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StoryLine Course opens on the wrong slide
My project has multiple slides in one scene and when I play it, slide 3 is selected as the first slide. Like this:
I want the slide "Course Intro" to be selected and displayed. I have notices a 'starting scene" button on the Home menu but that appears to only refer to the scene. My Menu outline in the Player settings matches the screen shot above.
Any thoughts welcomed!
In the image you provided, the third slide in the Menu is slide 1.1. That is the first slide in the first scene, which is where a course starts. The default order is to advance through slides based on their number in the scene: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and so on. In other words, a "Jump to next slide" trigger will always go to the slide in the scene with the next highest number. (You can, of course, make the Next button jump to a specific slide by editing the trigger.)
Rearranging the slides in the Player Menu doesn't impact the order in which they appear.
If you want the "Course Intro" slide to appear first, drag it to the top of the scene, so it will be slide 1.1. You can do that in STORY VIEW or in the Scenes panel.
Thank you Judy. That did it - but I'm having a LOT of trouble reordering the remaining slides. The drag and drop UI refuses to let me drop several of my slides where I try. Always snap back to prior position. I wish there was a non graphical UI option to simply edit a list - unless I'm missing some other order control setting.
The drag-and-drop UI for rearranging slides is finicky (to put it politely). You really need to pay attention to when the little arrow appears. That indicates a drop spot. If you release the slide when the arrow is visible, it should move to that location.
Thank you - but that is the issue. Following up with Luciana to see if they can help.
Hi Chris,
Sorry to hear you're running into this snag reordering the slides.
If you'd be able to share your .story file in this thread or privately in a support case, we can take a closer look at your setup!
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Thanks Luciana,
Here is the file. I'm trying to create the sequence represented in the small screen shot in my original post.
- Chris
Thanks Joe -
The initial problem had been resolved (first slide display) but what I'm trying to resolve now is the sequence of display when using the bottom right Next/Prev slide player navigation controls. If you use those you will see the selected slide in the outline jumps around.
Here it is in Review: https://360.articulate.com/review/content/60bdafac-ee91-42a2-8f48-c49e83f0a420/review
- Chris
Hi Chris!
It sounds like you were looking to reset the Story Menu within the player of your Storyline 360 course. I'd be happy to help with that!
- With your course open, you would first select the Player Properties button from the ribbon.
- Select Menu from the Properties ribbon at the top of the new window.
- Navigate down to the bottom right of the window and click the Reset From Story button. Then click Ok.
I've also attached a revised version of your .story file to my reply. Please let me know if you have any more questions!
but something is still wrong with the order -> headlines
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/554c8ffe-0a5f-478a-9ec4-afad2681a1fb/review
start
module 2
module 3
module 4
module 5
module 6
module 9
module 10
module 7
module 8
Correct - I'm trying to achieve this order:
And the problem seems to go back to the drag and drop in the story view not allowing me to move things where I want them to go.
perhaps this is better
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/bc33a742-764f-4719-acb5-5764ac7f2ec6/review
start was you original .story file
i have added chapter number to correct the slides more easy
the trick is for multiple connectioned slides - NEVER use
"Jump to next/prev slide"
use always "Jump to [slide name]" for next/prev button
then reset the menu, reorder the menu lines (drag&drop is working here) and disable auto numbering
now you have to modify the slide names in the menu
hint: "Jump to prev slide"
- don't mean: jump to the prev slide in the structure
- it means: jump to the slide where the use was before
Update: If you want this behaviour (historical back) - change the trigger for back to the original version - the next trigger are the import ones for the structure
Thank you so much Jurgen. This works perfectly and now I understand why I was having trouble. I appreciate the help.
Chris
