I have a slide with 2 objects (letters) and narration. The instructions are to click on an object to zoom in and read the text. How do I set up a trigger to do that? Also, can the user control how long the area stays zoomed in, since this would vary by use and also controls when the narration continues??
If the 2 letters are images, you can use the 'Zoom Picture' feature. Select an image, click on the Format tab across the top of your page and then click on 'Zoom Picture', which is in the 'Size' collection of options. This will add a magnifying glass icon to the image, which the user can click on to enlarge the image. To close the zoomed view, the user simply clicks on the image again - you will need to add instructions on how to close the zoom as there isn't an obvious 'close' button.
Alternatively, you can create enlarged versions of each letter and put them on their own layer. You can then add triggers to open these layers when the respective letter is clicked on and you can them add a close button to hide the layer again when clicked.
I marked this as helpful because it seemed to take no effort. I went to formatting for the image in question, added the zoom function, saw that a magnifying glass with + sign was applied to the object, previewed and it didn't work, published and it still didn't work. So now I would say this answer was not helpful. I attached an image from the storyline user interface showing that the object has the zoom function. Would this function not work in the published course on Review 360?
Zoom in REVIEW should work the same as published elsewhere. The only thing that comes to mind is make sure the zoom image is at the top of your stack of items in the timeline.
Thanks, I'll try that the next time I do an update. I created a workaround by adding a larger version of the image in a hidden state then added triggers to the original image to change the state of the larger image and a trigger to hide it afterward.
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Hi Sue,
If the 2 letters are images, you can use the 'Zoom Picture' feature. Select an image, click on the Format tab across the top of your page and then click on 'Zoom Picture', which is in the 'Size' collection of options. This will add a magnifying glass icon to the image, which the user can click on to enlarge the image. To close the zoomed view, the user simply clicks on the image again - you will need to add instructions on how to close the zoom as there isn't an obvious 'close' button.
Alternatively, you can create enlarged versions of each letter and put them on their own layer. You can then add triggers to open these layers when the respective letter is clicked on and you can them add a close button to hide the layer again when clicked.
Does this help?
Thank you, that helps!
Love the 'zoom picture' Thanks.
Glad this was helpful for you Josephine.
Thanks for chiming in to share.
I marked this as helpful because it seemed to take no effort. I went to formatting for the image in question, added the zoom function, saw that a magnifying glass with + sign was applied to the object, previewed and it didn't work, published and it still didn't work. So now I would say this answer was not helpful. I attached an image from the storyline user interface showing that the object has the zoom function. Would this function not work in the published course on Review 360?
Zoom in REVIEW should work the same as published elsewhere. The only thing that comes to mind is make sure the zoom image is at the top of your stack of items in the timeline.
Thanks, I'll try that the next time I do an update. I created a workaround by adding a larger version of the image in a hidden state then added triggers to the original image to change the state of the larger image and a trigger to hide it afterward.
Thanks, Jerry! Janet, if you experience any issues again, please feel free to let us help, too!
Does anyone know how to fix images with a transparent background? When zoomed I see the smaller image in the background.
I would start with Janet Siler's idea in this discussion.
Thank you