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New in Storyline 360: Text Autofit Enhancements
We know how important it is for all learners to easily access and read the text in your courses, which is why we’re excited about the improvements we’ve made to the text-authoring experience in Storyline 360. With the text autofit improvements we’ve just released, you have new ways to manage text elements, more control over your text, and easier ways to make your text accessible. Here’s a quick summary of these improvements.
Greater control over text
Three new text autofit options help you preserve your preferred font size and prevent text from automatically shrinking. Now you can choose from “expand width,” “expand height,” and “fixed size” options. Read more about each of these autofit options and see the difference between the old and new approaches in this article.
More precision over the size of your text box
Before, when you tried to resize a text box to your preferred size, it would automatically default to the height of the first line of text. With the new text autofit enhancements, you can now easily set the precise size of your text box regardless of the amount of text.
Having more precision also means you have a more accurate view of how your text will appear in the published output.
Faster workflow for a smoother experience
Now, with a single click, you can quickly toggle between different autofit options to accomplish more in less time.
Improved readability across browsers
Since accessible text is HTML text, it can display differently across browsers. With text autofit improvements, now you can easily adjust the text elements and remove scroll bars before learners see them.
We hope you’ll love the enhanced authoring speed and flexibility and greater control that comes with these new text autofit improvements. To learn even more, check out Storyline 360: Text Autofit Improvements and Accessible Text Features in Storyline 360.
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A few questions regarding this:
1. How do I access these features when I insert a Textbox? I don't see them. I must be missing them?
2. I want to customize a Text box to resemble an Email window. What would be the best way? I attempted to import a message window from Mail and also build one out with other Text boxes. I wonder if there is an Icon or object I can use? Please advise.
3. My interaction involves the learner writing an email. I'm concerned they will run out of room or the submit button interferes with their text. How can I prevent these issues from happening?
Thanks!
Hi Dan!
I'm happy to help you access the text auto-fit features in Storyline 360. Like the gif shared in the original post, you can also right-click on the text box and choose Format Shape. Then, select Text Box, and you can choose the auto-fit settings.
Here's a look at these steps:
We have so many creative people who can surely offer more advice on designing an interaction that looks like an email. I'll hand it over to our Instructional Designers to share techniques!
I appreciate the help Lauren!
Bonehead question: Is there a way to view the video of your explanation in a different window or full screen? It seems I can't. Thanks.
This is proving to be a disastrous time waster. When I create quiz questions, every single "Correct" or "Incorrect" slide has scroll bars for both the "Correct"/"Incorrect" text field and the "Continue" button. I am having to manually adjust every single layer slide, either by dragging the handles or downsizing the text. Opening the Properties window to adjust settings doesn't help.
I can't roll back without losing significant work now. Please give us an ETA on the fix for this bug.
Hi, Julia: Just noticed the same issue, but you beat me to it. I'll be watching this thread for updates.
Agree with the other Julia 1000000%. Huge time waster and I am glad to hear that we will be able to switch this "feature" off.
Hi Julia and Trace! Could you let me know the Story Size of the projects you're experiencing this issue in?
Hi, Bret: I am using 1280x720.
I am also seeing odd behavior when I manually resize either of the quiz feedback layer's Continue button. It flickers rapidly when I point the mouse to it.
Steps to reproduce:
- Create a question (I tested both T/F and MC).
- In Slide Layers, select the Correct layer and manually resize the Continue button to remove the vertical scroll bar.
- Click Preview and select This Slide.
- In preview, answer the question correctly and click SUBMIT.
- Point your mouse at the bottom of the Continue button.
Expected result: Button turns grey and mouse arrow turns into a hand cursor.
Actual result: Button resizes (gets smaller/reverts to initial default size?) and mouse arrow turns into a hand cursor. When you point the mouse to a specific region at the bottom of the button, the button flickers rapidly. (Move your mouse around the bottom of the button until it triggers.)
Hi Bret: since I've rolled back to the April 27 update, I can't open any of the files with work done in the June 1 update. Trace, are you still working in the June 1 update where you can check?
Hi, Julia: I am unable to revert due to permissions, but I saw elsewhere in this thread where people are struggling with the same issue.
Thanks, Trace! Brett, I am going to have to roll forward shortly to make edits on a course updated with the new version and then roll back again. I will check the story size when I do.
Have the bugs reported earlier in the string been resolved?
Hi, John: I have not heard anything more.
Hello everyone!
Great news! We just released another update for Articulate 360 and you can read all of the details in the release notes.
The item you'll be interested in is:Enhanced: The built-in widescreen (16:9) slide size is bigger—960x540—giving you more room to work and resulting in fewer unexpected scroll bars in text objects.
Just launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button for Storyline 360. Details here.
Please let us know if you have any questions, either here or by reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.OK guys, THIS is not an improvement. THIS is a nightmare that has now derailed our entire teams' projects. If you guys haven't updated your Articulates yet, DONT do it until this feature is removed. Why would the default be to add a scrollbar? If I wanted so much text on the slide that I needed a scrollbar to go through it, I'd just insert my text box into a scrolling panel. This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. There are a million annoying problems you could be focusing your energy and talents fixing, and instead you have changed the default setting to something that we need only once in a blue moon? i'm sorry but whoever came up with this idea should be fired.
Totally agree - if I want a scrolling panel I'll add it! So glad I haven't updated yet. I had a feeling there would be more issues. :(
Hi Kathryn,
Thank you for providing that screenshot, and I'm sorry these scrollbars are appearing all over your course! I'd like to get our support team to take a closer look at your file and help alleviate these issues.
I've started a case on your behalf with our team, so you should be getting an email soon with an upload link. Please share your .story file with us, and our team will get right on it!
