I'm new to Storyline and know there has to be a way to add Pause and Exit buttons to each slide in my story, similar to how the Next and Previous buttons show by default. I thought I should be able to find this in a 'manual' of sorts where I could enter keywords to find out how to do this, but there isn't. Can someone point me in the right direction?
These types of buttons you need to create yourself and create triggers for them that would pause media (I'm assuming) and exit the course. For this reason some designers will create thier own "player schemes".
You could create them on a master slide, and just use that slide layout through the course. You could also look at creating a custom player tab that would exit the course - but you wont be able to add your own custom buttons such as Pause to the player.
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Not sure if this would suit you but if you are using the default player you could add the seekbar which has a play pause button.
Choosing Player Controls In the lower left corner of the window, mark the boxes for the controls you'd like to add to your player.
Volume: This displays a volume controller in the lower left corner of your player. Search: This adds a search field to the bottom of the Menu tab. Learners can use it to search for text in your course. Since the Search field is part of the Menu tab, it'll only appear in your published course if you've enabled the Menu tab. Seekbar: This adds a seekbar to the bottom of your player. It's a good visual indicator of the slide's timeline. If you add a seekbar to your player, use the accompanying drop-down to choose whether learners can use it to scrub back and forth along the timeline or make it read-only.
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These types of buttons you need to create yourself and create triggers for them that would pause media (I'm assuming) and exit the course. For this reason some designers will create thier own "player schemes".
And I have to create one for every screen? (there are around 100
screens)
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Hi Jan,
You could create them on a master slide, and just use that slide layout through the course. You could also look at creating a custom player tab that would exit the course - but you wont be able to add your own custom buttons such as Pause to the player.
Also just an FYI that responding via email includes your signature here so you're welcome to edit the post to remove that information.
Not sure if this would suit you but if you are using the default player you could add the seekbar which has a play pause button.
Choosing Player Controls
In the lower left corner of the window, mark the boxes for the controls you'd like to add to your player.
Volume: This displays a volume controller in the lower left corner of your player.
Search: This adds a search field to the bottom of the Menu tab. Learners can use it to search for text in your course. Since the Search field is part of the Menu tab, it'll only appear in your published course if you've enabled the Menu tab.
Seekbar: This adds a seekbar to the bottom of your player. It's a good visual indicator of the slide's timeline. If you add a seekbar to your player, use the accompanying drop-down to choose whether learners can use it to scrub back and forth along the timeline or make it read-only.
The Seekbar was the ticket for Pause. Thanks so much.
Way to go Wendy. All a matter of context. :)
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