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Can users copy text from a screen?
Hi,
I've explored a few of the posts regarding editable text fields, which I'm able to create. What I'd really like though is for learners to be able to copy text from a field in a course.
Why? Several reasons. One important one is for review / admin purposes. Each screen is given a unique ID number that displays on the a screen, and when reviewers / users find a bug, typo, etc., they would reference that page via this code.
I've accomplished this in other eLearning authoring systems by creating (manually or dynamically) a selectable text field on each screen that the user can copy the ID from. This is preferential to the user manually typing it out as that is time-consuming and copy/pasting is less prone to error.
So, that said, is it doable? Can I have a user-selectable text field the contents of which can be copied?
Thanks all.
Dave
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Hi Dave,
I don't believe there is a way to copy text out of a published Storyline course. I know a few other users have mentioned using a site such as http://www.reviewmyelearning.com/ as it allows SMEs and other reviewers to add content and keep it all in one place. You may want to look into that for your review purposes.
Thank you Ashley!
Dave,
You can easily create this in Flash and bring into SL as an .swf.
Seth
I would recommend using the Translation Export function for this - (Click the Articulate icon at the top left>select Translation>Export
This will export all the text to a word document (each text block is automatically given a unique ID). You can edit the text to fix any typos etc., and then use the Translation>Import function to load the text back into Storyline. It works like a charm as long as you don't edit the IDs themselves.
Perhaps I am missing a subtle point about what you want to do, but can't you use a text-entry field to do this? When published you can select and copy the text from the field.
The attached example sets the text-entry variable on each slide and resets it to the original value when the field loses focus (the user can't change the text-entry value).
Thanks Chris! That works for me.
Just a note - the text is not copyable in Preview version, only after publishing.
Seth,
Brilliant! Importing a SWF text box works great for copy/paste in SL. The way to go for my needs. Thanks!
Chris's suggestion works too but not if you want the text to appear uneditable (before lossing focus).
~J
Glad this older thread helped you out Justin and thanks for the update!
Now that Flash is dead, does anyone have a workaround for this?
Hi ..
Bringing this topic up again, anyway to solve this and copy a certain text from the published course?
Hi Ahmed,
Can you share why you'd need to copy text from a published course? There are a few other discussions that cover a need for copying text and may provide helpful insight!
