I want to know if copy/paste from Word could cause any problems in a slide (as text) or within a quiz. I use other editors and sometimes some 'underwater' formatting code is pasted. I usually use Notepad for save copy and paste, but if all code is stripped it's fine for me as well.
Useful answer Phil! I was not aware of the context menu.
I was pasting text from Word to the question editor and the formatting was not preserved there.
However, my question is if copying from Word will cause some unwanted code into Articulate. From other authoring tools I sometimes see that a lot of paragraph formatting codes are copied as well.
If Articulate Storyline also with copy and paste filter these codes, than it's fine. And with Phil's answer I can also paste directly the plain text only.
IT will bring across some of the formatting, in fact often it brings across formatting that cannot be removed in Storyline unless you use the clear formatting button on the home toolbar.
Sometimes I find using word pad is better as both Storyline and Wordpad use the same editor.
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the formatting will remian if you use keyboard shortcuts, you can use a right click paste or tab button to only paste the text
Phil
Hi Sjoerd! Looks like Phil is taking care of you here, just let us know if you need anything further.
Useful answer Phil! I was not aware of the context menu.
I was pasting text from Word to the question editor and the formatting was not preserved there.
However, my question is if copying from Word will cause some unwanted code into Articulate. From other authoring tools I sometimes see that a lot of paragraph formatting codes are copied as well.
If Articulate Storyline also with copy and paste filter these codes, than it's fine. And with Phil's answer I can also paste directly the plain text only.
IT will bring across some of the formatting, in fact often it brings across formatting that cannot be removed in Storyline unless you use the clear formatting button on the home toolbar.
Sometimes I find using word pad is better as both Storyline and Wordpad use the same editor.
Glad Phil was able to help you out here Sjoerd, and if you need anything else just let us know!
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