Help requested – adding a variable to a smart shape in a template
July 18, 2019
Agile Kelly Follow
Help requested – adding a variable to a smart shape in a template
July 18, 2019
Agile Kelly
I am an agile coach and an executive leadership coach. I typically work with organizations who want to transform their culture, often involving many people, like my current client of 300,000 people. I'm hoping to learn to do eLearning well enough to scale myself.
Newbie 65 posts
Followers: 11 people
Follow
Agile Kelly Follow
3
The problem: I want to put a variable on a smart shape in a template. The nice format master slide I like has a “Title Placeholder” that has the “Style Name” of “Default Title Smart Shape Style_1”
However, that shape that won’t let me insert a variable, which I would like to do because it’s in my tutorial and I suspect that may generate a table of contents later
Would I instead need to put a text caption on top of the smart shape in order to insert a variable?
The problem: I want to put a variable on a smart shape in a template. The nice format master slide I like has a “Title Placeholder” that has the “Style Name” of “Default Title Smart Shape Style_1”
However, that shape that won’t let me insert a variable, which I would like to do because it’s in my tutorial and I suspect that may generate a table of contents later
Would I instead need to put a text caption on top of the smart shape in order to insert a variable?
Comments
(3)
Share
Agile Kelly
I am an agile coach and an executive leadership coach. I typically work with organizations who want to transform their culture, often involving many people, like my current client of 300,000 people. I'm hoping to learn to do eLearning well enough to scale myself.
Newbie 65 posts
Followers: 11 people
Follow
Agile Kelly Follow
I am an agile coach and an executive leadership coach. I typically work with organizations who want to transform their culture, often involving many people, like my current client of 300,000 people. I'm hoping to learn to do eLearning well enough to scale myself.
Comments
(3)
Share
All Comments
Sort by:  Most Recent
  • Most Recent
  • Most Relevant
Agile Kelly
2019-07-18 08:16:23
2019-07-18 08:16:23

Yes, I mean a theme. But I can only add a system variable to a text caption, not to a shape. How do I add the variable to the shape?

Like
()
Reply
(1)
Lieve Weymeis
2019-07-18 08:18:47
2019-07-18 08:18:47
>
Agile Kelly
's comment

That is weird…. Just double-checked, although I was sure for 99% since I almost never use text captions. Works perfectly for me. Not a placeholder, a normal shape. Which version are you using?

Like
()
Reply
Lieve Weymeis
2019-07-18 06:50:00
2019-07-18 06:50:00

Please, never use a template file (cptl) it is too buggy, especially if you want to add variables and/or advanced/shared actions.

If you mean a theme, I often insert system variables on master slides, like ‘cpInfoAuthor’, ‘cpInfoCurrentSlide’, ‘cpInfoSlideCount’, ‘cpInfoProjectName’…. Do not use a placeholder for that, but a normal shape.

Like
()
Reply