Articulate®

Storyline
Quick Reference Guide

The Storyline Program Screen Keyboard Shortcuts

General
Active Slide
Open a project .................. Ctrl + O
Open
Create a new project ......... Ctrl + N
project
Ribbon .................. Save a project ................... Ctrl + S
Ctrl + O Insert a slide ...................... Ctrl + M
Preview
Create new Insert a question slide ........ Ctrl + Q
Options
project
Close a scene ................... Ctrl + W
.................. Create
Ctrl + N Close Storyline .................. Alt + F4
new
Save project project Publish a project ................ F10
Triggers
.................. .............
Panel Help .................................. F1
Ctrl + S Ctrl + N
Close Open
Save Editing
Scenes project project
Panel .................. ............. Cut ................................... Ctrl + X
Ctrl + W Ctrl + S O Copy ................................. Ctrl + C
New project Create
Close Paste ................................ Ctrl + V
template Slide
new
project
Layers Duplicate........................... Ctrl + D
.................. project
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Ctrl + T Panel
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Ctrl +W Undo................................. Ctrl + Z
Ctrl + N Redo ................................. Ctrl + Y
Help New
.................. Save
project Group ............................... Ctrl + G
F1 project
template Ungroup............................ Ctrl + Shift + G
Timeline/States/Notes Zoom Slider .............
Spellcheck Find .................................. Ctrl + F
Panel Ctrl + S T
..................
Open Close
Help Select All ........................... Ctrl + A
F7
project project Insert a picture .................. Ctrl + J
The Fundamentals Show / HideWork with Text and Objects ...................
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F1 Insert a link or trigger ......... Ctrl + K
Filmstrip
Create a New Project: Click New Project..................
from Insert a Text Box: Click theCtrlInsert
+ O tab, click Ctrlthe+ W
Spellche Insert a text box ................. Ctrl + T
the Welcome screen or press Ctrl + N fromCtrl an + Alt + Text Box button, clickCreate
and drag new where you
New
ck
existing project. want the text box. project project Select text in a text box ...... F2
B .............
................... template
F7 Check spelling ................... F7
Open a Project: Click the File tab and select Show / HideCut, Copy, and Paste Objects: Select the object
Ctrl + N .............
Open, or click Ctrl + O. Find and select theLibrary you want to cut or copy and click the Cut Show button
Ctrl +T
/
Formatting
Save project Hide
project you want to open and click Open. ..................or Copy button on the Home tab. Click where
Ctrl + Alt + you want the object and click ................... Help
Filmstrip
the Paste button. Bold .................................. Ctrl + B
Save a Project: Click the Save button on L the Ctrl + S .............
Quick Access Toolbar, or press Ctrl + S. Choose Delete Objects: Select the object(s)
Close you F1 to+
Ctrl
want Italics ................................ Ctrl + I
Show / Hide
GiveNotes delete. Press the Delete button
the location where you want to save the file.Slide projecton the keyboard.Alt +B
Spellche Underline .......................... Ctrl + U
the project a name, then click Save. .................. ................... ck
Show / Align Left ........................... Ctrl + L
Duplicate an Object: Select Ctrl the
+ Wobject youHide want
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Ctrl + Alt + Align Right......................... Ctrl + R
Navigate Between Slides: In Story View, double- to duplicate, click the Copy button menuF7 arrow
N New project Library
click the slide you want to view. In Slide View, on the Home tab, and select Duplicate. Align Center ...................... Ctrl + E
Show / Hide template .............
Show /
select the slide you want to navigate to in the Ctrl + Copy object formatting ...... Ctrl + Shift + C
Timeline Align Objects: Select the...................
objects you Hide
want to
Scenes Panel.
..................align, click the Format tab,Ctrl
and + select
T an Alt +L
Filmstrip Paste object formatting ...... Ctrl + Shift + V
Navigate Between Scenes: In Slide View,Ctrl click+ Alt + alignment option. Help .............
Show /
the Scenes menu arrow and select the scene T you ................... Ctrl +
Hide Viewing and Previewing
want to view. Arrange Objects: SelectF1 the objects you want Alt +toB
Slide
Editing arrange, click the ArrangeSpellcheck button on theNotes
Show / Open Slide View ................ F3
Create a New Scene: In Story View, click the Format tab, and select an arrangement option. .............
Hide Open Slide Master View..... F4
...................
New Scene button on the Home tab. Cut Ctrl
Library +
F7 View Feedback Master. ..... F5
..................Rename Objects: Double-click the object’sAlt name
+N
.............
Create a New Slide: In Slide View, select where
Ctrl + X in the Timeline. Type a new Show
name / Hide
and press Enter. Cycle through open tabs .... Ctrl + Tab
Ctrl + /
Show
you want to insert the slide, click the New Slide Filmstrip Preview current slide ......... Ctrl + F12
Copy Insert a Mouse Animation: Click the Insert Alttab,
Hide +L
button on the Home tab, and select a layout. ...................
..................click the Mouse button, and select a mouse Timeline
Show / Preview current scene ....... Shift + F12
Ctrl + Alt +
Preview a Project: Click the Preview button Ctrl + C animation. .............
Hide
B Preview project.................. F12
on the ribbon. Paste Ctrl
Slide+
Show / Hide Alt +T
.................. Notes
Library
Ctrl + V .............
................... Editing
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Ctrl + Alt +
.................. Alt + N
L Cut
Ctrl + D Show /
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Show / Hide
Hide
 Work with Text and Objects Add Course Interaction Use Animations and Transitions
Modify Mouse Animation Properties: Select Add a Layer: Click the New Layer button in Copy an Animation: Select the object whose
a mouse animation. Click and drag the start or the Slide Layers panel and add content to the animation you want to copy, click the Animate
end point of the mouse path to move it or click layer. tab, and click the Animation Painter button.
the Format tab on the ribbon and use the Select the object you want to apply the
