SAVE AS STORYLINE 1 IN STORYLINE 2

Sep 17, 2014

Can a Storyline 2 file be saved as a Storyline 1 file? If not, is it a feature likely to be incorporated in the future?

9 Replies

Phil Mayor
Hero

over 9 years ago09/17/14 at 11:27 pm (UTC)

No, Storyline 2 can open Storyline 1 files but because of changes in SL2 it cannot save as a Storyline 1 file. I doubt this will be added as a new feature.

Nancy Pruner

over 9 years ago01/05/15 at 3:50 pm (UTC)

If I have storyline 1 and 2, can I somehow open a storyline 1 file and not upgrade it to storyline 2?

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 9 years ago01/05/15 at 4:09 pm (UTC)

Absolutely Nancy! I typically right-click on the file and tell my computer what program to open the file with.

In addition, a backup file that is compatible with Storyline 1 will be created when you do upgrade the file to Storyline 2 and you can run both programs on the same computer.

over 9 years ago01/05/15 at 4:12 pm (UTC)

Thanks, but even when I right click and say open with storyline 1 it opens storyline 2.

Leslie McKerchie
Staff

over 9 years ago01/05/15 at 4:23 pm (UTC)

Try the method shared here to see if launching the program first helps the issue.

john gillis

over 9 years ago01/16/15 at 5:11 pm (UTC)

This seems quite disappointing. I have a SL2 file that is literally 15 slides of shapes with text in them, nothing else. Countless of other companies have made their files backwards compatible, unless you use a feature ONLY compatible with a new version. Seems like an oversight for the programmers not to do this.

over 9 years ago01/16/15 at 5:12 pm (UTC)

Now rather than save this SL2 file to be opened by a colleagued in SL1, I will spend a nice long time re creating the whole thing, I just wish there was a good reason.