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PenelopeBloom
Community Member
3 years ago

Can't publish to Word

I'm trying to publish my storyline file to Word, though when I click 'PUBLISH' it takes me directly to 'Congratulations! XXX was published successfully' screen, though nothing has happened. I've tried clicking ' VIEW DOCUMENT' and nothing as well. Reading other posts I have tried unselecting 'Show slide notes' though still same issue.

  • CarrieKersman's avatar
    CarrieKersman
    Community Member

    Having the same issue.  Tried uninstalling, rebooting and installing Storyline and it didn't work.  This is every Storyline I have, not just one.   It worked fine up until a few days ago and there have been no updates.

  • Hi Penelope and Carrie,

    Welcome to the E-Learning Heroes community! We're glad you're here. ๐Ÿ˜€

    Does other Articulate 360 team members encounter this issue on your end?

    What version of Microsoft Office are you using?

    Please complete the repair steps here step listed for your version of Windows. If you've completed all the steps, keep me posted if this is only happening to your machine.

  • CarrieKersman's avatar
    CarrieKersman
    Community Member

    I have Windows 11, Office 2019. Have done all the repair steps including checking for Net Work Framework checkboxes and it still does not work.  I am the only one on my team with this issue.  Before last week, it worked perfectly, it just stopped working. 

     

  • Hi Carrie!

    Below is something that we advise and could be causing your publishing to Word issue.

    Be sure the file paths to your projects and published output are well under the 260-character limit imposed by Microsoft Windows. (Publishing adds characters to the file path you selected. If it exceeds 260 characters, your published output will be incomplete.)

    Avoid using special characters, accents, or symbols in your file paths and file names. Learn more about naming conventions in this Microsoft article.

    I also would recommend making sure Word is still your default program for opening .doc files. For Windows this is often in Settings > Apps > Default Apps.

    If that doesn't seem to help, the fastest way to get this resolved is to open a case with our Support Engineers. You can reach them anytime, day or night, right here. 

  • CarrieKersman's avatar
    CarrieKersman
    Community Member

    Microsoft is the default, and the path names are within parameters.   I have submitted a case.  

  • Thanks Carrie, for submitting the case - you are in good hands and I will follow along as well!