Confused why template download do not have the .storytemplate extension

Hello David,

Welcome to the community. Are you accessing the courses from this page? Most of these will be .story files. You can just open them in Storyline and do a save as and then begin customizing. You could also import them into a current file if you have one started.

Hi Emily,

Yes I was downloading them from that page.

Thank you.

However, I am confused; why would I use a template as opposed to just importing an existing .story file? or Why do templates exist?

:-)

I had a play and to answer my question:

.storytemplates automatically get added to a local repository/library, which is part of your computer profile. Once a template has been used, it automatically becomes available in the "New Slide" dialog, on the templates tab, for all new and existing projects.

When you use a .storytemplate a copy of the .storytemplate is added to the folder:

C:\Users\"your login name here"\Documents\My Articulate Projects\Storyline Templates

You can manage the available templates by editing this folder.

:-)

Thanks for sharing that David!

Also here is some more information about using template files in Storyline.