Storyline preview different
May 02, 2013
By
Mark C
I am quite new at Storyline and have noticed that when I click to preview my work, the layout is different from what I am actually working on.
For example, I have text in a text box which overflows off the bottom of the text box. When I click preview it the slide seems to be stretched and all the text fits in to the text box with spare white space at the bottom of the text box however when I'm in the 'design' mode, it falls outside the text box.
Is there a setting or something that I am missing?
6 Replies
Hi Mark,
Could you post the slide and/or screenshots of the slide before and after publishing?
Welcome to the community, Mark!
There's a couple things we can try on your end to see if we can improve the way your course is behaving while previewing.
First, please make sure that you're working with local project files:
Additional information regarding "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces" in Windows operating systems can be found in the following Microsoft article.
If you are working locally and this still happens, please check your system's DPI. Storyline doesn't currently support 120 DPI. If your system is set to 120 DPI, you may experience erratic behavior, such as:
* Elements of the application are misplaced or distorted.
* Objects are misplaced or distorted when previewed or published.
* Zoomed images don't work as expected.
* Font sizes are incorrect after using the translation features.
Here's how you can switch to 96 DPI
If your files are all local and you've set your DPI to 96, and the issue persists, please make sure you're running the most recent version of Storyline. To find this information, click on "Help" and "About Articulate Storyline". If you are not running version 2 (1212.1412), please download and install the update from the link below.
Storyline > Download Update 2
I hope this helps! Let us know if you see any improvement.
Thanks :)
Thank you for the responses.
I have tried everything your have recommneded Christine. All settings appear to be normal. I also have the latest version of Storyline.
Here are screen shots of what is happening. You can see in the preview, the text all fits nicely within the box but in the design view it falls outside the text box.
Hi,
I want to show the 1st screen which I desing after that the Storyline GUI will come when I click the start button.
If anyone can help me to solve this issues.
I have attacheced referece images.
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the screenshots! Also, thank you for trying all of that. Sorry to hear that didn't fix the issue, though.
Are you using an OTF (OpenType) font, by any chance? First, you may want to try using a different font just to see if the same thing happens. If you can, please try using a TrueType font.
Articulate Support - Submit a Support Case
Please be sure to include a description of your issue. Please also include the URL for this thread in the form. Also, please share the case number with me. You're welcome to do so here, or in a private message. This way I can follow the progress of the case and update this thread.
Thanks again, Mark. Hopefully we'll be able to get this resolved for you soon.
Christine
Hi Mark,
If all fits OK in the Preview mode and in the Published story; maybe try to set your Design mode with a zoom level at 100% (in your screenshot, the zoom = 67%). This setting worked fine for me.
Al
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