I love keyboard short cuts and one I use frequently is CTRL + Y to repeat. If you have several elements on your screen and you make a change to one, just select each of the others and hit CTRL + Y and they get the same change.
This week I created my first Storyline course. I was very disappointed to find that CTRL + Y doesn't work.
Unfortunately, you are correct. The CTRL+Y shortcut is not available in Storyline. For a list of shortcuts that are currently available, please take a look at the following article:
Now, there is one option for applying the same effects to multiple items. However, it's not a keyboard shortcut. It may save you some time, however, and that's what shortcuts are all about
One note: In the Keyboard Shortcuts link above, it does list Ctrl+y as Redo in Storyline. I guess this is just a mistake in the document? (This is a much needed key combo.)
Hi there, Stuart. Ctrl+y is listed in that document, and we might have updated it since the original post.
Ctrl+y will "redo" a change. For example, if you select a shape and change it's color to red, and then use the Undo button to change the color back to blue, you can use ctrl+Y to redo the color to red. Ctrl+y and ctrl+z are the shortcuts for these buttons:
Were you looking for that function or something else?
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Storyline is not Powerpoint (I loved that combination as well). Put in a feature request hopefully we can get it into the next version
Welcome to E-Learning Heroes, Marjorie!
Unfortunately, you are correct. The CTRL+Y shortcut is not available in Storyline. For a list of shortcuts that are currently available, please take a look at the following article:
Keyboard Shortcuts
If this shortcut is one you'd like to see in a future release of Storyline, please share your suggestion in a feature request:
Articulate - Submit a feature request
Now, there is one option for applying the same effects to multiple items. However, it's not a keyboard shortcut. It may save you some time, however, and that's what shortcuts are all about
Using the Storyline Clipboard
I hope this helps!
Christine
Thanks Christine! I didn't know how the Format Painter worked. That won't cover all the times I use CTRL + Y but that will cover several!
Phil--PowerPoint isn't the only software that uses CTRL + Y. In fact, it's not just Microsoft products that use that shortcut.
One note: In the Keyboard Shortcuts link above, it does list Ctrl+y as Redo in Storyline. I guess this is just a mistake in the document? (This is a much needed key combo.)
Hi there, Stuart. Ctrl+y is listed in that document, and we might have updated it since the original post.
Ctrl+y will "redo" a change. For example, if you select a shape and change it's color to red, and then use the Undo button to change the color back to blue, you can use ctrl+Y to redo the color to red. Ctrl+y and ctrl+z are the shortcuts for these buttons:
Were you looking for that function or something else?
I see.
Thanks very much for the reply.
I appreciate it.
Stuart
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