Has anyone had an issues before where the text that they type into a text box appears differently when you click out of the text box?
Sometimes I type something and then when I'm finished it looks like a different font and the spacing is different yet when I click back into the text box to edit it, it changes to the original typing I put in!
Well after closing it down and restarting a few times it seems to have sorted itself out. Maybe it was getting confused between different theme settings!
Hayley, are you using Storyline 1 or 2? It's a known issue with SL1 that the text boxes act weird -- i.e., as you described -- except when you are viewing the slide at 100%. (If you're using SL2, then the text boxes should be stable at any viewing size.)
Great point Judy - in regards to zooming in on the slide stage can have odd behavior such as text and other elements not appearing correctly. It sounds like you're seeing something similar but a reboot worked - so check into the slide zoom and the items I mentioned in terms of working locally.
I am using SL1 still. As far as I am aware the slide was at 100% and I had more than one text box on the slide and it wasn't happening to all of them. But I will make sure to check that in future.
I always work locally and then upload manually to cloud storage afterwards if needed because syncing has caused me huge issues in the past with other video editing software.
Using 360 when I click in a text box the paragraph spacing changes from 6pt top and 6pt below to 13.66pt top & 13.66pt below. when I click out it goes back to normal.
I'm happy to help! I've tried to recreate this issue on my end in Storyline 360 (Build 3.52.25156.0), and I do not see the same behavior. Are you finding this happens with every text box in your course or just a specific one?
If you'd like me to take a look at your project, you can attach the .story file to this public discussion or share it privately in a support case.
FYI: I encountered similar behavior after I upgraded to the most recent version of SL3. I never checked the exact spacing. But, sometimes when I clicked to edit a text box, the text shifted as if I had expanded the spacing. Then it would return to normal when I clicked away from the text box. The problem was inconsistent. I didn't see a pattern.
This reminds me of how the text boxes acted in SL1.
The attached file has a few slides that demonstrate the issue (at least, to me, using SL3).
I appreciate you sharing an example with the details. I see the text shift in your example. Unfortunately, I'm unable to replicate the behavior in a new file.
I've opened a support case on your behalf so that one of our support engineers can dig in a bit deeper to see what's happening here.
Update: I received an email from Articulate support last night. The engineer said "it appears that the issue might be related to the Slide master layout applied to the Slides." He was able to replicate the issue.
Well, that explains when the issue occurs. But it doesn'tsolve the issue.
Here's what I see in my own additional testing:
I add 12 points of line spacing to the text box in the Master layout.
I create a slide with that layout, and add 3 lines of text (separated by returns).
With my cursor in just 1 line, I adjust its line spacing. But that changes the spacing for all of the lines. (That didn't happen in the past. I could adjust the spacing for any single line.)
If I add a bullet to a line and adjust the spacing directly in the Paragraph options (i.e., without first clicking the Indent button), SL applies the adjustments to all of the lines.
If I add a bullet, click the Indent button, and then adjust the spacing in the Paragraph options, those adjustments will impact only that line (as expected).
After I've done that, I can adjust the spacing for each line.
From my perspective, I'd say that the latest update broke how the Master layout works.
Best guess on the cause: it's related to Text Styles.
Another observation: In the above testing, I couldn't replicate the issue with the line spacing appearing to change when I clicked in the text box and then reverting when I clicked out. The file where I did encounter that issue was developed before the recent update. So that aspect is likely related to how the text "upgraded" to the new version that includes the option for styles. It doesn't seem to occur with new text boxes. (But we'll see...)
What I'm sure of: Articulate didn't do enough validation testing.
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Haven't encountered that exactly. Are you able to share your file at all Hayley?
Well after closing it down and restarting a few times it seems to have sorted itself out. Maybe it was getting confused between different theme settings!
Always works that way with things, right? Glad to hear it's back to normal Hayley - and you may also want to look at the information here in regards to working on project files and preventing odd behavior.
Hayley, are you using Storyline 1 or 2? It's a known issue with SL1 that the text boxes act weird -- i.e., as you described -- except when you are viewing the slide at 100%. (If you're using SL2, then the text boxes should be stable at any viewing size.)
Great point Judy - in regards to zooming in on the slide stage can have odd behavior such as text and other elements not appearing correctly. It sounds like you're seeing something similar but a reboot worked - so check into the slide zoom and the items I mentioned in terms of working locally.
Hi thanks for the tips.
I am using SL1 still. As far as I am aware the slide was at 100% and I had more than one text box on the slide and it wasn't happening to all of them. But I will make sure to check that in future.
I always work locally and then upload manually to cloud storage afterwards if needed because syncing has caused me huge issues in the past with other video editing software.
Thanks Hayley, the other issue is ensuring that you're working at DPI setting of 96 as described here.
Let us know if you run into it again and we'll want to take a look at the .story file.
Using 360 when I click in a text box the paragraph spacing changes from 6pt top and 6pt below to 13.66pt top & 13.66pt below. when I click out it goes back to normal.
Hi Richard!
I'm happy to help! I've tried to recreate this issue on my end in Storyline 360 (Build 3.52.25156.0), and I do not see the same behavior. Are you finding this happens with every text box in your course or just a specific one?
If you'd like me to take a look at your project, you can attach the .story file to this public discussion or share it privately in a support case.
FYI: I encountered similar behavior after I upgraded to the most recent version of SL3. I never checked the exact spacing. But, sometimes when I clicked to edit a text box, the text shifted as if I had expanded the spacing. Then it would return to normal when I clicked away from the text box. The problem was inconsistent. I didn't see a pattern.
This reminds me of how the text boxes acted in SL1.
The attached file has a few slides that demonstrate the issue (at least, to me, using SL3).
Hi Judy,
I appreciate you sharing an example with the details. I see the text shift in your example. Unfortunately, I'm unable to replicate the behavior in a new file.
I've opened a support case on your behalf so that one of our support engineers can dig in a bit deeper to see what's happening here.
You should hear from someone soon.
Update: I received an email from Articulate support last night. The engineer said "it appears that the issue might be related to the Slide master layout applied to the Slides." He was able to replicate the issue.
Well, that explains when the issue occurs. But it doesn't solve the issue.
Here's what I see in my own additional testing:
From my perspective, I'd say that the latest update broke how the Master layout works.