Copying and Pasting Scenes
Mar 06, 2014
Hello,
I am trying to copy a scene from one storyline project into another to prevent recreating the wheel so to speak. My issue is that when I open the scene in the new project all of my formatting is lost - backgrounds are now blue, text boxes are out of place and the size has changed. Below is a picture of the before and after scenes - on the left is the original formatting, the right scene does not have the slide background in it. I have to go into the layout and select the correct one to restore it - takes a ton of time to do this for each slide in the scene. This example the test box did not change . . .
How do I copy and paste scenes and keep the formatting the way it was in the original project.
P.S. If this has already been discussed, my apologies, my search did not find an appropriate thread to address this topic.
Thank You
22 Replies
Have you tried importing the scene?
Also, are you using different course window dims? And a different colour palette?
Another thing: I've found slide layouts can behave oddly when pasting/importing scenes, but this usually just requires a few seconds/minutes of adjustment.
The scene was built in the original project and is not a separate scene or storyline project that I can import alone.
All of the parameters are the same between the two projects such as dims and color palettes . . .
You mean the scene not being a separate scene or project then you say the parameters are the same between the two projects. Pardon my but I'm confused. Do you have one Storyline file or two?
Sorry - there are two Storyline Files - I called them projects. I am copying a scene from one storyline file to a new storyline file.
Normally the most stable way to get a bunch of slides from one project into another is through importing. Just make sure you don't have the source file open.
If you're using the same dims, palette and layouts, then I imagine the formatting should be identical when looking at them side-by-side.
Tom,
Have you tried to click: New Scene - Import - Storyline and then open the appropriate file. Choose the slides you want to import and check the box on the bottom for new scene or whatever setting you choose.
Paul
Agree with Simon, the best way is to choose import from the file menu (The Articulate A)
Thanks Tom for the update - I just wanted to welcome you to the Heroes community and I'm glad you got the help you needed here!
I need help too. I don't have that option under New Scene. It has import option under new slide, but new scene just opens a new scene. no choices.
Hi Victoria!
Are you trying to import a scene from one Storyline file into another? If so, go to the Home tab on the ribbon, click New Slide, scroll to Import, and choose Storyline.
Then, select the file that has the slides you want to import. Select all the slides within the scene, and click Import.
Let me know if that's what you had in mind!
Hi. I need to import 5 storyline files and make it one file. I chose the first file as the main one, and then imported the 4 other ones. I want them all to continue to run together. I added a Next button to the last screen of each, and did a trigger of Jump to__ the next screen when user clicks the button. It's not working.
Is it better to import as -- Same as imported project; current scene or new scene.
I've tried Current and New Scene, and still can't get it to work.
Any thoughts?
Hi Julie
are you using Jump to scene or jump to slide or e.g. jump to slide 2.1 in your triggers?
When you say it's not working - can you see the links going to the correct slides in story view?
I'm using Jump to Slide 1.14 which is the first of the second group of slides. I see a red arrow pointing down from the Summary of the first topic, to the first screen of the second topic.
I added the Next button, but it never shows in Preview, so it doesn't allow the user to go to the next screen.
Are you previewing the entire project? and it's not working. If so, happy to take a look if you want to share the .story file.
I actually got it to work.
I used- insert current scene, I don't know the reason the next button didn't show before, but now it is.
Thank you again.
Glad to hear that you were able to get this working, Julie. I appreciate you sharing an update and be sure to let us know if you need any further help :)
Hi
How do I split an imported file into different scenes?
Is there a way I can edit the menu, I just realized that my arrangement of the work is okay after editing but when I preview my work the menu is not properly arranged?
Hi Lovianne,
Thank you for reaching out!
When importing a scene, you have an option to choose if you want to keep it the same, into the Current scene, or into a New Scene:
You can also move slides from one scene to another to better organize your content and change navigation. Just select one or more slides in a scene, then drag them to a different scene.
Also in Story View, lines and arrows indicate the relationship between slides and scenes. Use triggers to customize navigation and create branched scenarios. We have a great resource for working with Scenes here.
Hi Lovianne,
We are facing similar issue, we have developed 5 different module separate stroy file, we are trying to merge all in one stroy file, we tried [Same as imported project and New scene as well] the first story file imported was fine, but the second and the other files are imported, the images and audio ( Text to speech) are not visible on the slide. It totally gone. Is there any solution for this kind. we are in the situation. Please revert as quick as possible.
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I would import one file, then save the project and entirely close SL Then restart SL, load the project, and import the next module. My long experience with SL tells me that that saving and closing SL frequently can save you a lot of headaches, and you can almost never do it too often.
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