Hello! I am wondering how to remove the background shadow of the title text in a Marker. It appears to be the Marker default setting and within the text icons (bold, italic, underline etc.) the shadow option is grayed out. Does anyone have any insight?

There is no way to remove it apart from selecting one of the marker styles that does not have a shadow

HI Matthijs, Thanks again for sharing the .story file. Looking at it reminded me of an earlier thread here where some other users were discussing a similiar situation and it seems the shadow can't be removed on the icon itself without changing the coloring. I also took a look at this in SL2 - and when you add a numbered icon to the slide, you can see the shadow there on the slide itself and while previewing. It seems that currently this is by design - so that you'd need to submit a feature request for a different behavior.

I found that you can clear all text formatting and the shadow will be removed.

Thanks Mara for updating the community on your solution! Have a great day!

Highlight the text you don't want shadowed, Home tab> Quick styles> select an alternative style without showed text.

Marker text shadow removal | Articulate

PhilMayor
Super Hero
12 years ago
There is no way to remove it apart from selecting one of the marker styles that does not have a shadow
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago

HI Matthijs,

Thanks again for sharing the .story file. Looking at it reminded me of an earlier thread here where some other users were discussing a similiar situation and it seems the shadow can't be removed on the icon itself without changing the coloring. I also took a look at this in SL2 - and when you add a numbered icon to the slide, you can see the shadow there on the slide itself and while previewing. It seems that currently this is by design - so that you'd need to submit a feature request for a different behavior.
MaraWaldruff1
Community Member
12 years ago
I found that you can clear all text formatting and the shadow will be removed.
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
12 years ago
Thanks Mara for updating the community on your solution! Have a great day!
Benjaminrayner
Community Member
11 years ago

Highlight the text you don't want shadowed, Home tab> Quick styles> select an alternative style without showed text.
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago

Hi Benjamin and welcome to Heroes!

Thanks for jumping in to assist!
TravOwen1
Community Member
11 years ago

How can remove the text from the icon on the marker.

It appears to disappear depending on the colour selected.
RebeccaFleischC
Community Member
11 years ago

Hi Trav,

I'm not clear about what you mean when you say, "remove the text from the icon on the marker."

Are you referring to the symbols on the markers? You can always switch to a blank marker, no matter what color. Note that the blue one on this slide has an "i" on it. You can switch to a plain one:

Click the marker on the slide

Click the Change Icon drop-down.

Select the plain one

Sorry if I misinterpreted what you were asking. If so, please shout out!
MatthijsMensink
Community Member
11 years ago

I've inserted some markers in my project and made it flat-designed: without shadows and color transitions. In the work mode it looks okay (1st picure). However, in the preview mode and after generating the file, shadowed numbers are shown (2nd picture). This also appears when selecting pre-defined quick style markers without shadows.

How can I remove these shadows?
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
11 years ago

Hi Matthijs,

Thanks for sharing that image here. Are you using Storyline 1 or 2? Are you able to share that one slide here with us so that we can take a look? I'm not able to determine a way within SL1 or SL2 to remove the shadow on the number, unless I change the icon's color to something such as black - and then I don't see a shadow.