Copying or Importing Storyline slides with text entries
Jul 14, 2014
I'm running into a bit of an issue when I try to copy or import slides into Storyline that have text entries. Basically, I have around 70+ letters for a game and each letter has an assigned text entry. When I bring the slides into a new storyline project, it changes all of the text entry numbers. For example, text entries 1 - 4 change to 5 - 9. This wouldn't be a major issue, except that I have triggers aligned to each text entry box with the coordinating value. Therefore, the trigger is looking for text entry box 1 but when I copied it over it changed the box to text entry 5. I also noticed when I import the slides, the triggers values change as well. Is there a way to have Storyline hold all the values so I do not have to re-do all of my numbering and/or triggers? I attached a screenshot of my triggers for reference.
Thank you!
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Hi Nick,
Would you be able to attach a sample STORY file? I can't duplicate the problem you're experiencing with the slide copying, so it would be helpful to see a hands-on example.
Thanks!
I think this may work, instead of using the default text entry variable name you should create a custom name, this will update the triggers with the correct name.
When you import this into another project it shouldn't then increment the variable but will keep the custom name.
Thanks for the replies. Julia, unfortunately I am not able to upload my story files, but I could take more screenshots. Before I do that, I think I am going to test Phil's suggestion, as all my text entries are numerical and were auto assigned by Storyline.
Thank you!
Unfortunately, the copied or imported version ditched the customized text entry in favor of a generic numerical entry. It seems as though renaming is not the fix.
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