Slide Masters
May 22, 2013
Hi
Help with Slide Masters please. We have created a few template slides for a course and I tried to copy some design elements for the slides onto a blank slide in the Slide Master View (Duplicated a blank layout, added the content and renamed the layout). These master layouts are all available to apply to new slides within this project which is great. But is there a way to use these masters in a different project? Also, when I start a new project I only have 5 layouts available in the Basic Layouts section whereas a previous project displays 5 basic layout sections with multiple layout samples. Is this because Storyline displays layouts based on the type od slides created in each project.
Grateful for pointers.
Thanks
3 Replies
Sampath,
Yes, you can save the layout, along with fonts and colors as a theme. To do this go to the Design tab and in the pull down for the themes you will see "save current theme". The other option is to save your current project as a template. To do this, go to the "file" button and do a save as. Under "save as type" select Storyline Template. Then use this as your starter when you create new projects.
Thanks Charles. I think the idea of saving the entire bunch of slides as a template and then use that for new projects will work. I can then duplicate the slides to copy the layout / delete the ones that I am not using. Tried saving them as themes but does not work as it is not just colour and fonts I am trying to save but callouts, buttons etc. and all I am getting when I import the saved theme is a blank slide.
Perhaps the ability to select a slide and save it as a template (or Right Click and Save as Template) might be a useful feature to have.
Cheers.
Just tried this. Works!! Saved project as template in the folder with the other templates. It now displays all slides separately when I view the templates and I am able to select the slide I want to use. Problem well solved.
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