Master template creation

Jun 03, 2020

Hi all, I am new to Storyline, and have to bang out like 25 courses in a relatively short period of time. I find I am spending an unbelievable amount of time with formatting. Like this silly example of where I format the button colors in the various choices of a multiple choice question, and then copy the slide to use it for another question, add another choice and the format of the new button does not match the others.

How can I set it up so that button colors are consistent, the colors of the different states are consistent, text font, size and color are consistent, location of titles are where I want them to be? All of this formatting is becoming more than annoying...

8 Replies

David Anderson
Staff

almost 4 years ago06/03/20 at 6:41 pm (UTC)

Hi William - Any chance you could post some screenshots or actual slides from your course? That would help give us an idea of what you're working on.

The button colors are generated from your course color themes: https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-use-theme-colors

We also have a good overview of working with themes and colors in this webinar: https://training.articulate.com/webinars/storyline-360-essentials-customize-themes-and-templates

William Ryan
Author

almost 4 years ago06/03/20 at 7:39 pm (UTC)

Hi David, please see attached. Thanks for your help with this, and your previous help through the other webinars I attended...

David Anderson
Staff

almost 4 years ago06/03/20 at 11:10 pm (UTC)

Hi William -

Thanks for posting your screenshots. I see exactly where you're running into challenges. A few are super easy fixes and one is a bit hacky and not obvious even to our most experienced users.

Here's a quick overview of where those colors and fonts and layouts are coming from: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/d973ae81-5932-4ba2-80d7-1055e7291bdb/review

Source file is attached.

NOTE: I had to pause and re-resume the recording because of a dog fight between poodle and morkie. I won't say who won but that's why my recording is at two different sizes in case you were wondering.

Themes_layouts_and_masters_DA.story

almost 4 years ago06/04/20 at 9:44 am (UTC)

Hi David, thanks a lot for that. I’m not sure if there was supposed to be voice, but I think I got it all.
Questions:
Is it possible that the title can be propagated over the slides, like a “header” in other Office applications?
Can you define for me, in the theme colors interface, where the colors are used (e.g. Accent 1, Accent 2 etc.), or is it somewhere I can find it online? Thanks again+

Bill Ryan
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Phil Mayor
Hero

almost 4 years ago06/04/20 at 10:37 am (UTC)

There is a slide title variable that you can use in the master.

almost 4 years ago06/04/20 at 12:13 pm (UTC)

Yes, there was audio with the screencast.

You can learn about the theme and accent colors here: https://community.articulate.com/series/articulate-storyline-360/articles/articulate-storyline-360-user-guide-how-to-use-theme-colors

If you want the same text persistent across every slide, I'd just add a regular text box with the title text you want and place that on the slide master. You don't need a text placeholder in that case since the text never changes. I included an updated source file for you to look at.