Unique data entry per slide from a master slide
Jul 09, 2014
Hi,
I've created a master slide with functionality which is accessed from a drop-down menu, one of which is a notepad i.e. the learner should be able to enter/access unique notes on every slide. I want to be able to make the data entry variable change every time there is a new slide.
This obviously worked fine when I created 4 slides outside of a master - the notes were stored on each slide (stuffing each into a unique variable which I specified...Textentry1, Testentry2 etc).
However, because I have built a master slide I am stuck with the same data entry variable on every slide. I can't separate this out and put on each slide because of the way the notepad is accessed (i.e. from a drop-down).
Does anyone have a solution to make the variable change from the master slide?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Julian
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Just so it's clear, I'm uploading the file which uses no master slide and shows the individual notes on each page (which is the effect I want to achieve) and also the file with the master slide I am using. I just wondered if I can manipulate the data entry field in the master slide e.g. make it's name increment by 1 so it's unique on each slide.
Firstly attached here is the master slide...
And this is what I want to achieve from the master...
Hi Julian,
There isn't a way to change the name of the variable from slide to slide using a trigger on your slide or on the master itself. Unfortunately I think you'll need to set up triggers on each slide regarding which variable is being used for the text entry - you can copy and paste triggers, and transfer them from slide to slide.
You can make your first slide in your story set everything up the way you want it a dup. that slide that will then change the numbers according to the slide it lives on. Just to be clear you will doing this in the story view at slide level not on the master slide.
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