scenes numbering

Hello Ashley,

Thanks for the tip to use the 'reset from story option'. The physical order of scenes is allright now! My menu was a mess...  But now I'm back at the numbering problem (see picture). If you look at the scene titles you can see the alphabetized order I mentioned earlier (afb-afs-inf-mel-sta). But the numbering doesn't really matter for the learners, so I can live with it :)

(It seems that your name is deduced from Dutch and is not actually Dutch itself. So it only sounds Dutch; I've never met anyone with the same name on this part of the ocean. We have "Smit" and "Jansen" as common names)

Hi Klaas, 

The numbering is added based on when scenes are created - but as you mentioned, if your users won't see it - then hopefully not something to worry about. 

(You're blowing my mind? Not actually Dutch?! I'm going to have to investigate this further - possibly changed in the Ellis Island method that happened to most people.)

It seems to be gone now -- of course, the time stamp here says "over 2 years ago". But I'm still interested in how to visually reorganize the scenes and, ideally, the slides within a (branching) scene.

Hi David,

Are you looking to reorganize them in story view or within the menu? Maybe you could share some additional detail or even screenshots of how things look to help us suggest a way that you could accomplish this. 

Hi, Ashley. Thanks for the fast response.

I'm looking to organize the scenes (and, within the scenes, the slides) in story view, both to aid me in designing this AND to make it easier for the next designer to maintain it (I retire in 5 months.)

I'll include an image of the current state of affairs, but here is how my project is organized in my head:

Introduction
Quick option to turn captions on or off
First branch to main modules
Module 1 (AssayDesigner)
Slide to branch to topics:
Topic 1
Subtopic 1
Subtopic 2
Subtopic 3(contains a section that can also be accessed from Subtopic 1; returning to the right subtopic is managed with a variable.)
Topic 2
Topic 3
Module 2 (Load/edit)
Slide to branch to topics:
Topic 1
Topic 2
Topic 3
Topic 4

The last slide on each of the Topics has buttons for:
GoTo Module 1
GoTo Module 2
Exit

Here is what it currently looks like to Storyline, with all the sections collapsed. What you can't see here is that the majority of Module 1/Topic 1/Subtopic 3's slides appear as following Module 1/Topic 1/Subtopic 1. That makes it particularly hard to see where a specific slide in that sequence is.

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Thanks,

Hi David,

First off, I wanted to let you know that when you reply via email your signature is included and any attachments that you've included in the email aren't posted to the forum thread. You're welcome to edit your post to remove that information if you'd like. 

This article describes how to work within the scene order/story view (it's for SL1, but similar within SL2).  Also have you review the information here on how to work within Story view. 

Has this activity been made easier in SL2?

Hi, Ashley.

Thanks for the links. I had seen (through experimentation) that cut-and-paste could control the order of the scenes, but I didn't realize how to insert a scene between two others. (Good to know.) In my case, I would rather not try this because I have quite a few triggers involved, and I've noticed that these will sometimes (always?) get set to point to unknown slides when I cut and paste.

The note about changing the order of triggers and the resulting impact on scene order is very encouraging, though; I will give that a try shortly.

Many thanks,
David

PS - thanks, too, for pointing out that my email signature was included in the posts...

Hi, Paul.

Hard for me to say. I'm a relative newcomer to Storyline, and though I've made a few materials earlier, my most intense work has been with 2.0...

Best,
David

No problem David - and glad that that information will assist you.

Paul, as for if it's been made easier - I'd defer to the community on their experience with it, but if you don't have SL2 and would like to try you're welcome to utilize the 30-day free trial as well. 

Hi David,

Great video! Exactly what I needed!

By the way, do you know if future versions of the program will incorporate the drag & drop capability for the scenes, as Jamie Morgan already suggested?

I think this feature would be very helpful and time-saving when managing several scenes in a single project.

Best regards,
Cristina

Hi Cristina,

We don't share information in regards to product roadmaps or timelines for releases, but you're encouraged to share your thoughts in the form of a feature request as well here. 

Thanks Ashley for your fast response!

No problem - once we have information to share, we'll update you here.  

Jamie, this did not work for me in Storyline 2. Scene 2 is on the right had side and scene 5 on the left, and I cannot find a way to change that.

Hi Trevor,

This thread is a bit older, so I'm not certain that Jamie is still subscribed, and you're welcome to connect with him using the "contact me" button on his profile. If you'd like to share a bit more about what you're looking to set up or adjust, we're also happy to help you here. 

Ashley,

Thanks for your response. Actually I found that some time later (after saving the .story and going through a publish cycle) it did re-order the scenes as I wished. Just a delay in the that update, so all is good.

Ah, thanks for that update Trevor! Glad you got it working as needed. 

thanks for sharing screenr. that helps a lot

I was facing the same problem. I fixed it using the "Number entries in the menu automatically" feature.

Go to player->Menu->select the scene you want to be renumbered->click on the options icon below and select Number entries in the menu automatically.

Thanks Yousra for coming back to update us here - this thread is a bit older but it's always good to see more ideas shared!

It makes a difference when you publish in Word. It actually reorders everything by the slide number rather than when it appears on screen. We use the published word document for reviewing among the team and with the client. Super frustrating...

I'm working in Storyline 2 and trying to change the numbering. I have everything I need in the order I need it with branching, etc.  The issue is that when I publish it in Word, the numbers of the slides determine the order they appear in the printed version. We try to use this in our review process but this issue makes it impossible.

You always learn something new no matter how long you have been using SL. Thanks.