Missing bullets on text placeholder
Aug 07, 2013
By
Lisa Smyser
Good morning! I'm creating a new template from scratch in Storyline, and I have an issue. I'm trying to put a text placeholder in the slide master, with formatted bullet items. When I add a text placeholder, I just get a line of text with no bullets and no formatting.
In Powerpoint, when I add a text placeholder, I get the formatted bullets. Is there something I'm missing? I even tried setting it up in powerpoint and importing it. The bulleted items did not import! I just see one line of text.
I searched the forum but couldn't find anything related to this issue. Has anyone else experienced it? Am I missing something obvious?
16 Replies
Hi Lisa,
It seems some things don't "take" when setting them up on a text box or a content placeholder in the master view. Here's what I did after inserting these placeholders on a blank slide in the master view
Hopefully someone from Articulate will confirm or refute. If refute, tell us what to do! If confirm, we can send along a feature request.
Hi Lisa! Just let us know how Becky's suggestion works for you. Thanks Becky!
Hi Leslie,
I actually didn't have a suggestion for getting bullets to work. I was looking for staff (you?) to let us know whether we need to submit a feature request. I think if you look at my post again, you'll see what I mean.
TIA!
Wow! Not sure what I was thinking/looking at! I remember reading this and everything. I thought you did a fantastic job of explaining your findings Becky, and you are absolutely right. You can see a workaround here. Let me double-check on the need for feature request or if this has been reported.
Hi Leslie,
Tx...I'm not sure I see a solution regarding making this work in the slide master on that link? It seems to be more about adjusting the bullet color (and actually one of the suggestions on how to do that is by me).
If I'm mistaken, which is entirely possible, since there's a lot going on on that thread, please do let me know. Otherwise, if this needs to be a feature request, I'd be happy to go ahead and submit one and perhaps Lisa will as well.
Thanks, Leslie!
Thanks Rebecca. I'd be happy to put in a feature request if there isn't one already. I'm really surprised that feature is missing. I know we should try not to use so many bullet points, but some customers require them. I'm building them a template, and I'll have to figure out how to provide the style guide standards without that template. Maybe I'll just create a scene and put styles in there for them to copy. Not very elegant, but could work for now.
Lisa`
Hi Lisa,
I guess we'll wait and see what Leslie says. Usually, even if a feature request has been submitted, Articulate suggest that anyone who's looking for a feature add his/her voice. I assume that's how they get an idea how important the request is to users (compared to how difficult it is for them to implement!).
Okay, Becky and Lisa...yes, seems they are aware, so it's not a 'bug', but I would go ahead and put in a feature request. It cannot hurt and you're not the first ones to mention this, obviously. Thanks for you patience and sorry for my oversight earlier in the thread.
Hi Leslie,
Tx for your attention to this and the confirmation. Putting in my feature request right now.
Nearly 5 years later and this hasn't been fixed despite other threads about it. Any idea when it will be?
Hi there, Kyle. Including formatted bullets in the text placeholder is still considered a feature request. Here's how we handle those.
We continue to monitor the impact and share that with our team, so thank you again, Kyle, for adding your voice!
I have been struggling with this issue for quite some time and just now found this article. Disappointing that this basic functionality has been an issue for over 5 years...seems pretty simple and I feel like it should be considered a "bug". Why have the functionality of slide masters there if you can't set the specifications? :(. I've just submitted a feature request.
I have also just come across this rather strage omission while trying to create a Storyline file to match my company branding. The ability to save custom bullet styles even aside from placing them on slide masters seems to be lacking too.
Thanks Erin and Douglas for contributing. We're tracking this request, and we'll let you know if there are any changes.
Hi. Has including formatted bullets in the text placeholder been resolved yet? If not, can you please point me to an article that gives a work-around.
Hi Cindi,
We've yet to add this as a feature in Storyline, but we'll keep you posted if we do.
I hope others in the community can share their expertise on how they've accomplished this to date!
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