I need some help, i have an object with a few buttons on it where i need to explain all the buttons, so i have made a screenshot of it and i need to show every single button's function, how do i do this?
If I understand correctly, your question is part technical, part content.
Content-wise, you'll have to make some judgment calls: There's a magic balance between showing enough info and boring your audience to tears.
Below is a screenshot of a "Quick Guide" slide I created for use at the beginning of my presentations. I added the purple box to show what I actually see in the editor; the stuff around it is the Storyline player.
This isn't exactly what you need, but I think it represents a good design mentality: The learner sees an easy-to-skim static image.
To create this, I did the following in Storyline:
Grabbed an example image from another slide (the mountain)
Added arrows (and, in two cases, circles) using the Insert -> Shape tool
Added text boxes describing the various objects
Formatted the text boxes with a solid tan background and red outline
Adjusted positions and formatting of everything until I was satisfied with the result
Went into Player Settings to add a Help button to the top right; set that button to bring up this slide (2.1) as a Lightbox. In this way, the learner sees this at the start of the presentation, and they can pull it up at any time.
I expect you could do something similar: With arrows, circles, and text boxes, you can mark up a picture of your object with helpful information.
This is my scenario, basically it is a 'Floating tool bar' that runs across my whole system, what i need to do is explain every option available, so i would like one screen per an option, if that makes sense
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If I understand correctly, your question is part technical, part content.
Content-wise, you'll have to make some judgment calls: There's a magic balance between showing enough info and boring your audience to tears.
Below is a screenshot of a "Quick Guide" slide I created for use at the beginning of my presentations. I added the purple box to show what I actually see in the editor; the stuff around it is the Storyline player.
This isn't exactly what you need, but I think it represents a good design mentality: The learner sees an easy-to-skim static image.
To create this, I did the following in Storyline:
I expect you could do something similar: With arrows, circles, and text boxes, you can mark up a picture of your object with helpful information.
Does that help?
Thank you Greg,
i will revert soon.
Hi Greg,
This is my scenario, basically it is a 'Floating tool bar' that runs across my whole system, what i need to do is explain every option available, so i would like one screen per an option, if that makes sense
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