The text seems to change (appears bold) indiscriminately.
I have a document that has been translated into Chinese. The translators provided the text, which looks normal when I paste it into Word or other programs (i.e. all the same font and formatting). However, when I paste the text into Storyline, it randomly appears to bold certain text. See attachment. Note: I've already tried clicking the 'Bold' button. However, it only makes the affected text bolder - so that's not the problem.
I've never ran into this situation but you've piqued my interest as to a solutions. I searched for "copying text into storyline" and many results were presented. Here's a link to the first one I read. Solutions identified seemed interesting. Hope to see what you find to work for your situation.
Kim's pointer is a good start, but I'd generally recommend avoiding copy/paste from Word, especially the newer versions to avoid invisible Word-specific formatting codes that confuse many apps including SL. Chinese and many languages are "multibyte unicode" so they need a compatible font loaded into your system. I know many Kanji fonts exist for Far East language work on English systems
Oh my gosh.... thank you, THANK YOU to both of you!! My text is all uniform now. Looks like Brian was right about the 'multibyte unicode' and 'invisible Word-specific formatting codes'. I was able to make my text look uniform by doing the following:
1. Strip all the formatting out of the original text. Copy text.
2. Create a new text box in Storyline (devoid of any invisible Word-specific formatting codes) and paste text in new text box.
Thank you! This is such a wonderful resource. I literally spent hours this morning trying to figure out this issue on my own. I was able to quickly get my issue resolved by going to this forum. I'm very happy :-)
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Hi Laurie,
I've never ran into this situation but you've piqued my interest as to a solutions. I searched for "copying text into storyline" and many results were presented. Here's a link to the first one I read. Solutions identified seemed interesting. Hope to see what you find to work for your situation.
https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/what-are-your-tips-and-tricks-for-copying-text-into-storyline
Kim's pointer is a good start, but I'd generally recommend avoiding copy/paste from Word, especially the newer versions to avoid invisible Word-specific formatting codes that confuse many apps including SL. Chinese and many languages are "multibyte unicode" so they need a compatible font loaded into your system. I know many Kanji fonts exist for Far East language work on English systems
Oh my gosh.... thank you, THANK YOU to both of you!! My text is all uniform now. Looks like Brian was right about the 'multibyte unicode' and 'invisible Word-specific formatting codes'. I was able to make my text look uniform by doing the following:
1. Strip all the formatting out of the original text. Copy text.
2. Create a new text box in Storyline (devoid of any invisible Word-specific formatting codes) and paste text in new text box.
Hi Laurie!
Glad that you were able to get the assistance that you needed here.
I wanted to pop in and welcome you to E-Learning Heroes :)
Thank you! This is such a wonderful resource. I literally spent hours this morning trying to figure out this issue on my own. I was able to quickly get my issue resolved by going to this forum. I'm very happy :-)
I agree Laurie, this is a great resource. I learn so much daily.
Such lovely sentiments :) Thanks for sharing.
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