Glitch: Headings not properly applied to pasted text in Storyline 360
Jan 12, 2021
Hi guys, I've discovered a bug that's pretty annoying. If I'm free-composing text within Storyline 360, the headings apply normally--only affecting the current paragraph, separated by returns. However, if I paste in text from another program (Powerpoint in my case), even though there are returns in the body of text, the heading I choose is applied to the entire body--not just the current line separated by return.
The first workaround I found for this seems to be to free compose the beginning of each paragraph I want formatted in a different heading style/normal text and THEN paste each individual paragraph on top of it. This is time consuming and doesn't work nearly as well as in Powerpoint.
Just now I tried pasting to match destination formatting and this works much better--however, I still don't see why a simple paste--especially pasting 'text only' shouldn't also work: there are still returns in the body, so why shouldn't the headings only apply to the current paragraph?
https://360.articulate.com/review/content/15b121da-a684-487b-af03-4c3544784561/review
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OK--I take it back about the 'match destination formatting' working. It still doesn't work correctly following the initial paste into the blank text box--no matter which formatting I choose. However, if I paste the text, then delete it, then paste again (sometimes on the third try) it will finally start to properly apply the headings.
Hello Jonathan!
Thank you for sharing a screen recording as well as these details! This does, in fact, look like a bug; however, I do not see the same on my end. You can see my test here.
It sounds like it might be an issue with the font. Have you tried using a font that is both in Storyline 360 and PowerPoint? Also, is this happening when pasting that text in a new project?
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