Build The Presentation Structure

A Presentation Structure helps you fine tune the details of your story presentation.

Presentation Settings

The presentation structure is by default empty and the existing story is a flat presentation containing no defined levels or sublevels. To set up the presentation as a tree structure, create your first topic, then drag and drop pages under the topic or subtopic. The combination of topics and sub-topics creates a tree structure will guide the presentation.

Remember the following guidelines as you build the presentation structure:

You do not need to configure a structure to run your Presentation. You can always simply run your story in present mode.
You don't need to use all the pages in your original story within the Presentation Structure. Unused page will remain hidden.
You can opt to hide an entire topic within the Presentation Structure. All the topic's subtopics and pages will be hidden.
A page can only be used once within a Presentation Structure.

To display the Presentation Settings dialog in Edit mode, use either of the following options:
- Go to File Story Settings Presentation Settings.
- In the left side panel, go to Outline Global Settings Presentation .
The Presentation Settings dialog is divided into two areas. On the left Pages panel contains all the available pages for your presentation.
You can search, filter, or sort the available pages in the Pages panel.

The Structure space is displayed on the right. You define topics and subtopics, and the order in which pages are presented within the topics in this space.
To set up the presentation as a tree structure, use the initial New Topic listed under Structure.

Tip

Double-click New Topic to rename the topic.
Drag and drop a page you would like to display under the initial topic.
Continue to build the presentation structure by:
- Selecting the + (Add) in the topic entry to add more topics or subtopics to the structure as required.
- Add more pages to your topics.
  
  Tip
  
  Instead of using the drag and drop method, you can select the  (More Actions) icon in a page entry to display options for adding a page to a specific topic.
  
  Page entries are marked with a checkmark in the Pages panel to help you quickly identify what items have been added to the structure. As you add pages to topics, you can use the  (More Actions) option to move the page up or down within the topic.
Select the  (More Actions) option for a page or topic in the structure to select Hide in Presentation if required.

Pages will be hidden in present mode but can continue to exist in the structure. When a topic or subtopic is hidden, all the pages under the entry will also be hidden.