The Player Templates Editor

The Player Templates Editor is a simple tool for creating and editing Templates that customize the Articulate Player. Templates are pre-configured player options, which provide a quick and convenient way to apply a set of customizations to the Articulate Player.  Templates are very useful in corporate settings that require standardization of the Articulate Player.

Master Templates:

Articulate Presenter comes with seven pre-configured Master Templates:

To publish a presentation based on a Master Template, click on the down arrow next to Player Templates and select one of the Master Templates. When you select a Master Template, the preview will change to reflect the configuration options in the selected template.

If, after you select a Master Template, you make custom configurations to the template and click the Close button, you will be prompted with the following message:

 

If you want to save your configuration changes, you must enter a name for the new template and click OK.  This is to avoid overwriting a default Master Template.

Player Template Editor:

 

Creating a new templates:

If you want to create a new template, simply click the New button. You will be prompted to enter the name for your new template as shown below.

 

Enter the name for your new template and click OK. Customize your template as desired. For more information on customization options, see Elements of the Template Editor below, and Player Text Labels.  When you are finished making your customizations, click the Close button. You will be prompted with a message asking if you want to save your changes. Click Yes to save your template, or click No to cancel changes.

Editing Templates:

To edit an existing template, simply click the drop-down box next to Player Templates and select the template you would like to edit.  Modify your template as desired.  For more information on customization options, see Elements of the Template Editor below, and Player Text Labels. When you are finished making your modifications, click the Close button. You will prompted with a message asking if you want to save your changes. Click Yes to save your template, or click No to cancel changes.

Deleting Templates:

To delete an existing template, simply click the drop-down box next to Player Templates and select the template you would like to delete. After you have selected your template, click the Delete button. You will be prompted with a message asking if you wish to delete your template. Click Yes to delete your template, or click No to cancel deleting.

Elements of the Template Editor:

The Template Editor controls every aspect of the Articulate Player. The elements of the Template Editor are the following:

Panels:

Logo

Display/hide the panel in the Articulate Player that can contain a company logo.

Info/Presenter

Display/hide Name, Title and Company fields. Also part of this panel are options to display/hide the following:

Bio: A slide-out window containing the biography of the presenter.

Email: A slide-out window containing a link to email the presenter.

Photo:  Area in panel to display a photo of the presenter.

Outline

Display/hide the Outline Pane. The Outline Pane consists of the Titles, Thumbnails, and Search tabs:

Title: The slide titles as configured in PowerPoint or Articulate Slide Properties.

Thumbnails: Thumbnails of the slides in your presentation. Useful for visually navigating through your presentation.

Search: Clicking on this tab reveals a search function allowing your presentation to be searched for those slides containing a specific search term.

 

Tools:

Attachments

Display/hide the button for accessing attachments to your presentation

Bookmark

Display/hide the button that allows your presentation to be bookmarked.

Send Link

Display/hide the button that allows a link to your presentation to be emailed.

Slide Notes

Display/hide the Slide Notes in your presentation.

 

Display Modes:

Standard

With this display mode, all elements of the player are visible, unless explicitly turned off.

No sidebar

With this display mode, the sidebar is not visible. The sidebar consists of Logo, Info/Presenter, and Outline panels.

Slide only

With this display mode, the only item that is visible is the PowerPoint slide.

Start in:  Select the radio button next to the Display Mode in which you want the Articulate Player to start when launched.

 

Player Text Labels: Clicking on this button will open a window that will allow you to change the text label for any of the elements of the Articulate Player.  For more information, see Player Text Labels.

 

Tip:  Visit the Player Text Labels entry in Word of Mouth - The Articulate Blog for ideas on how to leverage this feature.