States

What are states?

States are typically be popups which will appear when the viewer interacts with elements, such a buttons, text or images that have been programmed to open the popups. A popup can contain additional information about the topic in question and is designed by using the same element used on the slide itself.

The states are listed in the States section at the bottom in the Navigate menu as seen below:

Types of state elements

Following elements will create a new state when placed on the canvas:

Local states versus global states

States can be placed directly on the canvas or they can be part of a slide fragment.

A local state can be edited directly in the document it is placed on, but a global state must be edited by using the slide editor which is accessible by going to the shared resource.

You can read more about accessing the shared resource/design system and slide fragments here:

Design System Activator Interface

Slide Fragments

States on PDF for review

If a slide or brief has states and you create a PDF for review, the report will contain a PDF page for every state available so the reviewer knows the content of the states as well as the slide/brief itself.