Share Engage '13 Color Theme
Aug 02, 2014
By
Ke Lo
Is there a way to share an Engage Color Theme with co-workers?
Microsoft Color Themes can be found at C:User\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes\Theme Colors, then copied and pasted to another PC.
I have created color themes in both Engage '13 and Quizmaker '13. They do not show up in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Articulate\Templates\Themes\Theme Colors.
Would anyone know where else they may be found?
12 Replies
Good Morning, Ke.
To share Theme Colors with another computer, you will need to copy an .xml file from the following folder on your computer, to the same folder on another computer:
%AppData%\Articulate\Engage\3\ThemeColors
In order to locate which .xml file you need to copy, you can use one of two methods:
Good luck with your project!
So thats %appdata%\Roaming\Articulate\Engage\3\ThemeColors\
The Engage xml files are 36 characters long. You can rename them. Engage should not mind. right ?
Also if you open the XML you will notice the tags and HEX colours numbers relate the Edit Theme Colours window in Engage.
I'm not too sure what happens if you rename those .xml files, Trav. You're welcome to give it a try (just back them up first) and let us know what you find!
It worked for me and it made them much easier to identify.
A slightly different, but I think closely related, question.
How do I share (export) a player configuration and all its settings?
Thanks, JP
Good Afternoon, JP.
Check out this tutorial for details on importing and exporting custom players. Thanks!
Another question about color themes. I've developed a number of decks with the same Engage Color Theme. We need to make a global change to the content color. When I update and save the color theme the current slide looks correct, but none of the other slides in the deck seemed to have picked up the change.
Only solution I found was to manually go into each slide, change the color theme back to the default, Save and Return to Presenter, repoen the slide in Engage and then reselect my updated color theme. Is there any way to say "apply to all" after you make a change to the color theme or perhaps clear a cache that is holding the old color theme? This approach is very cumbersome.
thanks, Jennifer
Hi Jennifer!
Are you updating as specified here? The updates are typically automatic and throughout the entire interaction.
Does this happen in any Engage file that you work with or just this one? If you would like for us to take a look, you are welcome to share.
Yes, I followed that approach to create a custom color theme. I applied it
to a number of slides, but then needed to update it to change the content
color. It applied the update to the current engage interaction, but it did
not update the colors in any of the other engage interactions using that
same color theme in that PPT deck.
Hi Jennifer!
So it is applying to all of the slides in your current interaction. That sounds like expected behavior. You would need to pop in and update the other interactions as well.
A slightly different, but I think closely related, question.
How do I share (export) a player configuration and all its settings?
Thanks, JP
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Hi Appnaz,
The steps on how to export and share your player are in this tutorial.
You may want to bookmark the main tutorial page for all Articulate products - I refer to it daily!
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