Relative newbie here, back to ask for your help once again!(Love this community!)
The client I'm working for has been developing a style guide at the same time that I've been creating a training.
During my development, I've used placeholder assets, fonts, colors, etc., all using the "clean" style. Now the company style guide is finished, featuring nine bright PMS colors and numerous fonts like Caecillia, Gothem, and Proscuitto -- none of which are offered with Storyline 2.
How do I retroactively create a custom theme apply it to my otherwise finished training? I'm so scared of doing something dumb and falling back to square one!
The first thing to do is to make a copy of the current .story file. Then no matter how dumb of a thing you do, you will be no worse off than you are today.
Remember: You never need fear losing more work than back to your last backup.
Do I need to create a new slide master using the colors and fonts in the
company style guide? And then do I "apply to all" existing slides? That
seems too easy. It's gotta be more convoluted... yes?
In theory, yes, that should be all you need, but I don't expect everything to make the jump. I've heard about problems, especially textboxes and paragraph formatting. I suspect the biggest problems will be textboxes that were not part of the layout on the master, but were added to the slide. A style sheet function would be a huge help, but SL doesn't have one.
I think my first attempt would be to try to modify the master that is in use, hoping to catch more items that way.
Either way, I don't envy you, because I think the most accurate statement is "It's gotta be more convoluted"
I'm not sure if Carol is still subscribed here, as the post is a bit older - but you could always use the "contact me" button on a ELH users' profile to reach out to them directly!
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I have since retired, but thanks for following up. All went well - or must have, since I don’t remember screwing things up and the project went quite well!
I miss working in Storyline! Hell, I kinda just miss working! (Sometimes...)
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The first thing to do is to make a copy of the current .story file. Then no matter how dumb of a thing you do, you will be no worse off than you are today.
Remember: You never need fear losing more work than back to your last backup.
Thanks Walt! Yes, I did this... and pasted it into a folder I named "In
case I screw things up"!
Carol
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You win my coveted "Favorite Poster of the Day" award. :)
Aw, thanks Walt!
Do I need to create a new slide master using the colors and fonts in the
company style guide? And then do I "apply to all" existing slides? That
seems too easy. It's gotta be more convoluted... yes?
Carol
In theory, yes, that should be all you need, but I don't expect everything to make the jump. I've heard about problems, especially textboxes and paragraph formatting. I suspect the biggest problems will be textboxes that were not part of the layout on the master, but were added to the slide. A style sheet function would be a huge help, but SL doesn't have one.
I think my first attempt would be to try to modify the master that is in use, hoping to catch more items that way.
Either way, I don't envy you, because I think the most accurate statement is "It's gotta be more convoluted"
Hey Carol,
How did it go?
Hi Catherine,
I'm not sure if Carol is still subscribed here, as the post is a bit older - but you could always use the "contact me" button on a ELH users' profile to reach out to them directly!
If you have any other questions we can help you with, please let us know.
Hi!
I have since retired, but thanks for following up. All went well - or must have, since I don’t remember screwing things up and the project went quite well!
I miss working in Storyline! Hell, I kinda just miss working! (Sometimes...)
Carol
Congrats, Carol! I hope you're able to enjoy your retirement and best wishes in your next endeavor!
Glad to hear the previous project went well too. 😀
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