Articulate Storyline Caption Outline
Feb 24, 2014
By
Brian Seaman
Hello,
I am currently building courses for my company. One of the features is including a demonstration of tasks performed in our database which is done with the View Mode. I have been using the Slide Master to make life easier but cannot figure out to set the outline for the caption boxes. I have the fill color our company blue and want the outline color our company orange. I understand that Accent 1 is the fill color and have all of the accent colors our orange and have had no luck. I have read that one of the accents does control the outline color and hopefully it is not accent 1. Thank you for your help.
3 Replies
Hi Brian and welcome to Heroes!
You'll see a description here of the theme colors, and the different accent colors:
Looking at this in my own Storyline files, it seems that the captions automatically take on the Accent 1 color as the fill color, but I can't seem to change the outline color there. You could go into "Format shape" to change the outline color, and then "right click" on the caption to set as the default shape.
Thanks for the reply. I thought the same with setting the default shape might work but the View Mode automatically creates the caption boxes and appears that this can only be adjusted from the theme colors. I was hoping there was a way to be able to control the stroke of the captions globally just like you can do with the fill colors. I read that font size in captions is a current enhancement request. If global control for stroke color is not available currently, should it be submitted as an enhancement request? I am trying to limit the amount of mouse clicks my team has to perform to prevent discrepancies. Thanks.
Hi Brian,
I don't see a global option for the stroke or outline color, so it's definitely worth requesting.
You could also modify one caption box after they're created, and then use the format painter to quickly apply it to the other captions.
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