Storyline Keyboard Shortcuts

This is great Skip! I just was thinking this morning that I wish I knew what the keyboard shortcuts were in Storyline because it would save so much time. Thanks for posting this!

You're certainly welcome, Lesley. I'm glad to help out. This is such a great place to learn how to use the tools. Lots of helpful folks hang out, here.

Thanks for sharing, Skip!  Nice job :D

Is there a keyboard shortcut for inserting an audio file?

Hi, Steph! (My daughter is a Stephanie, too!)

In answer to your question, there IS sort of a backdoor method to do this. This "trick" was posted by another E-learning Hero, Bruce Graham.

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Creating your own keyboard shortcuts

From Bruce Graham's posting

You can also create your own keyboard shortcuts by adding features that you use frequently to the Quick Access Toolbar. To do so, right- click the button for any Storyline feature, and select Add to Quick Access Toolbar.

Then, to launch any of the buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar via a keyboard shortcut, press and hold the ALT key on your keyboard and then press the number key that matches the button you want to launch. For example, the first button on the Quick Access Toolbar is "1", the second button is "2", etc.

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I just tried it; it works. One catch; you must use the number keys across the top of the keyboard. For some reason, the number pad doesn't work with this. I'd probably create a "cheat sheet" or keyboard overlay, so I wouldn't have to count off the buttons every time...

Hope this helps.

Here are a few key combos I use a lot:

Ctrl + Tab
Toggles through open tabs.
For example, if you have five tabs open, by repeatedly pressing Ctrl + Tab you will see:
1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5- (etc.)

Ctrl + Page Up/Ctrl + Page Down
These do something similar.
If you have five tabs open, by repeatedly pressing Ctrl + Page Up you will see:

5-4-3-2-1-5-4-3-2-1-5-4-3-2-1-5-4-3-2-1- (etc.)

and Ctrl + Page Down will give you:
1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5- (etc.)

Of course, using the last two combinations together will give you quick access to just the tab you are looking for. Just remember this:

• Page Up = down


and

• Page Down = up

and you'll be fine!

Thanks for sharing Paul!

Thank you for sharing Paul! Love this community, I am after something, search and voila!

Glad that this thread was able to assist you as well Joanne. Thanks for popping in to share.

Skip - thanks so much for doing this. The shortcuts are just what I need to make development life easier. 

Again thanks a million.

Maree Eilman

Love when these older threads are still assisting users. Welcome to E-Learning Heroes Maree :)

Excellent list, just what I was looking for. Thanks!

Felix

Hello Felix! Thanks for chiming in and letting us know that this older thread was able to help you out as well :)