What does the Reset Slide feature (accessed by right-clicking a slide thumbnail) do exactly? I couldn't find a description of the feature in your support literature.
To be honest - I've never tried to use it - so I just tried now and didn't see anything change. Hm. I'm going to reach out to one of our other team members who I just learned something new from the other day and see if he knows. Stay tuned!
He did know - and I learned something new. The normal course of our work conversations. :-)
The 'reset slide' has to do with the layouts used. In the section of this article titled "Working with Slides" it is described as:
Reset the layout: If you've modified elements of a slide that are inherited from its master layout, you can always revert back to the original layout. Right-click the slide and choose Reset Slide, or go to the Home tab and click Reset.
So for example, if you have a picture placeholder on your slide master layout and you move it on your actual content slide, you can reset it to its original location.
Haha, thanks Ashley (and Ashley's friend)! I thought it had something to do with the master layout but wasn't 100% on what was actually happening. Your explanation makes sense with what I've noticed, which is that changes you make to the master generally update the slides automatically (you don't have to press the Reset Slide button for that), unless you've modified them on the slide itself (which could be the case with placeholders).
I'll also note that it doesn't seem to be in any way related to the Reset to Initial State When Revisiting command (part of Slide Properties). A bit of confusing naming of two different functions there.
This function is the same function you may know in PowerPoint.
Ashley described it in her post above.
It is very useful in SL2 or PowerPoint if you have played with various settings of text-attributes and want to turn back to the original attributes. This is very handy because the main thing about slidemaster and it's layouts is that you give attributes like font-face, font-family only once in the slidemaster and this will be given to it's children (the layouts). Changing the slidemaster or it's children will change the look of the slides.
But: it will not change, if you have manually changed the attributes of text, etc. on a slide!
This "reset slide" function will bring back this function. It is very useful in PowerPoint AND in SL2.
I'm not clear on what feature you're referring to? Are you using the "reset from layout" function as described earlier in this thread? That will return you to the original layout, and therefore if you moved elements associated with the tab order those would be reset as well. If you still have the file opened you could use the "undo" button to revert to the previous set up and manually update the layout while keeping tab order elements in line.
What has happened is that the 'Reset' feature has replaced the 'Tab Order' in the Home tab ribbon (see attached screenshot). How can I get the Tab Order control back?
I think I just worked it out. It was the version on my laptop and hasn't been updated. Updating to Version 9 now - that should fix it! Thanks Ashley - sorry to waste your time.
I love the way Reset Slide works in PowerPoint and this seems to be the same idea. However, it does not work the way it should in my Artucluate 360 version. My master slide has Blue font of a bigger size, however, when I Resent the Slide (through the right click on the slide), things move around on the slide but the font does not change to the Master one. Any tips? I remember the same problem in SL2 - basically had to change the fonts manually. Thanks!
The 'reset slide' feature will essentially reset the layout of the slide, but not the fonts used. If you'd like to chime in with your feedback on how we can make this feature work better for you, please share your thoughts with us through a feature request!
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Hi Fiona,
To be honest - I've never tried to use it - so I just tried now and didn't see anything change. Hm. I'm going to reach out to one of our other team members who I just learned something new from the other day and see if he knows. Stay tuned!
Hi Fiona,
He did know - and I learned something new. The normal course of our work conversations. :-)
The 'reset slide' has to do with the layouts used. In the section of this article titled "Working with Slides" it is described as:
So for example, if you have a picture placeholder on your slide master layout and you move it on your actual content slide, you can reset it to its original location.
Hope that helps!
Haha, thanks Ashley (and Ashley's friend)! I thought it had something to do with the master layout but wasn't 100% on what was actually happening. Your explanation makes sense with what I've noticed, which is that changes you make to the master generally update the slides automatically (you don't have to press the Reset Slide button for that), unless you've modified them on the slide itself (which could be the case with placeholders).
I'll also note that it doesn't seem to be in any way related to the Reset to Initial State When Revisiting command (part of Slide Properties). A bit of confusing naming of two different functions there.
This function is the same function you may know in PowerPoint.
Ashley described it in her post above.
It is very useful in SL2 or PowerPoint if you have played with various settings of text-attributes and want to turn back to the original attributes. This is very handy because the main thing about slidemaster and it's layouts is that you give attributes like font-face, font-family only once in the slidemaster and this will be given to it's children (the layouts). Changing the slidemaster or it's children will change the look of the slides.
But: it will not change, if you have manually changed the attributes of text, etc. on a slide!
This "reset slide" function will bring back this function. It is very useful in PowerPoint AND in SL2.
Cheers.
Jan
Glad I was able to get you the answer Fiona - and sorry about the confusing naming terminology. Great feedback to share in a feature request for sure.
The Reset feature has replaced the tab order in my copy of Storyline. How do I get the tab order back?
Hi John,
I'm not clear on what feature you're referring to? Are you using the "reset from layout" function as described earlier in this thread? That will return you to the original layout, and therefore if you moved elements associated with the tab order those would be reset as well. If you still have the file opened you could use the "undo" button to revert to the previous set up and manually update the layout while keeping tab order elements in line.
What has happened is that the 'Reset' feature has replaced the 'Tab Order' in the Home tab ribbon (see attached screenshot). How can I get the Tab Order control back?
I think I just worked it out. It was the version on my laptop and hasn't been updated. Updating to Version 9 now - that should fix it! Thanks Ashley - sorry to waste your time.
No waste at all - sometimes you just need to "talk" through it. Glad you're back up and running John!
I love the way Reset Slide works in PowerPoint and this seems to be the same idea. However, it does not work the way it should in my Artucluate 360 version. My master slide has Blue font of a bigger size, however, when I Resent the Slide (through the right click on the slide), things move around on the slide but the font does not change to the Master one. Any tips? I remember the same problem in SL2 - basically had to change the fonts manually. Thanks!
Hi Tamara!
The 'reset slide' feature will essentially reset the layout of the slide, but not the fonts used. If you'd like to chime in with your feedback on how we can make this feature work better for you, please share your thoughts with us through a feature request!
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