PowerPoint to Storyline Conversion

Hi Jill,

I'm sorry you ran into so much trouble when importing your PowerPoint slides into Storyline! Thanks for taking the time to share your experience here and the process you used. Sounds like it was quite a tedious endeavor!

That link you shared is up-to-date for Storyline 1. If you're using Storyline 2, you'll want to refer to this one instead. Since PowerPoint and Storyline have different functionalities and features, there are going to be features from PPT that won't carry over exactly into Storyline, as you've encountered. These articles detail which ones to be aware of with some additional details for each specifically. 

Please let me know if you have questions! If you want to share more details on what wasn't importing exactly for you specifically, perhaps others in the community will be able to chime in with tricks they've discovered along the way to streamline that process a little, as well. :)

Thanks Ali,

I do have a question. Does anyone know if we purchase Articulate Presenter, will the import problems go away?

Hi Jill,

Since the features that you're seeing change are specific PowerPoint features, purchasing Presenter won't change how they import into Storyline 2. If you add Presenter elements into the PowerPoint before importing into Storyline, you'll still have to be aware of features in Presenter and PowerPoint not supported in Storyline 2 as detailed in the article I shared above. So the quick answer is no. The softwares all differ in features and functionality so it will never be an exact one-to-one conversion.

Hope that helps clarify a bit more! 

Hello,

I have StoryLine 2 and I cannot import PowerPoints at all.  I can select the file, but the screen freezes (it never displays the slides).  Then the entire app freezes - I have to close via the Task Manager.  I have uninstalled, run the cleanup, reinstalled the app and Flash as well as MS .NET Framework, and have run the app as an administrator.  I have done this many times.  I am beyond frustrated and am not sure where to go from here.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  I've tried:

https://articulate.com/support/article/how-to-repair-articulate-storyline-sl2

and

https://articulate.com/support/article/unexpected-or-erratic-behavior-in-articulate-storyline-2

Nothing works.  Any help is appreciated!

Hi Cathy

have you followed this KB article for importing ppt into SL2 - might have some other things for you to check.

This still doesn't work. The PPT slides never display. I am stuck here:

Hey Cathy sorry to hear you're having trouble. When you reply via email or attach anything it doesn't display in the forum - you'll need to come in and post using the Add attachment button. 

Also just to let you know when you reply via email you signature details display so you can come and select edit to delete them if you don't want them displayed.

If you are still having trouble after working through the tips in the article above you may need to submit a case to Articulate to help you out.

Thanks Wendy.  I have tried everything that I can think of -- I will submit a case with Articulate.

Thanks Cathy and I see that you're working with my colleague Victor (case # 01009155 for my reference) so we'll keep an eye on your case as well to share any updates here. 

Thank you!