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Changing numbering in story view
Hello,
Is it possible to change the numbering of the slides in Articulate Storyline 1? We've moved around the content and the numbering of the slides now doesn't match the content.
Eg 4.2 in story view refers to Module 1.2 in terms of content.
Thank you very much for your help
Nicola
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Hi Nicola,
Did you look at renaming the slides or using the "reset from story" setting as described here? Also story view is just what you'll see as the developer but that info isn't shared with users.
It is the developers who need to keep the sequence of slides properly organised -for their own benefit. Consider that I have initially created three scenes, but decide I want to subdivide each of these scenes further. The automatic number in story view will be incorrect. For example, I have scenes 1, 2 and 3, and now want to break up 1 further. That means I want the new subsection of scene 1 to be scene 2, and each of the other scenes renumbered accordingly. Can I do this?
Hi Christine,
You can rename and reorganize scenes and slides as you like. You could use the menu option described here to "reset from story" to allow it to appear based on any changes you made.
Hope that helps
OK, read all that but it doesn’t seem to answer my question.
This is a known problem that appears (or did appear) regularly on your site. My question really is “has it been fixed in Storyline 2?”
When I create a “Scene” it is numbered automatically. The first “Scene” is numbered 1.
That number does not appear in the “Rename” field. I can change the text and add my own number but I cannot get rid of number 1.
Then I create new frames, and they also take a default number in sequence from number 1 onwards.
They then display in STORY VIEW in reverse sequence to the sequence created (ie from right to left rather than left to right). This is an annoyance. I want them to display from left to right.
But then, as my course evolves, I decide I want to insert additional “Scenes” or break down an existing “Scene” into several “Scenes”.
If I have four scenes already and decide to break up scene 2, my new scene will be numbered scene 5 rather than scene 3 and there appears to be no way I can renumber the scenes once they are created.
Then these scenes display in the originally created order in the player. They can be manually moved each time you publish but this is not acceptable in the long term. The menu needs to be in the correct sequence when generatedDo I have to create a new project, create all the scenes from the outset in the correct sequence, then move all the relevant slides into the new scenes, or is there a simple way of either killing the default number or re-numbering it?
NOTE: that linking the scenes correctly when the student works through the materials does not change the default numbering that appears both in STORY VIEW and The Player.
Cheers, Christine Kent
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Hi Christine,
First, when you reply via email it includes your signature here as a part of the reply. You're welcome to edit the post to remove that information if you wish.
You can kill the default numbering the the player fairly easily as described here:
And since story view is just for the authors, than it'll only impact the player menu and how users see/interact with it. While in Story view you can delete scenes or slides, and the elements should be renumbered (for example on a project I had opened, I deleted scene 4, and scene 5 was renumbered to scene 4). In terms of how they'll display, they're appearing in an order based on your triggers and such - so if you modify those, that will update the order as well, although not the number. This video, although about Storyline 1, provides a good explanation of how story view and scene numbering works.
Hope that helps clarify some elements.
Maybe I am reading the response incorrectly, but I don't think the question was answered. Is there a way to renumber the auto generated numbers on slides, short of deleting them? Renaming does not help because it doesn't change the auto assigned number. I can move things around in the menu, but once again, that doesn't change the number that is scene in the story view. At the moment, the only work-around I have found is to basically create a brand new file and copy and paste the slide over in reverse order. This, is time consuming and annoying.
In the attached image, how would I change the boxed slide to show "1.3 What is CRM?" and the slide on the other end to show, "1.30 Searching"?
Hi Andrew,
The slide numbers are generated when you add the slide into Storyline. You can remove those numbers all together from the slide titles or the menus, or you can also use the menu option to Reset from story which will apply the changes here.
Hello Ashley,
Thank you for the response, but it does not answer my question. My question regarding the ability to change numbers, is specific ONLY to STORY VIEW. While I do appreciate the functionality that allows edits to the menu, that is unfortunately, of no value to the Story View numbering. Deleting the numbers doesn't appear to be an option in Story View.
Hi Andrew,
There isn't an option to change how they appear in story view, and that view is only for authors as well. It's not something your learners will see. If you're concerned about what learners see - that'll be in the menu and on the slide titles if displayed.
We would love to hear more about how this would help with your authoring and design in Storyline if you're up for logging a feature request.
If this was the first response to the orginal question then it would have saved a lot of reading of this thread.
Storyboards and scripts use reference numbers to relate to the slides authors are creating in Storyline. Multiple authors can use a storyline fine so they need to be easily read. It is very frastrating that Articulate has not been able to recognise the importance of this.
The easiest fix for this would be the ability to turn the automatic numbering off. Then authors can type our own page numbers in when renaming.
I will most certainly log the request and thanks again for the response.
Yes - I am aware the learners don't see the numbering - the menu option is nice but not pertinent to this issue. (FYI - I hope none of this comes across as 'snarky', not intended that way.)
The concern is the method that the slides are numbered in the view that only the author can see. Because we do not have the ability to renumber or hide those numbers, we really need to build the files in the perfect order the first time if we want the numbers to feel logical. In the current set up, if we make changes as authors and are relying on the numbering to help us keep larger files organized, it can become very confusing.
As in the example image I provided on an earlier post. The item numbered 1.23 should be the first item and the item labeled 1.3 should be the last. Because I cannot change them, I have to make an extra effort to remember this and any other like situations. Hopefully that better explains the issue.
Hi Andrew! I completely understand where you're coming from, and I can see how the current setup makes it difficult to go back and make changes to the slide order once the slides have been developed. I'll be sure to pass along all of the insight you shared to my team. Also, I do see the feature request you submitted--thank you for taking the time to send that to us!
