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Can you copy a Zoom Region?
I'm working with a course where I would like to have "the same zoom" on multiple slides. I found how to change the zoom speed, but I don't find anything that tells me the zoom size and position. I also don't seem to have functionality to copy and paste a zoom region from one slide to another. Is there anyway, other than eye-balling it, to make identical zoom sizes on multiple slides? The timing will be different, but I want the size and placement to match.
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Zooming on a software simulation is painful. Are there any updates on whether this will be an enhancement in the future? Even if copy-and-paste is impossible, can we at least get the Size and Position numbers for the zoom box? I can then match the numbers on every slide.
I agree!
Not Perfect - but one get-out-of-jail card is to just use the standard preset zoom size, that can be dragged to each of the four corners. This can easily be replicated on the later slides.
However, this does not let Articulate off the hook. Come on guys, enough already!
Apologies for the rant - this is taking far far longer than it should. I'm beginning to believe that Articulate have no interest in making their customers' lives easier, as long as a tool works they don't care that it wastes developers' time and money fudging things that should be easy. Why? Because it is not a shiny brand new tool. Rant over.
Hello everyone, 🎉
I have some great news to share! We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 99, we’ve included essential fixes and new features. One of the new features we’ve included is:
- Copying and Pasting Zoom Regions
Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You’ll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please let me know if you need additional help.
Congratulations on implementing this feature. It only took 12 years!
Exciting news! Thank you!!
Also, this may be a "wish list" item, but it would be great to have 6 or 8 resize handles on the Zoom region instead of 4 (for each corner), for better zoom control and positioning. Fingers crossed!Hello PatriciaDent-fc,
Thanks for your feedback regarding the new feature on Zoom regions!
I think having more resize handles is a good idea, so I shared your request with our product team so they can look into it. We'll let you know if that modification makes it to a future Storyline update.
Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have additional suggestions or questions.
Finally! We can now copy a Zoom region!
Has this been fixed yet? It's been 13 YEARS since the original request. Sadly, I feel like Articulate has gone the way of many companies, chasing the next shiny object with the whole AI craze & committing resources to that versus implementing what should be a very basic feature for Storyline--copying & pasting a Zoom region from one slide to another. If there's anyone from Articulate still checking in on this thread, please, for the love of everything sacred--fix this!!!
Happy to help!
As my teammate Joe shared, in Update 3.99.34516.0 we introduced an enhancement to the Zoom Region feature in Storyline 360. Allowing authors to now copy and paste their Zoom Regions. As long as your Storyline 360 app is up to date, you'll be able to access this functionality.
Please let me know if you need anything else!
