Storyline 3: Using Feedback Masters

Delete

To delete a feedback master and all its layouts, select the feedback master in the left panel and press the Delete key on your keyboard (or click Delete on the ribbon).

If you only want to delete a layout (but not its parent feedback master), select the layout in the left panel and press the Delete key on your keyboard (or click Delete on the ribbon).

Tip: You can't delete a feedback master or layout that's currently being used by slides in your course.

Rename

It's a good idea to give your feedback masters and layouts recognizable names. This makes it easier to identify and apply them to slides throughout your course.

To rename a feedback master or a layout, select it in the left panel, go to the Feedback Master tab on the ribbon, and click Rename.

Another way to rename is to right-click a feedback master or layout, then select Rename Master or Rename Layout.

Preserve

If a feedback master isn't currently being used by any layers in your course but you want to keep it for later use, you can preserve it.

Select the feedback master in the left panel, go to the Feedback Master tab on the ribbon, and click Preserve.

You can also right-click the feedback master and select Preserve Master.

Duplicate

If you want to create new feedback masters or layouts similar to existing ones, just duplicate them. Right-click the feedback master or layout in the left panel, then select Duplicate Slide Master or Duplicate Layout.

Insert Placeholder

The Insert Placeholder drop-down has several optional placeholders for layouts: content, text, picture, character, video, and web object.

After adding a placeholder to a layout, you can resize it and position it where you want it on the slide.

This option isn't available for feedback masters. It only applies to layouts.

Title

The Title box adds a title placeholder to a layout when it's checked. Uncheck the box to remove the title placeholder.

This option isn't available for feedback masters. It only applies to layouts.

Theme Preview

Feedback masters don't have themes of their own. They inherit colors and fonts from the slides to which they're applied. This means you can use the same feedback layout on multiple slides in your course, and it could have different colors and fonts on each slide if your project has multiple design themes.

When you first open feedback master view, your layouts default to the colors and fonts of the last slide you viewed. This gives you an idea of how your layouts would look if they were applied to that slide.

And if you have more than one design theme in your course, you can quickly switch between them to get a preview of how your feedback layouts look in each one. Just click the thumbnail images in the Theme Preview gallery to see how each theme affects your feedback layouts. There's a thumbnail image for each design theme in your course.

Note that theme previews don't change the colors and fonts on your feedback layers. They just give you a glimpse of how your feedback layers look without having to close feedback master view. To actually change the colors and fonts on your feedback master layouts, use the Home and Format tabs on the ribbon.

Tip: Theme previews are available in Storyline 3 builds 3.7.20003.0 and later.

Background Styles

The Background Styles drop-down lets you apply a consistent background design to your feedback masters and layouts.

• Hover over a background style to preview how it would look if applied to your feedback master.
• Click a background style to apply it to the current feedback master. If you only want to apply it to a specific layout, right-click the desired background style and choose Apply Only to This Slide.
• To customize the background style, click Format Background at the bottom of the drop-down, then use the Fill and Picture tabs to design your background style.
• To learn more about background styles, see this user guide.

Hide Background Graphics

When the Hide Background Graphics box is marked, objects on the current layout that have been inherited from its parent feedback master will be hidden.

Hidden background graphics won't appear in your published course for any feedback layers that are based on that layout.

This option isn't available for feedback masters. It only applies to layouts.