Copy text from published course

I'd try loading a .txt file into your course using a Web Object. The student should be able to use their system's standard copy/paste key combination from the text displayed

Hi Tudor,

Are they looking to copy content out of the published course or copy information into your course, such as a text entry? 

Hello Brian, I already tried what you are mentioning, the issue is that it opens a new window or tab, and I don't want the user go to a different tab/window and get out of the course window to copy a text.

Ashley, I want my users to be able to select and copy a text.

Thank you!

You can add in a text entry field and copy and paste from that.

Hello Phil, already tried that, and it worked for shorter texts that had no spacing between paragraphs. Now I have a lot longer texts with a lot of spacing between the paragraphs and apparently the text entry field is limited, or does not work with spacing between the paragraphs.

An example on how my text looks like:

"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx { 

    xxxxxxxx ( 

        xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

        xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    ) 

    xxxxxxxx( xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

        (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | 

           xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)) { 

        "x(xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(".", xxxxxxxx))xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

        xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -(xxxxxxxxx) 

    } 

} 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

It must be in this exact format, with this exact spacing. The above does not work by adding it into a text entry field. On top of that, because it is a text entry field, a user can write over it in error and lose the text that he must copy.

You can prevent a web object opening in a new window by default they appear on the slide.

Phil, found the option, and it works as expected, thanks!

One mention though, this only works in Chrome and IE. It does not work in Firefox or Edge.

Cheers!

Hello Phil, Ashley maybe you can still help me out, I find that I need to input the location path of the each individual file when adding the web objects and if someone deletes/moves these files they will no longer work within the course. 

I was looking at: https://community.articulate.com/series/10/articles/adding-web-objects-in-articulate-presenter

In these instructions it just says, "Note: There must be a file called index.htm or index.html in the folder, and all supporting files that are necessary for your web content to function must be in the same folder." but no indication on how the index.htm file is created.

How do I add these files in the package of the course so I won't rely on location paths that can get broken?

Looking forward!

Thanks

Anybody...Help? I am unsure on how to create the web objects properly so I can embed the files within the course package. I am missing the index.html file creation steps for the text I need to be able to be copied.

Thanks!

Hi Tudor,

The link you shared was for Presenter so I wanted to make sure you had the link for Storyline's inserting of a web object. Take a look at it here. 

Where is your web object hosted? 

I also thought you may find this discussion interesting on why we don't have a method for copying text directly from the slide.