PRIMER: Mastering the Slide Master

When a button, graphic, or other object needs to appear on multiple slides, it might simplify development to put it on a Slide Master or Layout.

The attached project demonstrates and explains some tips for using objects on a Slide Master or Layout. (These tips also apply to a Feedback Master and its Layouts).

• Master placeholders added from the SLIDE MASTER ribbon can be edited on the slides and can be used in slide triggers.
• Master objects added from the INSERT ribbon are permanent. They cannot be edited on the slides and cannot be used in slide triggers.
• On a Layout, the Hide Background Graphics option hides the permanent objects that are on the master. This makes them invisible and inaccessible on slides using that Layout.
• The state of a master object is set on a slide-by-slide basis. In other words, changing the state on one slide doesn’t change the state on other slides. Thus, you need master triggers if you want to maintain a changed state as the user moves through other slides that share the master object.
• A master "when the timeline starts on this slide" trigger runs every time the user visits a slide using that master. This is true even if the Slide Properties are set to Resume Saved State. Thus, this "when" may be used to set a master object's state.
• Here's another way to change the state of a master object: On the slide, add a trigger that adjusts a variable (for example, when an interaction is completed). On the Slide Master or Layout, add a trigger that changes the state of the master object when the variable changes. As needed, include trigger conditions.

 

For more information, check out these resources:

• Storyline User Guide: Using Slide Masters
• Storyline 360 User Guide: Using Feedback Masters
• TIP: Master Toggling On and Off
• TIP: Track Progress with Master Badges
• TIP: Customizable Feedback Layers