Can you copy a Zoom Region?

What you may also wish to try, as I wanted to pan between pages in a system simulation, is to insert a shape onto the first page, align it with the Zoom/Focus area, then cut it and paste it onto the second page.  Your area & location is now defined by this shape and you can then insert a zoom area around this shape which you can pan from, to the second zoom area on page two.

Move the shape to the position of the second Zoom/Focus area on page two, then cut and paste it into page 3 etc.  Perfect panning between areas on different pages.  Just remember to Start the first Zoom/Focus at the beginning of the timeline and have both Zoom/Focus areas touching in the timeline.

Wow...this has really been an issue for 7+ years with no resolution? Can the product team finally get around to this one?  It's kind of a big thing.  - Thanks.

Agreed Michael Massaro - this is a substantial pain point and it's amazing that this hasn't been prioritized in over 7 years. Copy and paste of a rectangle (zoom) seems like an easy win. C'mon Articulate!

+100
Can't believe this hasn't been implemented.  Just came across this myself after having used Camtasia for screen recordings.

• Should be able to copy/paste region layer between slides
• Should be able to directly input values (as though it was a shape with "Format Zoom Region"
• Should be able to set an exact duration for the transition in 0.25/sec increments.

My solution has been to stick post-it notes to my screen at the top left and bottom right points of the zoom region... probably not ideal but it worked fine.

I have the same problem.

Currently I display the ruler, grid & guide, then I try to align the different zoom on the grid.

It's not accurate but better than nothing. However it would be great to have something that we can simply duplicate from a slide to an other. 

I can't overstate the importance of a decent Zoom feature.  These days everyone is becoming more and more aware of user accessibility, and Articulate promotes some accessibility features.

While a lot of e-learning works along the line of PowerPoint on steroids, with bullet point lists, interactive tools, etc.

Many developers are also creating e-learning modules to train the use of Computer Software and they/we often will make use of the Storyline player to wrap around the subject matter/Software images, with SL menu items and a table of contents, etc.  This border takes up screen space that reduces the available space for the image of the subject being discussed, resulting in smaller text and objects  - often to the extent that these are no longer legible. 

This effect worsens when we consider Accessibility for learners with visual impairments.

In these scenarios it is really important to have the ability to zoom in on specific regions of the subject image, to clarify and highlight the current topic of interest.

Thankfully Storyline does do this.

However, it is often necessary to keep the zoom area fixed over a number of slides.  And by not having any numerical means of setting/matching the zoom areas, Developers either have to do this by eye- which can result in unprofessional and jerky slide transitions. Or they need to duplicate the first zoomed slide and base the rest of them on it.

This of course may be acceptable when creating new eLearning modules from scratch, but it can be very, very time-consuming when updating pre-existing modules.

Having a zoom feature was one of the main requirements my colleagues and I had when we decided to subscribe to the Articulate software suite of products.

Please Fix this issue.

Many thanks 

I want to add my support for a Copy/Paste function for zoom regions so that the next slide looks identical to the previous one for continuity. At the very least, we should have control over size and placement so I can line it up with something other than my eye.

+1M! Over a decade later, how has this not been implemented yet!

I was wishing you could copy a zoom region as well. Or, failing that, specify the exact dimensions (or at least one dimension and let Storyline calculate the other dimension like a locked aspect ratio item you're re-sizing) and locations of the zoom region the way you can specify the location and dimension of a rectangle shape.

In a simulation, the screens are changing based on the action in the simulation, and you can't really copy the slide and ....

Wait, wait, wait... I think I see the solution!!!! On the slides in a sim where you need to zoom in, stop the simulation. Then create another simulation, this time zooming in to a tighter focus on the area you want to concentrate on. Then stitch the simulations together....

So, I guess the lesson here is record it once, just to get a feel for what you're doing, and then plan a more elaborate simulation based on the needs of the application and the learner.

Dang! Wish I had thought of that a week ago.