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PPTX to STORY import
So, a lot of ppl have problem with the feature: import from PowerPoint to Story.
WHICH PROBLEM? TAKING HOURS FOR 2 PAGES TO GET IMPORTED!
I have some kind of solution.
CHANGE THE FONTS TO OPEN SANS ( Default articulate font) in pptx and you will see the bar that never moves, move again!!!
We tried it, we saw PowerPoint with 60+ pages and images in every page (which originally took something like 2hours or more) to get imported in about 30mins.!!
In a fast computer the same pptx to 12 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Possible "problem" may be some kind of safety proof that storyline has by default. The process tries to match every character in every slide from PowerPoint and find or change the font separately, so apparently if you have the same fonts, it doesn't affect it as much. You would need to use fonts that are existing inside the articulate storyline (like open sans). In my case i used open sans cause it the default one in storyline when it opens.
If storyline doesn't have the fonts used in the PowerPoint file, the program tries to change the font and match every single character, taking forever to load...
Please do some tries and prove me im not crazy.
Thanks for sharing your solution! Changing the font to Open Sans really does seem to speed up the import process. I had a similar experience where using non-default fonts made the import take forever. Switching to Open Sans worked for me as well, and the import time was significantly reduced. It's definitely something worth trying for anyone facing this issue. Hopefully, more people find this helpful and can avoid the long wait times!
