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EstherEccles031
Community Member
6 days ago

Formatting Tables in Storyline

Anyone else have difficulties formatting tables in Storyline these days? I have 3 slides, each with one table apiece and it has taken me 2+ hours to ID these slides because formatting has to be done cell by cell. 

If I highlight a column and bold, maybe all cells will change to bold. Maybe they won't. Maybe half of them will, maybe one of them will. Same with font size or any formatting. 

It's inconsistent and I can't seem to find what makes multi-cell formatting work better some days and not others. I am wondering if there is something I am missing in how I format these tables to help me speed up? I am attaching an example where you can see I have 4 cells selected and only 2 of them took the bold formatting, leaving the other 2 cells untouched. 

instructional design
storyline 360

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  • LaurenDuvall's avatar
    LaurenDuvall
    Staff
    3 days ago

    Hi EstherEccles031! Thanks for sharing the screenshot. That helps a lot!

    One thing that can cause this is mixed formatting inside the table cells, especially if the text was pasted from Word or PowerPoint. When that happens, Storyline can apply formatting differently across multiple cells.

    You might try selecting the text inside the cells (not just the cells themselves) before applying bold or changing the font. Pasting as plain text and then formatting in Storyline can help too.

    If it’s still happening, what version of Storyline are you using? If you’re open to it, a quick sample file would help us take a closer look.