Default Setting for Text Boxes - Do Not Resize

Hi Alyssa

I entered Text Box but I should have typed Caption. If I use a consistent Caption shape and font size, I can right-click and select Set as Default Shape which should solve my issue.

Thanks for asking!

Ah, thanks for letting me know! I'm glad you found what you needed, Maryanne. 

I am not the original poster, but I, too, would like a default option for "Do Not Autofit."  

When I am entering text, I would like to be able to know what my font size *actually* is, rather than whatever I started with that Articulate then changed for me.  

I routinely am creating multiple text boxes on a slide, and would like to be able to ensure they are all the same font size.  Being able to select a single default choice for "Do Not Autofit" would let me set it once at the beginning of a project (or once at the beginning of time, even better!), and then only allow Autofit on those rare occasions that I might be interested in using it.

In short, I want control over my font sizes.

Thanks for the candid feedback, Katherine. I know our team is always keen to hear about how we can improve our tools to be more useful for you, so I can certainly pass along your suggestion. 

Our product team does love hearing new ideas, so keep them coming!

I second the call for this feature. I spend inordinate amounts of time checking size and resizing fonts in text boxes. Just please give us the option to display what we asked for -- if we could turn off the "feature" that resizes the text it would save countless hours and errors.

Yes, I also second a call for this feature.  Our team has also spent a lot of time checking the size of the fonts in text boxes.  

Thanks everyone for chiming in!  Just to make sure I'm clear, would you prefer the text to overflow the shape, or for the shape to resize, as the default behavior?

I agree also. if would be great if there was setting where we can choose what the default is.

In case it helps someone...the option to "Do not autofit"    (Format Shape > Text Box), is copyable, meaning if you create one object with the option set and copy/paste it the 2nd object will also have it set.   

Also if you select multiple text blocks you can set the property for them all at once.

Thanks for the timesaving tip, Discover Campus! We're tracking the request to set default text box formatting, so this method might help folks in the meantime.

I want to +1 this request as well. Make "Do not autofit" as a default behavior for new textboxes. We need to ensure that we meet minimum font size for compliance with accessibility guidelines and without this we can't do that unless we go multiple clicks deep on each box to uncheck this default. 

To answer your question, the text should overflow. Don't dynamically resize anything for me. I know what I'm doing and want SL3 to just do as I command, not second guess me. Thanks! 

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Matt.

I've shared them in the feature request as well.

Welcome to E-Learning Heroes by the way :)

Add me to the chorus of "please let us set a default for auto fit and resizing." It's unnnerving to have text resize itself, and a huge hassle to have to turn it off on each separate text box. Thanks!

We have multiple IDs working on the same projects. Style consistency is important. Default text box settings for autofit, internal margins, indentations, spacing, and font would be a huge time saver. HUGE. 

Hi Jef,

Thanks for adding your voice to this feature! Also, welcome to the E-Learning Heroes community! 

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Hi, I'm wondering if this feature request has been implemented. If I want to not auto fit text do I still have to do so one at a time for each text box? 

Hi Susan,

No updates yet, but I've added your voice to the request and will be sure to let you know when there's any progress to report!

I'm throwing my hat in the ring too! I'm also working on projects where I need everything to be the same size. I also have strict deadlines coming up and this as a default feature would save so much time! 

Put the text in a shape instead of a text box. I have no idea why but it works!

Good day! I too would like to put my 2 cents in on this topic. I'm on a time crunch on a Storyline video and going in and adjusting the do not autofit just adds to be development time. Would love to have this as the default if at all possible. Thank you.

Any update to this? I would love to set text boxes to where the shape enlarges to fit what the actual font size is.

Hi S T,

Thank you for inquiring about this feature! While I don't have an update to share, we are continuing to track requests for this feature. I will be sure to add your comments to our report.

We will be sure to reach back out as soon as we have an update to share!

Could  you just set the default for a text box to "Do not autofit"?  We can then do the mouse clicks to change if we need that feature for some reason.

Please add me to the chorus of  people who want the option to have all text boxes default to Do Not Autofit.  I am working on a course with hundreds of text boxes and the font size has to be consistent throughout, regardless of the size of the box or length of text.  Without this option, I spend hours manually changing the Autofit option to Do Not Autofit for each text box.