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How can I bring objects through to another slide based on state?
I have a slide with 18 statements, I want the learner to select their three top statements. I have two similar slides to follow where the learner selects options. I then want to create an action plan...
Each slide is like its own webpage, so one slide can't really access objects from another slide. However, you could try a few options.
- The slide master, and its layers, can display on any slide. The master slide displays below your current slide objects, while the master slide's layers display above. You could make layers on the slide master, each containing a single statement, and then set up triggers on the slide master that could display one or more of those layers. Set each of those layers to not hide other layers. That way, they can all be visible at the same time. This approach would be good if your statements are complex, including text, shapes, images, formatting, or animation.
- If your statements are just text statements with basic formatting, you could assign each statement to a text variable. Then, on your final slide you can display all of the relevant variables inside a set of text boxes using the %{variable name}% shortcut in your text box string.
- You could also track the selected statements with variables and reproduce all of the possible statements on your final slide (in layers or on the timeline). Based on the selection variables, you can then make the statements visible as layers or unhide them on the timeline for display.
Thanks Nathan, they sounds like good ideas to try! I think the second may work best for what I am doing. How would I bring just the selected variables through? I wouldn't be able to set them as true/false as text variables would I?
You could have three text variables: selection_1, selection_2, selection_3. When they select their desired statements, you could assign the text of the selection to each of these variables. Then, use a text box containing something like "Your 1st choice: %selection_1%", to display each selection variable.
That sounds like a good solution! I a trying to make it work but I cant figure out how I would allocate the selected text to each selection. For each 18 statements I have set up a text variable of what the statement is. How do I think make sure the selected one is shown for selection_1? Would I need to do a variable to say set to Statement1 if state is selected and do this for all 18 statements? I can figure out how to just draw one through. Really appreciate your help
