Template file vs story file
Mar 22, 2016
Hi all, me again
I am trying to set up project with a large glossary of Economics terms that I will then use for a variety of shourt courses/lessons.
Having tried to find an import feature I searched and found that it could not be done.
The advice seems to be to create a template with the glossary and save it as a template otherwise the glossary will not appear. The advice is that I save my file as a template which provides a file with the file extension "storytemplate"
example is blank glossary template.storytemplate
I then went to the "download free templates" section of the Articulate website and saw a nice template and when I downloaded it, it has a "story" file extension.
When I look the "story" file and the "storytemplate" file are exactly the same size. It seems that a downloaded template has a "story" extension.
Is a template simply a story file with an extension "storytemplate". If so I will simply make a blank story i.e. no slides and put my glossary. I will simply then rename the file each time I wish to use it.
Sorry if this is confusing.
Thanks
Brian
4 Replies
Hi Brian,
Templates can certainly be confusing - but if you've got a template you'd like to use, you can follow any of the steps documented here to begin using it. To use a glossary you set up as a part of a new .story file, you will need to create it as a Storyline template and follow the steps above to import it.
Hi
Thanks for the reply.
Can you tell me whether a storyline 2 template is simply a storyline 2 story file saved with a different extension. Extensions I have downloaded from the Articulate site have a ".story" extension.
I have read that I cant share my glossary by simply copying the player, but as far as I can see, sharing the "player" is not the same as sharing the ".story" file or the ".storytemplate" file.
Hi Brian,
Using the .storytemplates it is automatically added to a local repository/library, which is part of your computer profile. Once a template has been used, it automatically becomes available in the "New Slide" dialog, on the templates tab, for all new and existing projects, shown in the image below:
When you use a .storytemplate a copy of the .storytemplate is added to the folder:
C:\Users\"your login name here"\Documents\My Articulate Projects\Storyline Templates
The player elements are saved separately, but the glossary and resources although accessed as a part of the player, are not stored there. If you need to share other player elements you can save a player, and it gets stored as an *.xml file on your local hard drive, and it gets added to the list of available players you can apply to any course. Custom player *.xml files are stored here:
%AppData%\Articulate\Storyline\2\Players
If you have a glossary you like, save it as a .story file, and set its properties to Read-only. When you are ready to start a new course, load that file, and do a Save As...
No sense recreating, or even loading the wheel over and over.
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