I have an Engage slide in the middle of my presentation and I'd like to use the same background for it that's in use for the rest of the presentation. As it is now, it looks inconsistent with the default light blue Engage BG and rounded edges.
Thanks for the info. I'm using Office XP (local government - no money for upgrades), so no ribbon interface. Within my interface, I don't see an option for transparency in the color scheme. Any ideas on where I would find it? I see I can change colors, though.
Transparent background is definitely the way to go! You can also hide the Engage navigation bar with a purchased widget from eLearning Enhanced. The price of the widget has gone up since I first found it, but if you use Engage and like to customize your look frequently, it's worth having!
No problem, great that yous hare your ideas here. I was just searching and found it there.
I also found that I need to aplpy a slide master to the slide itself. That was one step I forgot.
i also found that I need to right click on the slide wit the engage element on it and choose "Format background" (In PPT 2010). I am not sure it this is the right translation, I have a Dutch version. On this page you have the option to save a background image and an option was thicked to "not display background images". So I thicked that off as well.
Thanks all for your great replies. These are good posts. I just took a quick look, but I ran apperently against another problem on the slide itself. PPT also wanted to hide the background. I am just testing all te steps and suppose it will work out. I currently change my slidemaster a bit.
Glad your getting it working. One thing to keep in mind i that each time you edit the engage, when you go back to ppt you may need to select the master again
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Hi Jeff
you need to open engage and edit the colour scheme, setting the background colour to 100 transparent.
The in the articulate ribbon choose slideporperties/publish and tick include slide master behind quizes and ineractions.
The as long as your BG is in your slide master it will show through
Phil
Phil,
Thanks for the info. I'm using Office XP (local government - no money for upgrades), so no ribbon interface. Within my interface, I don't see an option for transparency in the color scheme. Any ideas on where I would find it? I see I can change colors, though.
-- Jeff
Transparent background is definitely the way to go! You can also hide the Engage navigation bar with a purchased widget from eLearning Enhanced. The price of the widget has gone up since I first found it, but if you use Engage and like to customize your look frequently, it's worth having!
http://elearningenhanced.com/products/engage-controls
I did some more digging and found it.
Thanks to you both.
-- Jeff
The option on the Articulate Presenter is Presentation Options > Publish (not slide properties).
However, I stil don't see my slide background. I am using MS Office 2010 and the latest studio version. Any help?
From this post I believe it is possible to see the slide master background?
Hi Sjoerd
Sorry about that, I often dont have access to articulate so have to do it from memory
in the publish tab of presentation options you need to tick the include slide master behind engage and quizmaker
You still need to go into engage and edit the colour of the background to 100% transparency
Phil
Hi Sjoerd - perhaps it would help to see this tutorial?
Hi Sjoerd,
Check out the link below if you run into any issues:
http://daveperso.mediaenglishonline.com/2009/03/05/transparency-and-consistency-in-studio-09/
Hi Phil,
No problem, great that yous hare your ideas here. I was just searching and found it there.
I also found that I need to aplpy a slide master to the slide itself. That was one step I forgot.
i also found that I need to right click on the slide wit the engage element on it and choose "Format background" (In PPT 2010). I am not sure it this is the right translation, I have a Dutch version. On this page you have the option to save a background image and an option was thicked to "not display background images". So I thicked that off as well.
So there are a lot of options to check!
Thanks all for your great replies. These are good posts. I just took a quick look, but I ran apperently against another problem on the slide itself. PPT also wanted to hide the background. I am just testing all te steps and suppose it will work out. I currently change my slidemaster a bit.
Sjoerd
Glad your getting it working. One thing to keep in mind i that each time you edit the engage, when you go back to ppt you may need to select the master again
Phil
Ah, that's why ... ;o)))
What about for Studio 13 Pro? I have check this: http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/products/making-your-engage-interaction-look-seamless-with-your-presenter-project.aspx, But it doesn't work for me,
Hi Virak! Could you explain the issue that you are having? This thread is a bit date, but I see where you also responded in this thread.
Ok, I'll post my detail there. Thanks
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