc. See screenshots below.
Does this help?
https://player.vimeo.com/video/145579167
Bruce
No, unfortunately. I did see that screencast earlier. Thanks anyway!
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