Change Storyline player tab names
May 21, 2012
Hi Everyone,
I have just come out of a meeting where it was suggested that the tab in the Player should read 'Contents' not 'Menu'. I was pretty sure Storyline allowed you to change the name of these tabs but looking through the tutorials it seems I can't. Does anyone know if I am able to, and if so how?
Also I have moved 'Resources' over as a tab next to the Menu Tab (which looks great) but as the resources mostly links to intranet locations I was wondering if I could make it like the menu tab so it shows a list of slides (I guess a second stream of slides) that contain webobjects. Possible?
9 Replies
Hi James,
To change the text labels, click on the 'Player' icon by the preview button. In the Player Properties box, click on the 'Text Labels" option, then scroll down the alphabetical list to Menu tab - change the word in the right column to 'Contents,' click the 'update preview' button and you are all set!
For your question about the 'Resources' section - as far as I can tell, it is a simple list that you cannot indent. But since you are assigning the labels/links, you could number them. Does the picture below do at least part of what you are asking?
Hope this helps!
Jill
Hi Jill,
Ahh there it is - i did skim over the section of the tutorial about text lables as i assumed they only related to the possible success/failure messages and buttons you encounter in slide. This helps a lot!.
The second part of your answer doesn't quite match what I mean, but you have given me an idea to get around the problem. I could possibly make the resources links, link to slides in the module. That way when a person clicks on the resources link it acts like it is opening the slide.
Thanks again
Or Not...
You can only link to URL or a File, not a slide withing the presentation.
Hi James,
One of the things I love about Storyline is that if a built-in feature does not meet the needs of your project, you can almost always build your own. Why not try building your own Resource section?
There's lots of ways to do this, but the general idea would be to create a Resource slide (perhaps in a scene by itself) and a way to link to it from every slide via a button (perhaps placed on a Master slide). You'll also have to consider whether and how to link the user back to where they were.
Hope this gives you some ideas!
Jill
Thanks for the idea Jill - I was hoping to get a second list, like resources does when set next to menu, but it seems it isn't possible to make that a list of webobjects. I guess a list of links is the next best thing.
Would love to hear if anyone is doing this a different way.
Man, I love these forums. Thanks Guys!
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Can you change it so that if you have Menu, Glossary, and Notes all displayed in the player that Notes is the tab they see first and they have to click on Menu or Glossary to see it?
Hey Erin and welcome to E-Learning Heroes :)
You certainly can do this!
Just use the arrows beneath the features that are included.
You can read more here if needed.
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