I have recently upgraded to Storyline 2 and am enjoying the upgrade except for a problem I am experiencing copying and pasting text into my Storyline slides. I do development off PowerPoint storyboards and need to be able to copy text from PowerPoint, or others sources such as Word, into my Storyline slides. For some reason Storyline is not allowing me to paste copied text. Is anyone else experiencing similar problems?
My original posting is incorrect because I can copy and paste from Word and PowerPoint into my Storyline slides. It doesn't seem to work when I try copy and paste from Notepad, which is unfortunate as I use notepad sometimes to remove the formatting on copied text. Thankfully though the copy from Word and PowerPoint does work, saving me hours of typing :)
Can you try copy from Notepad and let me know if that works?
That is a surprise to hear. There must be something funny on my machine. Storyline is working wonderfully in all other areas. Maybe its time to upgrade my machine.
One big issue I have in the inability to copy and paste from Storyline 2 back into PowerPoint. Sometimes I need to re-use an item back in PowerPoint but as far as I can work out Storyline disables the clipboard in Windows. Why does it do this?
Thanks Christine...I did read that before...it's a little annoying...guess it protects copying of the illustrated characters but would be nice to copy vector shapes back into PowerPoint.
Sure thing, John, and if you'd like to share your thoughts for functionality you'd like to see made available, you are welcome to reach out to the Product Development team via this form.
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Hello Lawrence!
I have tested a new file in Storyline 2, and I was able to copy and paste text from both Powerpoint 2013 and Word 2013.
Please make sure you are working locally as described here with all of the files. Have you seen this on every file you create?
You could also import the powerpoint slides into Storyline directly.
Hi Emily,
Thank you for your response.
My original posting is incorrect because I can copy and paste from Word and PowerPoint into my Storyline slides. It doesn't seem to work when I try copy and paste from Notepad, which is unfortunate as I use notepad sometimes to remove the formatting on copied text. Thankfully though the copy from Word and PowerPoint does work, saving me hours of typing :)
Can you try copy from Notepad and let me know if that works?
Hello Lawrence!
I am able to copy and paste directly from Notepad as well.
Thanks Emily,
That is a surprise to hear. There must be something funny on my machine. Storyline is working wonderfully in all other areas. Maybe its time to upgrade my machine.
Hello Lawrence,
You can check here to make sure you are using the correct system requirements for Storyline 2.
If the issue persists, you can always submit a support case.
Thanks Emily,
I will check the requirements and then submit a support case.
One big issue I have in the inability to copy and paste from Storyline 2 back into PowerPoint. Sometimes I need to re-use an item back in PowerPoint but as far as I can work out Storyline disables the clipboard in Windows. Why does it do this?
Hi, John -- Thanks so much for reaching out here! While this information was offered for SL1, the same applies with respects to SL2: Cannot Copy and Paste Images from Storyline into Other Programs. Please let us know if you have any other questions!
Thanks Christine...I did read that before...it's a little annoying...guess it protects copying of the illustrated characters but would be nice to copy vector shapes back into PowerPoint.
Sure thing, John, and if you'd like to share your thoughts for functionality you'd like to see made available, you are welcome to reach out to the Product Development team via this form.
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