Mark Swanson
Mark Swanson
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"Melanie, thank you! I knew there had to be a simpler method. That's exactly what I need. Was the more complicated method of setting vari..."
  • 5 years ago03/27/19 at 2:02 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks, I figured as much. I assume hiding the Next button via slide properties means it's always hidden, and so the slide would require ..."
  • 5 years ago03/26/19 at 11:44 pm (UTC)
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Mark Swanson started a new discussion Conditional built-in Next button (in 2019)
"I found some 5-7 year old posts on making the built-in Next button conditional for select slides (e.g., on visiting a layer or button), n..."
  • 5 years ago03/26/19 at 11:28 pm (UTC)
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"Hi Crystal. For my purposes, I've concluded that for bulleted text it's a best practice to use the default 0.75 sec animation entrance  d..."
  • 5 years ago03/26/19 at 5:18 pm (UTC)
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"Ah, thanks for the confirmation. (I searched before I posted, but didn't see that article.)"
  • 5 years ago03/26/19 at 5:05 pm (UTC)
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Mark Swanson started a new discussion Scroll box "dead space" bug? (Internet Explorer only)
"We're noticing "dead space" in our scroll boxes using Windows Internet Explorer. When we scroll to the end of the text, there is a lot of..."
  • 5 years ago03/26/19 at 2:10 pm (UTC)
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"Alyssa,  Thanks, that's a good tip that I discovered in the last few minutes, and I think I've been making a mistake by trying to adjust..."
  • 5 years ago03/25/19 at 9:59 pm (UTC)
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"I'm having trouble understanding the relationship between an animation (entrance) duration and the length of the timeline. For example, m..."
  • 5 years ago03/25/19 at 8:03 pm (UTC)
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"(Storyline 360 comment. I mentioned this in another thread but I think it merits its own thread.) The  'Velocity' Template (in Content L..."
  • over 5 years ago12/06/18 at 5:47 pm (UTC)
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"Yes, that's what I'm seeing. Thanks."
  • over 5 years ago12/03/18 at 7:04 pm (UTC)
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"1. Ahhh, you're right, you did apply a Design Theme to a Template slide. My mistake. It does look like one can get into real trouble tryi..."
  • over 5 years ago11/30/18 at 8:48 pm (UTC)
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"I'm sorry, but I'm not following you. I'm looking at Storyline 360 'Modern' feedback slides, which do not have any color. I don't see any..."
  • over 5 years ago11/30/18 at 8:06 pm (UTC)
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"I assume you mean "Template" not "theme." #1... Couldn't you just reimport the original Template if you need a fresh version? #2... Tru..."
  • over 5 years ago11/30/18 at 3:34 pm (UTC)
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Mark Swanson started a new discussion Feedback Master inheritance problem (text color)
"Background: Using Storyline 360. In the 'Modern' set of Feedback Masters, I changed the color of the "Click to edit Master title style" t..."
  • over 5 years ago11/29/18 at 9:45 pm (UTC)
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"Thanks, Tom. That does confirm my thoughts/hesitations about mixing and matching Templates. Avoiding ugly design element disparities betw..."
  • over 5 years ago11/29/18 at 9:09 pm (UTC)
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"I'm hoping to use Slide Masters for my new project (my first). I'd also like to utilize Content Library Templates to save some time for c..."
  • over 5 years ago11/28/18 at 5:26 pm (UTC)
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Mark Swanson replied to the discussion TOC
"This post is over two years old, but no one ever responded. It's still a very good question. How would one accomplish this design in Stor..."
  • almost 7 years ago05/17/17 at 12:25 pm (UTC)
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"Right. I should have clarified that the source content dimensions are likely to be waaayy larger than our target Storyline output size, a..."
  • over 8 years ago07/29/15 at 4:20 pm (UTC)
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"I'm trying to create "test mode" simulations for software and websites whose dimensions are much larger than the desired Storyline canvas..."
  • over 8 years ago07/28/15 at 9:32 pm (UTC)
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Mark Swanson started a new discussion Best method for a "guided demonstration" simulation?
"I'm trying to find the best method for creating "guided demonstration" simulations. (Best = most efficient/fastest in terms of developmen..."
  • over 8 years ago07/23/15 at 12:32 am (UTC)
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"Okay, I had the Let's Continue trigger attached to the layer, so I moved the trigger to the slide trigger area where I could control its ..."
  • over 8 years ago07/22/15 at 7:22 pm (UTC)
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"Yes, that's what I've tried to do. But the Try Again dialog keeps asserting itself even after variable xyz=2. The Let's Continue dialog n..."
  • over 8 years ago07/22/15 at 2:48 pm (UTC)
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"Before I do that... I got the variable to reset on timeline start. But how do I get the "Let's move on" dialog to display instead of the ..."
  • over 8 years ago07/22/15 at 2:36 pm (UTC)
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"I should have added that I tried that trick ("Set attempts = to 0.00 when timeline starts"). Didn't work."
  • over 8 years ago07/22/15 at 1:59 pm (UTC)
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Mark Swanson started a new discussion How to reset all variables during development?
"I'm trying to customize a "Try it" simulation by using an "attempts" variable for tracking attempts. (If user clicks Try Again dialog 2 t..."
  • over 8 years ago07/22/15 at 1:54 pm (UTC)