options to adjust the mouse animation Show or Hide a Layer with a Trigger: Select animation to.
properties. the object you want to show or hide with a
trigger and click the Create New Trigger Add a Motion Path: Select an object, click the
Insert a Zoom Region: Click the Insert tab button in the Triggers panel. Set the Action to Animations tab, click the Add Motion Path
and click the Zoom Region button. Move Show Layer or Hide Layer, then use the button, and select a motion path type.
and resize the zoom region to the area you want Trigger Wizard to define when the object is
zoomed in, and position the zoom region to shown or hidden. Click OK. Apply a Transition: Select a slide, click the
where you want it to appear on the Timeline. Transitions tab on the ribbon, and select a
Insert a Hotspot: Click the Insert tab, click the transition.
Work with Shapes and Images Hotspot button, and select a hotspot type.
Click and drag where you want the hotspot to Remove a Transition: Select a slide with a
appear. transition applied, click the Transitions tab on
Insert a Shape: Click the Insert tab, click the
the ribbon, and select the None transition.
Shapes button, and select a shape. Click
Trigger a Lightbox Slide: Click the Create
and drag where you want the shape. Adjust Transition Properties: Click the Effect
New Trigger button in the Triggers panel.
Set the Action in the Trigger Wizard to Lightbox Options button on the Transitions tab and
Insert a Photo, Illustration, or Icon: Click the
slide and select the slide you want to use as a select an effect.
Insert tab; click the Photos button,
Illustrations button, or Icons button; type lightbox slide. Specify when the lightbox should
a term in the Start searching now field and be triggered and click OK. Create Quizzes
press Enter. Select a photo, illustration, or icon
and click Insert. Work with Media Insert a Question Slide: Click the New Slide
button menu arrow on the Home tab and
Insert a Picture from a File: Click the Insert Insert Audio from a File: Click the Insert tab select a question category. In the dialog box,
tab, click the Insert Picture button, select and click the Audio button. Navigate to select the question type(s) you want to insert,
the image you want to insert, and click Open. where the audio file is saved and select it, then then click Insert Slide.
click Open.
Replace a Picture: Select a picture, click the Insert a Freeform Question: Select the slide
Replace Picture button on the Format tab, Record Audio to a Slide: Click the Insert tab, you want to convert to a freeform question, click
navigate to and select a new picture, and click click the Audio button menu arrow, and the Insert tab, and click the Convert to
Open. select Record to Slide. Click Record, then Freeform button. Then select a question
record your audio. When you’re finished type and click OK.
Insert a Character: Click the Insert tab, click recording click Stop, then click Save.
the Characters button, and select a Create a Question Bank: Click the Slides tab
character. Click the Pose tab, specify an Edit an Audio File: Right-click the audio file on and click the Question Banks button. Select
emotion and style, and click Insert. the Timeline and select Edit Audio. In the Create Question Bank, click OK, and add
dialog box, make edits to the audio, then click questions to the question bank.
Insert a Caption: Click the Insert tab, click the Save & Close.
Caption button, select a caption type, then Draw from a Question Bank: Click the
click and drag where you want the caption. Insert Slide Notes: Click the Notes tab at the Question Banks button on the Home tab
bottom of the screen, click in the notes pane, and select New Draw from Question Bank.
Add Course Interaction and type the slide notes you wish to add. Click the Question Bank menu arrow and
select a question bank. Specify how many
Insert a Button: Click the Insert tab, click Generate Text-to-Speech: Click the Insert questions you want to draw from the bank and
Button , and select a button type. Click and tab, click the Audio button menu arrow, and click Insert.
drag where you want the button to appear on select Text-to-Speech. Enter the text you want
the slide. converted to speech. If desired, update the Insert a Results Slide: Click the Slides tab,
language and voice options using the menus at click the Results button, select the results
Format a Button: Select the button you want to the top of the window, then click Insert. type you want to insert, and click Insert Slide.
format, click the Format tab, and use the Use the Quiz Settings dialog box to select a quiz
options in the Button Styles group to change the Insert a Video from a File: Click the Insert type, select which questions you want to track,
button formatting. tab, click the Video button, navigate to and specify the passing score. Click OK.
where the video is saved and select it, and click
Add and Edit Object States: Select the object Open. Publish Projects
whose state you want to edit, click the
States tab, and click Edit States. Click the Edit a Video: Select the video you want to edit. Edit the Player Properties: Click the Player
New State button to create a state or select an Click the Options tab on the ribbon and click button on the Home tab. Click Features to
existing state and make changes. Click Done the Edit Video button. Make the necessary update the player features; click Menu to
Editing States when you’re finished. video edits, then click Save & Close. change what appears in the menu; click
Resources to add course resources; click
Change a State with a Trigger: Click the Use Animations and Transitions Glossary to add course terms and definitions.
Create New Trigger button in the Triggers Use the options in the Appearance group to
panel, set the action to Change state of, select Add an Entrance or Exit Animation: Select modify the player style, controls, and formatting.
the object you want to change the state of, and an object, click the Animations tab on the Click OK when you’re done updating the player.
select the state you want to change to. Then ribbon, click the Animate button in the
specify when the action occurs in the When Entrance group or Exit group, and select an Publish a Project: Click the Publish button
section and click OK. animation type. on the Home tab, select the output type, adjust
the publish settings, and click Publish.

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