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Pasting text from Word
I've noticed an intermittent problem with Storyline 2 when I paste text from Word into a text box. Sometimes it pastes the same text three or four times. This happens consistently with each paste of that particular text i.e. if I delete it and repaste I get the same result - multiple copies. If I paste the same clipboard contents into another program like Notepad I only get a single copy.
In Storyline it makes no difference whether I use the Edit menu or Ctrl-V. It seems to make no difference whether it's a paragraph or a single word. And it's intermittent - maybe 1 in 20 pastes. I'm sure I've ruled out user error - twitchy finger. I can easily get round it by pasting the offending text into Notepad and copying and pasting it from there to Storyline.
Is this a known issue?
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I experienced the same problem when copying and pasting from a Word storyboard. For me the problem was tied to tables. If I selected the entire table cell, I got those duplicates. If I carefully dragged to the right edge of the last word, it pasted as expected. It's fiddly, because in Word as you select text in a cell and overshoot the last character just a little bit, the whole cell gets highlighted.
That makes total sense. Thanks so much Brian!
Hello everyone - Try selecting the text just before the last period. You will notice the selection doesn't include a table, nor all of its awful table code. I am interested in finding additional ways to request script approval from clients. Or workarounds to using Excel and embedding some way to track text changes...
Can't believe this has been an issue for over 4 years now. I'm experiencing the same thing today. You really need to find a solution for this.
