Trigger Unhappy: Please Help Me!

Also, it's not just for the state changes, I now see. It's also for whatever triggers I put there. I just tried to choose the first shape and have a trigger to 'jump to' another slide, and all of the shapes just took on that trigger. The same thing happened: when I tried to change the second shape to go to a different slide, they all changed to have the same trigger, even the first one (and the trigger I put on it is overrided). What is it?!

Hi, Sam -- Thanks for your question! Would it be possible for you to share your .story file? It may be easier for others to offer suggestions if they are able to take a closer look at how things are set up. :)

Hi Christie;

Ok...is this the correct file? I can't seem to see one that is .story so I'm giving you story.html. Sorry...let me know if it's wrong. Please help...I'm going mad!

Duh...sorry, you mean this one. I was pretty tired when I read that last message, and a bit too punch drunk from trying to figure my way through this this problem. 

Which slide is the problem slide if it is slide 1.1 I can only see one trigger.  Hover is an automatic state if you change the state of each one to hover you will not need any triggers.

HI Phil;

I'm sorry...I don't understand your answer...?

Yes, it is with slide 1.1. I want each of those shapes to have their own triggers: one to change the state when you hover, and one to take it to a new slide (the ones that match the name typed in the shape). But when I make a trigger for one (either to change the state or to jump to a new slide), the same trigger is on all of the shapes. For instance, if I take the first one (multiple choice) and make a trigger to jump to the multiple choice slide, ALL of the shapes take that same trigger. When I try to edit the trigger on the next shape to jump to the proper slide, ALL of the shapes take the edit.

So to be clear, each of those shapes should trigger to jump to a different page but I can't make that happen and I don't know why. 

Thanks :)

Ok, Phil...

I see what you mean about the hover and I have fixed it so the hover is 'automatic' rather than requiring a trigger. 

However, that doesn't change my issue. I can't put different 'jump slide' triggers on each shape. They all just take whatever trigger I put on one, and when I edit the trigger on the next one, they all just take that :(

Here it is attached again (the .story file). I've fixed the hover state thing. Now please look at the trigger; there is only one. Every one of those shapes (multiple choice, etc), has the same trigger. Please change one and then tell me what happens to the rest of them. On my machine - and on my colleague's in another city - all of the shapes are taking on the same triggers and the same edits. 

Thanks!

Hi Sam there is only one trigger oaths slide or am I missing something?

I think this is what you want to achieve.  If you click on an object you want to be the target then it part writes the trigger for you and saves time.

Hi again Phil;

Thanks so much for your help and advice. I haven't looked at your file yet (I will as soon as I finish this), but I figured out what I was doing (actually perceiving) wrong and, as I suspected, it was something pretty silly!

I was looking at the trigger panel on the right as if each object should have its own panel and the panel would change with the click of each object. So it wasn't that each object had the same trigger; it's that it was the first thing in the list. As I add triggers to each object, the trigger list on the right grows. Sorry...I hope that makes sense. If not, just trust that I was overlooking something rather silly in my frustration!

Thanks again!

That makes sense and is why I was confused.

Thanks Phil...sorry, I'm still in the learning phase (obviously!) and just couldn't figure out what was going on. I'm sure I'll be back with more (hopefully less silly) questions!

Don't worry what you said made perfect sense !

Hi, Sam -- After you have had a chance to review Phil's file, please feel free to stop back in to let us know if you are all set or if you still need help. 

And as you mentioned that you are new to Storyline 2, in addition to the Getting Started with Articulate Storyline 2 information it sounds like you may already be viewing, here are a few more resources you may find helpful to get you up to speed:

• Beginner's Guide To E-Learning
• What You Need to Know to Create Amazing E-Learning
• Lots of FREE e-Books! 

Hope that helps! :)

Thanks, Christie, for the resources! I'm sure they'll come in handy :)