Non-breaking spaces in text.

Hi John

 Thanks for the response, I appreciate your taking the time to answer.

 But no, does not work regardless of Num Lock setting. I have tried inserting Alt-0160 with and without Num Lock and using Insert -> Symbol and choosing character 0160 from the character map. Just does not work. I get a space, but it's a breaking one, I've tried inserting a nonbreaking space in a word document and then copying and pasting that into the Articulate document (this works in PowerPoint, for example) and that does not work either.

 Pasting from Word using the different options (like Keep Source Formatting) does not work either.

 If I paste a nonbreaking space in from Word (or PPT) and then copy and paste it back from Articulate into Word  (or PPT), it turns into a regular space. So Articulate is somehow converting it to being the wrong character. FWIW, en rule "Alt+0150" works fine.

 I did not express my disappointment without having a fair go at solving the problem, I assure you.

 I installed the program two days ago, so it is completely up to date.

Thanks anyway.

Hyphen, plus, whatever, it just means hit both keys; I do not think there is a standard notation for this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Alt-Delete

I’d like to add my support to getting non-breaking spaces, hyphens, etc. working in Storyline. I’m doing some multi-lingual stuff currently, and the typographic guidelines require certain words and characters to be kept together.

Alt+0160 works in update 1 and then it stops working in update 2 . Strange. 

Hi Jacek,

What version of Storyline are you using? We're well past Updates 1 and 2 in all versions: 

• Storyline 3, build 3.5.16548.0

• Storyline 360, build 3.24.17733.0

•  Storyline 2, Update 13

I'd recommend always working on the latest update to ensure you have all those fixes and items in place. 

If you really really absolutely need this, you can try to insert an underscore in a color matching the background (probably white) instead of the protected space ;) 

Hi Darren,

I'm glad that Stephan was able to share a helpful idea with you here.

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It looks like the issue of non-breaking space is not working, is actually related to Modern Text which is based on Microsoft's DirectWrite API. 

If you change your Storyline to use classic text (by going to Design tab -> Fonts, and un-check "Use Modern Text"), then the non-breaking space should work properly. 

But for sure Modern Text style provides a better text rendering result, so if you decide to change it back to Classic Text, the side effect would be losing all the benefits introducing from Modern Text.

(Classic Text is using Microsoft's Uniscribe API)

Hello Training Service, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes. 😊

I appreciate you reaching out and sharing what you are experiencing as well as the troubleshooting that you've done so far.

I've opened a support case on your behalf so that you can work directly with one of our support engineers. You should be hearing from someone soon.

Hello Caroline!

Thanks for reaching out. We do not have any updates at this time. We'll be sure to update this thread with any news so you're in the loop!

You can see what we are currently working on in our Feature Roadmap.

Have a nice afternoon!