Textbox Property - Do Not Autofit does not seem to be working

Hi Art, 

If you're able to record a screencast of the issue as you describe it, then send that recording to us, we'd be happy to take a closer look at what might be going on. 

Thanks!

Here ya go. Attached

Thanks

Case submitted.  Sorry, did not follow links initially. 

Thanks, Art. We'll take a look ASAP.

I'm having exactly the same issue - please keep this thread posted!

Thanks

Found a solution!

I made the text box (with variable) huge - dragged the bottom of it miles off the bottom of the slide space.

This stops Storyline trying to squeeze the text to fit - because there is lots of room for large amounts of text.

Set the format shape/text box settings to 'Wrap text in shape' and 'Do not Autofit'

Then I moved the text box into a scroll box.

Where do I even find the text option box - I want to select not to autofit, but cannot find this setting?

Hi Erin and welcome to E-Learning Heroes!

If you right click in your text box, choose Format Shape, and that setting is under Text Box tab:

Did anyone ever come up with a better solution to this problem?

(It's great that you figured out a work around, Roger, but I'm hoping for something cleaner if possible.)

Never mind...got it.  Don't use a textbox, use a shape and add the text to that. Format the textfield of the shape so that it isn't set to autofit, and even with no fill, it'll maintain its dimensions instead of shrinking the referenced value to fit the size of the reference text.