HI! I looked for information about this topic but didn't find what I needed. I'm using Storyline2 and publishing to Word 2010. I want to publish it as a '.docx' file but it is publishing as a '.doc'. I have my setting in the Word program set to save as a '.docx'. Is there a setting in Storyline that I can set?
Hi, Lisa -- Thanks for reaching out and to the best of my knowledge, when Publishing to Word, the only available option is to publish as a .doc. Apologies for any inconvenience, and you are welcome to reach out to our Product Development team with your thoughts or suggestions using this form if you wish. :)
Hello, just checking if publishing only to .doc is still the case. For "security" reasons, my customer blocks .doc files from opening and only allows opening of .docx.
Thanks for reaching out and sharing what publishing format you would like to see.
The feature for Word translation has been updated, and I'll share the details below.
In our February 23, 2021 (Build 3.49.24347.0) version, we released an update to this functionality:
New: Word translation is faster, provides more context for translators, and preserves all text formatting, including lists and paragraph spacing. Plus, it uses the modern DOCX format so that you can open files in any DOCX editor, such as Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice.
We are currently on Build 3.56.26145.0 of Storyline 360. You can read all of the details here.
Hello. According to the above post, when publishing to Word via SL 360, it should publish as a .docx? I have the latest SL 360 and it stills publishes Word to .doc files.
I apologize for any confusion, Thomas. The updated feature mentioned above is specific to Word translation. The ability to publish the course to .docx format is still an open feature request with our team.
Thank you for your response. As you probably know .docx has been in existence since Office 2007. And I realize that you know technology has changed dramatically since 2007. Microsoft is now publishing Office 2021. Windows 10 didn't register the Date Modified on the DOC I updated from Storyline 360 published to Word. Word didn't even register the opening and saving of the file. I think it's about time for Articulate to update Storyline 360 to publish Word documents in a .docx format. At least give us that option.
I realize we can enter a feature request but this request isn't really a feature but a necessary software upgrade. Please pass this on to whoever can make this happen.
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Hi, Lisa -- Thanks for reaching out and to the best of my knowledge, when Publishing to Word, the only available option is to publish as a .doc. Apologies for any inconvenience, and you are welcome to reach out to our Product Development team with your thoughts or suggestions using this form if you wish. :)
Hello, just checking if publishing only to .doc is still the case. For "security" reasons, my customer blocks .doc files from opening and only allows opening of .docx.
Any update on this?
Thanks!
Hi Karen,
Thanks for reaching out and sharing what publishing format you would like to see.
The feature for Word translation has been updated, and I'll share the details below.
In our February 23, 2021 (Build 3.49.24347.0) version, we released an update to this functionality:
New: Word translation is faster, provides more context for translators, and preserves all text formatting, including lists and paragraph spacing. Plus, it uses the modern DOCX format so that you can open files in any DOCX editor, such as Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice.
We are currently on Build 3.56.26145.0 of Storyline 360. You can read all of the details here.
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Hello. According to the above post, when publishing to Word via SL 360, it should publish as a .docx? I have the latest SL 360 and it stills publishes Word to .doc files.
I apologize for any confusion, Thomas. The updated feature mentioned above is specific to Word translation. The ability to publish the course to .docx format is still an open feature request with our team.
Hi Leslie,
Thank you for your response. As you probably know .docx has been in existence since Office 2007. And I realize that you know technology has changed dramatically since 2007. Microsoft is now publishing Office 2021. Windows 10 didn't register the Date Modified on the DOC I updated from Storyline 360 published to Word. Word didn't even register the opening and saving of the file. I think it's about time for Articulate to update Storyline 360 to publish Word documents in a .docx format. At least give us that option.
I realize we can enter a feature request but this request isn't really a feature but a necessary software upgrade. Please pass this on to whoever can make this happen.
Thank you very much!
Emerson
I'm voting for publishing to a format that isn't 19 years out of date. There were reasons that Microsoft changed it's format from doc to docx.