Storyline 2 backwards compatible with Storyline 1

Hi Justin,

I just upgraded to Storyline 2 yesterday and had the same questions.

1) Yes .story files from Storyline 1 open fine in Storyline 2. Some settings for some buttons might work differently, but overall I have not experienced any problems with files I created in Storyline 1.

2) No, .story files created in Storyline 2 will not open in Storyline 1. I tried it today and got a message that said, "This project cannot be opened. It might have been created in a newer version of Storyline."

Best of luck

Hey thanks for the response. Very helpful.

Hi Justin! Looks like Jay gave you the information that you needed here. Good luck with your new venture :)

Thank you very much. Looks like we'll be upgrading a couple and purchasing a couple. :)

Hi Justin,

One thing to clarify; the .sl1 (published for Articulate Online) files will not open in Storyline 2. They don't open in Storyline 1 either because they are for use with Articulate Online. This caused some confusion for me the other day.

Thanks,

Jay

Hi, Justin and Jay -- For reference sake, here is Articulate's official word on Backwards Compatibility.  :)