Alignment of superscript character is wrong

Thanks for sharing that screenshot, JC. That does look really odd; I'm happy to dig deeper!

Here's a quick Peek on what I see in Storyline 360 (3.20.16814) when I: Insert text > insert a Symbol next to the text > highlight that symbol and apply the Superscript effect to it.

Since I'm having a little trouble recreating the alignment issue, I'll need your help: 

• What version of Storyline 360 and font are you using?
• If your steps are different to mine, could you walk me through your process? I'll try to replicate the behavior and let you know what I find!

Looking forward to lending a hand!

Hi Katie, 

I'm using the latest version of Storyline 360 v3.20.16814.0

My process is the same as yours except I don't insert the character "e" from the "Insert symbol" option. I just type "3e", select the "e" and then apply the superscript style to it. I tried it your way with the same results.  I tried it with different fonts also with the same results.  Here is a screen capture  

JC, one of my IDs just came across this recently.

If your issues is the same one that we saw, try resizing the text box. Articulate tries to force as many characters onto a line as it can automatically. We have seen where it will do this to a superscript character to play with the line space available.

So if you change the width of the text box and the superscript character snaps back into place, that is what is happening here. So you will need to play with box size, line length and character spacing until you achieve what looks good for you.

Hi David,

It's not the size of the text box, but your idea put me on the right track for the solution. The culprit is the "Wrap text in shape" option. It has to be checked for the superscript to align to the top. For some reason, when it is off, the superscript character ends up in the center.

Thank you!

Appreciate you sharing that recording, JC. ..and I love the detective teamwork here!

I'm now able to recreate the behavior, but as you mention: checking the Wrap text in shape box will align the superscript to the top. Thanks for working through this one, and I'm certain others who stumble upon this conversation will find it very helpful!

JC thank you for finding this fix.  I was having the same issue.

Yes. I too had this problem with SL3. Tried this trick and yes it works fine now. Thank You

I've been having this issue and David Abel's response is correct.  Stretching out the text box length resolves this issue.

In my case I needed to use both fixes:

• I selected 'wrap text in shape'
• And I stretched out the text box

Now the alignment of the superscripted character is correct. Thank you all. Score another for this workaround forum!

I had this superscript issue again, and this time I needed to wrap text in shape, stretch out the text box, and use a hard return on the line before the superscript. Four steps = one superscript.

Same issue with superscripts in Storyline. Started rebuilding a course from Rise in Storyline due to the inability to use superscripts in titles in Rise. What a bummer.

Like Wally suggests, Stretch your text box and the superscripts adjust.

I've been having this issue a lot, can recreate consistently by:

1. Select characters on 2nd line of wrapped text, including trailing space.
2. Reformat to superscript. Superscripted text will appear in middle of line of text instead of high.

Fix for above is to delete the trailing space that was superscripted in step 2.

Hello Christopher,

I'm sorry you've also hit this snag with the superscript. I appreciate you sharing the solution that worked for you. This is really helpful to the community.

Enjoy your weekend ahead!