Changing the default font size

I have not seen a setting to change the size; however, I just use the "Set as default" option on the right-click menu for objects. For example, I'll add a text box to a screen and format it to be the font & size I want all my text boxes to be. Then simply right-click the text box and select "Set as Default Text Box". Now anytime you add a text box in your story file, it will be formatted the same. This works for any object (shapes, captions, etc).

Thank you Jamie for that great tip.

ditto!

double ditto!!!!

I do not see a "Set as default" option in the right-click drop down of a text box in Storyline. Not being able to set a default text size is a serious problem.  I have to resize EVERY text box I make. The format painter also does not seem to deal with text size formatting.

Hi there Bruce,

Just wanting to make sure that you're right-clicking on the border of the "box" itself and not the text in the box. If you right-click on the text, you're not going to see that option.

Here's what it should look like:

Let us know if you're still not seeing this option in the menu.

Thanks!

Yes, this works.  Thank you!

Wonderful, glad to hear it!

I completed building a quiz in Question Bank and would now like to change the font size on all the slides at once in the bank. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance!

Hi Frank,

You can change the font, color, and size of the questions in the quiz bank by making updates to the Master slide for a question. 

Thanks guys for the clarification regarding the BORDER of the text box as opposed to the text itself in setting a default font size. I wasn't seeing this default text option; NOW I SEE

Thanks

Apparently, this doesn't apply to tables.  Every time I insert a table the default font size is 18.5 (I have a custom slide size).  I have to change it to 14px every time - super annoying.

Hi there, Bill!

Thank you for reaching out! Your post reminded me of this similar discussion that covers how Storyline calculates font size when the slide size changes.

A few ideas in the meantime!

• You could quickly increase the table font size with the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+>
• If you need to create courses with a custom design, I recommend saving the Storyline project as a template: Using Custom Templates
• Use slide masters to set the default themes, colors, fonts, text, and objects for slides throughout the course: Using Slide Masters

Hello, I am on SL 360 and I don't see that option to change my font default size. I did right click on the text box not the text itself. Am I missing something? Thanks!

I have the exact same problem as Joselina. I've tried this trick in both the Slide Master view and the regular view, with the same results. 

Somewhat embarrassing, but I think I've figured out the issue. I was trying to set a text box as default after I'd set the font size I wanted, but before I'd added any text. Once I'd added text, the option appeared, which makes some sense. I see from Joselina's screenshot that they were doing the same thing. 

Sweet, and thanks for the screenshots.

I'm glad that this older conversation was able to help you as well, Sheri. I appreciate you popping in to share and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