Tip: How to Format Storyline Text

Jerson,

Thanks for that tip. It certainly addresses one of my frustrations in formatting text with SL.

Russ

Thanks, Jerson!  I knew that if I copied and pasted text from Word, Storyline would maintain the formatting. But I didn't know how to apply that formatting to other text. Now I do!

Of course, I still want Articulate to add better formatting options. We should be able to control leading and paragraph spacing within Storyline!

I'm glad I was able to help out.

Very helpful, Jerson! I am new to Storyline and had been wrestling with multi-layered number lists and indent spacing without success. This is still not what I wish Storyline had on its own but it's WAY better than where I was at.

That was terrific, Jerson! I never knew you could copy formatting like that in Storyline.

Well done and thanks so much for sharing!

This will be a great time saver.

Hi Jerson

Video is blocked here can you let me know in tet format what you have done?

Thanks

Michelle

Very useful!

Nice use of Replay and Cat Ipsum

Hi Michelle

No problem.  Copy your text into Microsoft Word. Apply line spacing and line indenting formatting as you like. Then highlight all the text, copy and paste it into Storyline. Don't paste it into any object or caption, just paste it. It will create a new text box with the text and keep the formatting. You can then format the background color, border color, text color, and font the way you like it.  Once you have set it up the way you like it. You can then copy and paste the entire formatting of the entire object. Select the object, press CTRL+Shift+C to copy the format,  then select another text box or shape with text in it and press CTRL+Shift+V to paste the format.  NOTE*  This wont work if you have different fonts, font sizes, line spacing in the same object.

Jerson - does standard "Format Painter" work rather than using the CTRL+Shift+C / V sequence?

I think it does.  I just found it easier to press CTRL+Shift+C.

Thanks for the helpful tip Jerson (Y)

Thanks!

Thanks for the tip.  That is very helpful.  Btw,  I am curious if anyone has encountered a bullet point issue where the last bullet point on the list has a different color or a different size, and there is no way you can change it?

@Alice,  Tim Slade covered this in short video.  http://elearninguncovered.com/2014/02/video-post-avoiding-bullet-point-issues-articulate-storyline/

Great tip, thanks!

Thanks Jerson! Super useful tip!

Happy to have found the bullet-list tip. That has been soooo frustrating and so hard to fix manually!

Great tip on the bullet list issue.  Thank you so much.

very helpful tip on the bullet and formatting issue

Thank you so much!!  This is a great help especially with numbered items.