Hello Madison. You need to right-click on the text box and select Format Shape. Then click the Text Box tab and select "Do not Autofit." I find this as the default really annoying as well but don't think there is currently a way to change the default.
Hi, David -- To the best of my knowledge, there is not a way that is currently available to make this adjustment globally, and you are welcome to share your request for this functionality with our Product Development team by way of a feature request using this form.
In the meantime, you may also want to check out this thread for some additional ideas you may be able to use.
This conversation is pretty dated, and it looks like you're using Storyline 360, so I'd like to start new with you here.
Since the original conversation was related to the auto-resize of text boxes, it sounds like you may have upgraded your text. We can start there.
Text autofit improvements give you complete control over text, such as preserving your preferred font size and preventing it from automatically shrinking. There are now three autofit options for managing text elements:
Expand width. Select this option to turn off text wrapping and allow the text box's width to expand to accommodate text.
Expand height. Select this option to turn on text wrapping and allow the text box's height to expand to accommodate text. (The width of the text box is fixed.)
Fixed-size. Select this option to lock a text box at a fixed size. When locked, you can add a scroll bar to the text that doesn't fit or let it overflow, as shown below.
While not a current feature of Storyline, we have a request logged for Default text box features - Alignment, Margins, Autofit, etc.- linked to this discussion.
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Hello Madison. You need to right-click on the text box and select Format Shape. Then click the Text Box tab and select "Do not Autofit." I find this as the default really annoying as well but don't think there is currently a way to change the default.
Hi Madison and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! Looks like Brett has you taken care of here, so just let us know if you need anything further.
ROCK STAR! Thanks much for your accurate + lightning-fast input!
Well, I take that as a yes! Glad that Brett was able to help you out here Madison
Thanks I needed to know how to do this today.
Glad that this thread is still able to assist users Mary Ann :)
Where is the global setting? I have 2 long courses with hundreds of text boxes that need the auto resize turned off.
Hi, David -- To the best of my knowledge, there is not a way that is currently available to make this adjustment globally, and you are welcome to share your request for this functionality with our Product Development team by way of a feature request using this form.
In the meantime, you may also want to check out this thread for some additional ideas you may be able to use.
Hey, you know that you can perform this same action on the slide master and then it will take on all of your subsequent slides, right?
Thanks Doug for sharing here - and although this thread is a bit older, it's always good to have other ideas and solutions shared here.
Thanks Doug, great suggestion. This should eliminate this issue going forward.
However, having trouble applying this update retroactively to existing slides though...any ideas?
just chiming in with this one again - this feature is really annoying and should have a universal control - is there any hope of getting this fixed?
Hello Suzanne,
This conversation is pretty dated, and it looks like you're using Storyline 360, so I'd like to start new with you here.
Since the original conversation was related to the auto-resize of text boxes, it sounds like you may have upgraded your text. We can start there.
Text autofit improvements give you complete control over text, such as preserving your preferred font size and preventing it from automatically shrinking. There are now three autofit options for managing text elements:
Can we set the font to not change when a text box is resized (like stupid powerpoint) a default for ALL text boxes that you use/create?
Hi, Wayne.
While not a current feature of Storyline, we have a request logged for Default text box features - Alignment, Margins, Autofit, etc.- linked to this discussion.
We'll come back to update you when we have news to share. You can also keep an eye on our feature roadmap here.
I would also like to set default margins for textboxes, and shapes that have text.