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Dealing with the naming of variables
Hello Storyline developers, I wonder how you deal with the following situation: I have made an e-learning with +/- 80 slides and to prevent errors I have created new variables for every slide (b...
If you change the variable names by editing them in the Variables window, Storyline will automatically adjust the names in the triggers.
Of course, you still have to rename all the variables if you include scene & slide numbers and then insert an extra slide. But at least you only have to do it once in the window, instead of locating all of the uses in the slide triggers.
BTW, I also recommend keeping the names as short as possible, so you can ID a variable by the first part of the name. For example, instead of "Slide11" for scene1, slide 1, I suggest "1_01."
I have had a similar experience with my first Storyline presentation using variables. There is no easy way to fix this. I make them and just number them. Then I keep an excel spreadsheet with them listed. If I need to go back and add or remove slides I just add to my list. I number my presentations and use that number as part of my numbering list. Good luck I'm interested to see if anyone has a better solution.
