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Richardrichardv's avatar
Richardrichardv
Community Member
3 years ago

Text with Orange icons?

Hi,

I've been using Storyline 360 for a while now but am baffled as to what the special text layers are(they have an icon with a little orange bar, see image)? They seem to be able to pull in information from other places but how do you set one up or alter it to be a standard text layer?

Thanks

 

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5 Replies

  • Richardrichardv's avatar
    Richardrichardv
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Hi Lauren, 

    It' s just a text box in the timeline  but it has a different icon to other text boxes. The image I attached is really all I know about it, it seems to be in templates, I wouldn't know how to create one from scratch?

    Thanks

    Richard

     

    • LaurenDuvall's avatar
      LaurenDuvall
      Staff
      3 years ago

      Thanks for those extra details, Richard!

      That icon is the symbol showing the textbox is a Title textbox. There are Title and Context textboxes. Here's a screenshot.

      Are you looking to pull information from one slide or layer to another? Can you share more as to what you have in mind design-wise?

  • CarlElson-b247c's avatar
    CarlElson-b247c
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    Is there a way to create a Title textbox instead of a Context textbox?  I could copy and paste from another template, but I'm wondering if there's a more simple way to do it?  When I'm in the Insert tab, I only see the option to create a regular text box.  

  • JohnSay's avatar
    JohnSay
    Staff
    3 years ago

    Hi Carl, 

    In Slide view, you cannot add a Title textbox but you can do a right click > apply layout and then choose a layout that has a title. 

    You can add a title placeholder to a slide master layout. Go to View > Slide Master, then go to  the Slide Master menu, beside the "Insert Placeholder" button, click on the  checkbox beside "Title" to show or hide the title placeholder.