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Inconsistent Middle Vertical Alignment when Using Variables
I've been experiencing this problem since the past few updates. When using a variable as part of the text on a shape, using the middle alignment does not always middle align the variable as expected. See example below. All the text you see are variables. The first two buttons are acting as expected. The 2nd two buttons which are complete duplicates of the first two demonstrate the problem where the alignment is progressing from the first line of the variable to the bottom. This is extremely frustrating as the reason I'm using variables is because I don't know which text will be in which button so only middle vertical alignment enables me to have a seamless look regardless of the length of the text that is populating the variable. Has anybody else been experiencing this issue. If so, have you found a work-around?
Thanks ahead.
- DavidNowlin-f8aCommunity Member
I have had that problem also. I stopped the updates and reverted to the June 18th update. I received this advice from Articulate Support. Question: could you make a transparent shape with the text, use that as a variable, and then manually adjust the shapes using the guidelines? I have created a cheat sheet for my project: Hotspot 1 is at 582 X / 317 Y. HS 2 197 / 223. This way, I only need to type the position into the Drwing Tools format boxes.
- AnthonyLEPOT-c5Community Member
I have a similar issue in a course I'm working on. But in my case, there are no variable involved. The issue seems to occur randomly on buttons i created on "conversation like" activities. these buttons are part of group with a motion path animation.