powerpoint gets distorted

Welcome to the community, Mariana!

How exactly are the slides distorted? Is the content simply out of place, or is the appearance of the text distorted/blurry, etc.?

Here's something you may want to check out and keep for reference:

Things to consider when importing from PowerPoint to Storyline

If you can provide a little more information on what's happening, maybe we can give you some suggestions for improving the imported slides.

Thanks and welcome again!

Hi Christine,

Thank you!!! 

It's mostly not the appearance, but rather some of the graphics/text boxes appear out of place and some can't be seen at all.

Hi,

I am having the same issue.  I was wondering if there were some fonts better suited for converstion from ppt to articulate?  I'm using StempelGaramond Roman font with sizes ranging from 18-28 pt font.  On some of my slides the words overlap when I preview or publish.

Hi Mariana and Daria,

If they're out of place, the first thing I would do is check your DPI. It may be a simple solution, versus having to change the positions and font styles.

Articulate Storyline will function as expected when Windows is set to 96 DPI (dots per inch).

Articulate Storyline doesn't currently support 120 DPI. If your system is set to 120 DPI, you may experience erratic behavior, such as:

• Elements of the application are misplaced or distorted.
• Objects are misplaced or distorted when previewed or published.
• Zoomed images don't work as expected.
• Font sizes are incorrect after using the translation features.

Here's how to switch to 96 DPI

@Daria,

If that doesn't help, you could try using a font like Arial or Articulate and see if that makes a difference. 

Let me know how it goes :)

Thanks!

I had the same problem and the solution was quite simple:

Just make sure you create a storyline document with the SIZE OF THE SLIDE the same as the size of your Powerpoint slide and then import it.

I hope that works for you. Cheers!