Wow

Here's some more SL2 weirdness... I had created a project, everything looked great, saved it. I open it today and my quiz questions are formatted to go off the slide, instead of wrapping to a second line. The really strange thing is that the slide preview shows the question wrapped...see attachment.

Hi Mike, did you copy and paste the text from some other source or import it from PowerPoint by any chance? The reason I'm asking is because this happens to me too usually when the text is from PowerPoint. It drives me crazy which probably is not much help to you.

Nancy,

As a matter of fact, I DID copy that text from a Word doc. It's always helpful to know if there is a common cause to an issue, so thanks for mentioning that. What seems strange to me is that I'm almost positive it looked fine when I last saved the project, so I was wondering why it reverted to a single line. This could be a real problem if a project is re-published at a later date and someone doesn't go through to make sure all of the quizzes are still okay.

Hi Mike

this thread might help with your text off page issue

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/text-box-goes-off-the-page

Thanks Wendy, but that's not exactly the problem I'm having. This is happening before I even publish the project.

Mike, if you just drag the text back into place it will revert back next time you open the project so I find the if you clear the formatting and reapply the formatting that you want to see it should fix the problem. the other option is to reformat the text box by setting it to do not autofit. if it is already set to do not autofit set it to something else and then go back and change it to do not autofit.

Hi Mike! Seems like Nancy is assisting you here, just let us know if you need anything further.

Nancy,

I dragged the text box larger to accommodate two lines, and it appears to stay have stayed that way for now. Thanks!

Leslie,

Can you address all three of the issues I mentioned?

Hi Mike,

In regards to the right click behavior on triggers, I'm not able to replicate this on my own Storyline interface. I right click and get options for "Edit, Copy, Paste and Delete". Do you see those options but then trying to use them it disappears? 

In regards to copying/pasting triggers from one project to another, I haven't tried to do that - and instead I'd look at importing the slides in as I think copying triggers that refer to specific elements in another project could be problematic. We are aware of an issue in regards to the variables being renamed after going through the import detailed here. 

As for the text, I don't know that I've seen the behavior outside of the thread Wendy linked to. I assume you've confirmed you're working on local project files?  Could you share one of the files in question? 

I see those options popup, but the menu disappears as soon as I release the right mouse button. Very strange.

I'll try importing instead to see if the triggers remain unmodified.

This behavior does not seem to be repeatable. The text box (quiz question) was fine when I had closed the project, but when I re-opened it had changed to a single line. The files I'm working off of now are on a USB attached drive, accessed locally. I would share the slide in question, but as I said, I can't repeat the problem. I have more of these to create so if I see more I will try to watch for a pattern.

Hi Mike,

If they're disappearing, I'd look at going through the repair as that'll help ensure everything in Storyline is working correctly. 

As for the USB drive, do you mean that you back them up there, and then download to your local drive to open? Opening them or saving directly to the USB drive could be contributing to the odd behavior. So if you need to back them up there, I'd first save to your local drive, close the file, and then copy to the USB drive - and then do the reverse to work on it off your local drive (copy from the USB to hard drive, then open). 

No, I've been working directly off of the USB drive while working from home. It's connected via USB 3.

Hi Mike!

Working off of a network or USB drive can cause unwanted erratic behavior. We always recommend working locally. This could explain the behavior you are experiencing for sure.