Articulate Storyline Quick Tips

Want to speed up your elearning development workflow? Discover how to work smarter in Articulate Storyline with these practical tips.

Introduction

• Working efficiently in Storyline

1. Working with the Storyline Interface

• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
• Adjust auto-recovery settings
• Dock and undock panels
• Preview on multiple devices
• Using the ruler grid and guides

2. Working with Text and Media

• Replace a picture
• Adjust the size of multiple objects
• Copy and paste formatting
• Align and distribute objects
• Add placeholder text
• Create a button set
• Generate text to speech
• Set default objects

3. Working with States

• Copy and paste states
• Toggle between objects when editing states

4. Working with the Timeline

• Add cue points to the timeline
• Align objects to cue points on the timeline
• Rename objects on the timeline
• Lock objects on the timeline
• Hide objects on the timeline
• Hide base layer objects on slide layers

5. Working with Animations, Motion Paths, and Transitions

• Copy and paste animations between objects
• Apply slide transitions to all slides
• Apply slide transitions to slide layers
• Animate text by paragraph
• Adjust timing of motion paths with cue points
• Trigger motion paths with user interaction
• Rename motion paths

6. Working with Scenes and Slides

• Set the starting scene
• Link scenes and slides in story view
• Import PowerPoint slides
• Adjust slide properties from story view
• Share team slides
• Add slide numbers
• Adjust slide size
• Zoom in and out of your slides

7. Working with Accessibility

• Edit object tab order
• Preview tab order
• Add alt text to objects
• Add closed captions to audio and video

8. Working with the Player

• Customize the player features
• Add custom player buttons
• Customize menu names and structure
• Reset the menu
• Adjust navigation restrictions
• Adjust the seekbar settings
• Import glossary terms
• Customize the player colors, fonts, and icons
• Edit player text labels
• Toggle between the modern and classic player
• Turn off the player controls
• Save and export a custom player
• Customize prompt to resume settings