Storyline 360 Won't Publish to Word

Sep 29, 2020

Hello all. Whenever I attempt to publish to Word, it appears as if everything is successful, but when I select "View Document", nothing happens. If I open the publish folder, it's empty.  The file name isn't too long, I work locally and publish to my desktop. I'm running the latest version of Storyline 360 (v.3.44.23192.0) and Microsoft Word 2016. Before today I was always able to publish to Word without any issues (last successful publish was approx. 3 weeks ago).  I've even tried opening and republishing older courses that successfully published to Word in the past, but now they won't publish to Word either.  Any assistance is greatly appreciated. As a side note, at least one other co-worker of mine is having the exact same issue. Thanks.

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Kelly Auner

Hi everyone!

I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 74, we've included important fixes and new features.

One of the fixes we've included is:

Storyline 360 could crash when adding conditions to triggers or publishing to Word.

Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.

Please let me know if you have questions!

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Ren Gomez

HI Sharrilyn,

Thanks for reaching out! I see that you've connected with our support team in the past regarding this issue, and you came across a bug we have reported where:

Titles with line breaks (or carriage returns) causes 'Publish to Word' to crash.

Have you checked to ensure you don't have any line breaks in your titles, or are you coming across a different error?

Sharrilyn Schultz

This is a different issue.  There are no page breaks or carriage returns in the title.  I checked a SL360 file I previously published in word and it has the same issue.  The publish window pops up for a second and the message changes to be able to open folder or view files.  There is no content in the folder.

Katie Riggio

Thanks for sharing a file for review, Sharrilyn!

I'm having difficulty recreating any issues when publishing this course for Word using Storyline 360 Update 44. Here's a quick video demo, and I'm attaching the DOC file below.

As a good next step, let's try a simple software repair since multiple files are affected:

Let me know if that helps!

Sharrilyn Schultz

Allison,
When I sent my file in to Articulate to review they found " Course Titles with line breaks (or carriage returns) cause 'Publish to Word' to crash. " Copy your title into Note Pad and see if you have a line break.

Sharrilyn

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John Morgan

Hi Allison,

Thanks for reaching out about this! Currently, there isn't a way to print or publish a course without using Microsoft products in Storyline 360 without using JavaScript. Here is a post from one of our community members on how to add print to your course. 

Print ANYTHING in StoryLine

I hope this helps!

Maggie Lee

I just met this issue today and it happened to a specific file. I solved it by rename the title as a single letter and changed the publish path just under C drive. (My original title has no line brakes)

Only change the title name or change the publish path neither works.

For reference to those who have this issue.

Kelly Auner

Hi everyone!

I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 74, we've included important fixes and new features.

One of the fixes we've included is:

Storyline 360 could crash when adding conditions to triggers or publishing to Word.

Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.

Please let me know if you have questions!