I do not want a font shadow on my questions. It makes the text very difficult to read. I have tried everything I know to get rid of the shadow, but it persists on showing up in the published file. In the .story file, no shadow is visible. Can anyone help me make this shadow go away please?
Thanks Christie and Wendy. I had tried the first suggestion and variations on that, but not turning off the shadow under under Format Shape. It worked! So I applied that no-shadow setting on my slide master and my questions look good now. Thank you!
I have to say, this is one of my biggest complaints about SL: it preformats text, shapes, buttons -- everything! -- then makes one select and click and highlight and deselect ad infinitum to get rid of the formatting. It would be so much more efficient if one could create and apply styles like other programs. Sometimes I get so frustrated with the repetition of custom formatting that I'm tempted to just accept all the SL defaults, for better or worse, to save myself the time and irritation.
But, again, thank you for that simple fix. I will add it to my bag of tricks because I'm sure it will come up again in another project.
Hi, Kendra -- Glad to hear Wendy's suggestion did the trick for you, and thank you for voicing your opinion and frustrations. We value all suggestions and ideas for improvement, so if possible, could you please use this form to share your input with our Product Development team, as well? Thanks again!
Wendy I couldn't agree more. The way the formatting of text boxes, shapes etc., are set as a default should be clear of any presets. For example, I don't want my text boxes to default to internal margins with 10 px on left and right and 5 px top and bottom. This makes it extremely tedious to line up text with other elements on the page. Likewise, I don't want shadowed text on my captions or buttons but that's the default and I have to go through and edit each new one (or copy one that's already been edited) and that is time consuming. I know you are supposed to be able to set default shapes, textboxes, etc., in SL but that has been very hit or miss in my experience; it never seems to work the way I expect it to if it works at all.
The default settings, IMHO, should be completely plain. No spacing, no shadows, no centering, no bold, no "Shrink text on overflow," etc., etc. If I want any of those things I'll apply them.
What SL could really use is a sophisticated preferences section like you have in Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator or even MS Office where you can customize your preferences to your hearts content.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience and ideas for improvement, Brett! And as I'm sure you already know, it would be appreciated if you can share your suggestions with our Product team via this form when you have a chance. :)
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Hi, Kendra -- Thank you for your question! May I ask if you have tried the steps Wendy Farmer recommended here to see if you find improvement?
Thanks Christie and Wendy. I had tried the first suggestion and variations on that, but not turning off the shadow under under Format Shape. It worked! So I applied that no-shadow setting on my slide master and my questions look good now. Thank you!
I have to say, this is one of my biggest complaints about SL: it preformats text, shapes, buttons -- everything! -- then makes one select and click and highlight and deselect ad infinitum to get rid of the formatting. It would be so much more efficient if one could create and apply styles like other programs. Sometimes I get so frustrated with the repetition of custom formatting that I'm tempted to just accept all the SL defaults, for better or worse, to save myself the time and irritation.
But, again, thank you for that simple fix. I will add it to my bag of tricks because I'm sure it will come up again in another project.
Hi, Kendra -- Glad to hear Wendy's suggestion did the trick for you, and thank you for voicing your opinion and frustrations. We value all suggestions and ideas for improvement, so if possible, could you please use this form to share your input with our Product Development team, as well? Thanks again!
Wendy I couldn't agree more. The way the formatting of text boxes, shapes etc., are set as a default should be clear of any presets. For example, I don't want my text boxes to default to internal margins with 10 px on left and right and 5 px top and bottom. This makes it extremely tedious to line up text with other elements on the page. Likewise, I don't want shadowed text on my captions or buttons but that's the default and I have to go through and edit each new one (or copy one that's already been edited) and that is time consuming. I know you are supposed to be able to set default shapes, textboxes, etc., in SL but that has been very hit or miss in my experience; it never seems to work the way I expect it to if it works at all.
The default settings, IMHO, should be completely plain. No spacing, no shadows, no centering, no bold, no "Shrink text on overflow," etc., etc. If I want any of those things I'll apply them.
What SL could really use is a sophisticated preferences section like you have in Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator or even MS Office where you can customize your preferences to your hearts content.
End of rant...
Thanks so much for sharing your experience and ideas for improvement, Brett! And as I'm sure you already know, it would be appreciated if you can share your suggestions with our Product team via this form when you have a chance. :)
Hi Christie,
Yup, did that. Thanks.
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