I need to give a presentation , but I have to advance slides with a clicker, using time line it´s not an option. I´ll be talking about SL so I can´t just use PPT. Any advice?
A couple of ways to go about this. The most intuitive way will be overlaying your slides with a hotspot (really big click area) so that no matter where your mouse is, you will be able to hit it.
You could do this on your master slide by using a master slide layer but there's a problem getting triggers to execute from a layer on the master. I've attached an example that uses a variable to proxy another trigger from a master slide layer. You could extend this by creating another hotspot and variable for back and split your screen with hotspots 30/70 or so. Click the left side and go back, click the right side and go forward.
The example also shows the use of a custom Flash Widget that lets you go fullscreen in HTML published outputs.
Thanks Steve; and also thanks for the template. I´ll be using it some time. I gave the presentation today and used timelines because I was in a hurry. Then I had to give some clics but people liked Storilyne.
That could work, Phil. Need to experiment. I suspect it's not completely consistent. Key Commands would alleviate the need to have a shape on top of the stage.
However, this is not working for us. Am using Storyline 3, and the dialog box (attached) is a bit different. Plus, when leaving the entry in the Object field "unassigned" it changes automatically to the title of the slide.
I try the R500 Logitech remote with a PowerPoint presentation and it works fine. Trying the Storyline presentation, pressing the Page Down key on the keyboard works fine to advance the slide. This tells me the remote advance key is mapped to the Page Down key on the keyboard. But something is just not working.
Now for something completely weird: Experimenting further, when advancing through slides the first time by pressing the Page Down key on the keyboard -- works fine. However, when using the menu to go back to slide 1, pressing the Page Down key now does nothing.
Relaunching the presentation again, and pressing the Page Down key works again, but only once.
What is going on? What would cause a keyboard press trigger to work only once?
For the keyboard trigger to work the slide has to have to focus, I suspect selecting an object in the menu means the player now has focus, you could try adding a data entry field on the slide at the bottom of the timeline (it can be off slide) more often than not this ensures the slide has focus.
Are there any updates to using the Logitech R500 remote clicker with a Storyline file so a presenter is not tied to their laptop? Thanks in advance for any insights!
I'm interested as well. We were video recording today an item published in storyline and had to keep going to the computer. We had 2 clickers that would not work.
Same issue for me, trying to use Storyline published to the Web for speaker support on a Macintosh: On the keyboard, page-up and page-down work fine for going through the slides. But using the Logitech R500s presentation remote, nothing.
Using it on a Keynote file, it works fine, which would indicate that the remote is communicating a page-up and page-down to the computer, which then changes slides, just as if the keys are being pressed.
But somehow, Storyline published to the Web does not see page-up and page-down from a remote as equivalent to having those same keys pressed on a keyboard.
I think I have figured this out. When you open the trigger and select "user presses key . . . " use the clicker itself and press the forward button that you want to use to move forward. For me, it has shown up as the right arrow key. Then, for each progression, use a cue to pause the timeline, then resume when the forward clicker button is pressed until the next pause cue in the timeline. It has worked consistently. Not sure about Rise yet, but it has worked in Storyline. :D
So simple. So effective, once you know the correct keys to program in. Thank you Susanne for saving me tremendous frustration. I am going to demonstrate this in an on-line Storyline workshop through the San Diego ATD that I facilitate and give you full credit. If you care to join us, it is March 21 (2024) and you can register for the workshop on the San Diego ATD website (https://tdsandiego.org/).
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Hi, Aroldo -
A couple of ways to go about this. The most intuitive way will be overlaying your slides with a hotspot (really big click area) so that no matter where your mouse is, you will be able to hit it.
You could do this on your master slide by using a master slide layer but there's a problem getting triggers to execute from a layer on the master. I've attached an example that uses a variable to proxy another trigger from a master slide layer. You could extend this by creating another hotspot and variable for back and split your screen with hotspots 30/70 or so. Click the left side and go back, click the right side and go forward.
The example also shows the use of a custom Flash Widget that lets you go fullscreen in HTML published outputs.
Thanks Steve; and also thanks for the template. I´ll be using it some time. I gave the presentation today and used timelines because I was in a hurry. Then I had to give some clics but people liked Storilyne.
I have so much to learn!!
You should be able to add triggers to the master slide to advance on page down ( the button that most clickers use)
That could work, Phil. Need to experiment. I suspect it's not completely consistent. Key Commands would alleviate the need to have a shape on top of the stage.
Wish they'd fix the darn trigger blocks in master slide layers. Would eliminate half of my proxied variable change calls.
Where is the "Page down" trigger? I didn't see it in the selection. Is this a custom trigger you guys built into your player? Thanks.
Hi Cindy,
I think they're referring to setting up a trigger assigned to when the user presses a key -> the page down key, like in the image below:
Thanks, everyone... so helpful!
Thanks Ashley,
However, this is not working for us. Am using Storyline 3, and the dialog box (attached) is a bit different. Plus, when leaving the entry in the Object field "unassigned" it changes automatically to the title of the slide.
I try the R500 Logitech remote with a PowerPoint presentation and it works fine. Trying the Storyline presentation, pressing the Page Down key on the keyboard works fine to advance the slide. This tells me the remote advance key is mapped to the Page Down key on the keyboard. But something is just not working.
Can you please help me out.
Ashley,
Now for something completely weird: Experimenting further, when advancing through slides the first time by pressing the Page Down key on the keyboard -- works fine. However, when using the menu to go back to slide 1, pressing the Page Down key now does nothing.
Relaunching the presentation again, and pressing the Page Down key works again, but only once.
What is going on? What would cause a keyboard press trigger to work only once?
For the keyboard trigger to work the slide has to have to focus, I suspect selecting an object in the menu means the player now has focus, you could try adding a data entry field on the slide at the bottom of the timeline (it can be off slide) more often than not this ensures the slide has focus.
Thanks Phil,
You are correct and indeed a hero.
Thanks John, glad it helped
Has anyone tried using RISE, applying the page down trigger, and using a presentation clicker to navigate through material?
If so I would love to hear the outcome.
Are there any updates to using the Logitech R500 remote clicker with a Storyline file so a presenter is not tied to their laptop? Thanks in advance for any insights!
Since bringing this thread back to life didn't work with the original people on it, did you find any answers?
I'm interested as well. We were video recording today an item published in storyline and had to keep going to the computer. We had 2 clickers that would not work.
Same issue for me, trying to use Storyline published to the Web for speaker support on a Macintosh: On the keyboard, page-up and page-down work fine for going through the slides. But using the Logitech R500s presentation remote, nothing.
Using it on a Keynote file, it works fine, which would indicate that the remote is communicating a page-up and page-down to the computer, which then changes slides, just as if the keys are being pressed.
But somehow, Storyline published to the Web does not see page-up and page-down from a remote as equivalent to having those same keys pressed on a keyboard.
How can I fix this to be able to use the remote?
I think I have figured this out. When you open the trigger and select "user presses key . . . " use the clicker itself and press the forward button that you want to use to move forward. For me, it has shown up as the right arrow key. Then, for each progression, use a cue to pause the timeline, then resume when the forward clicker button is pressed until the next pause cue in the timeline. It has worked consistently. Not sure about Rise yet, but it has worked in Storyline. :D
So simple. So effective, once you know the correct keys to program in. Thank you Susanne for saving me tremendous frustration. I am going to demonstrate this in an on-line Storyline workshop through the San Diego ATD that I facilitate and give you full credit. If you care to join us, it is March 21 (2024) and you can register for the workshop on the San Diego ATD website (https://tdsandiego.org/).
Hope to see you there.