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Printing in Storyline 360
Has anyone managed to get a a reliable print method for any slide in Storyline 360 - that is on all browsers and on iOS as well. I put in a feature request a year or two ago about this.
I have seen HTML output solutions for certificates and write to pdf etc. I need a solution to print what is actually there according to what a user has/has not done on any slide. Just a simple print what you see button.
I used to use a widgit from enhanced elearning that tested for flash or html5 and then printed any slide accordingly.
This does not work now in 360.
There seem to be some simple solutions
- There is a solution that works in HTML5 and flash normally in browsers but not on ios. http://elearningbrothers.com/printing-slides-articulate-storyline-2/
- Strangely a simple window.print(); command in iOS works.
Maybe a workaround might be to to have two buttons which hide depending on whether the player is or is/not on iOS. Is there a reliable way to test for this?
I need some help here urgently - can anyone help please?
Chris
25 Replies
Hey Brent,
Check out Storyline's Publish to Word feature! It's a quick and easy way to print Storyline slides. Hope that helps!
- TheresaPrestineCommunity Member
Alyssa or Articulate Staff, will there ever be a capability when using the step-by-step mode in screen record, we want to have the ability to "print it" to capture the view or try it mode. Is this something coming up in a future release that would allow this?
Thank you,
Theresa
Hi Theresa,
If you're looking to print out a copy, you could use the Publish to Word. That'll capture each slide and the additional images/captions added to it. It won't capture mouse movements or other interactive parts, as the publish to Word will capture a static image of each slide.
Let me know if I'm misunderstanding what you're hoping for, and I’ll be happy to help with other ideas!
- TheresaPrestineCommunity Member
Hi Ashley,
I realize we can use the word doc but it is something that requires clean-up. We were more so looking for a job aid type format, where it just shows the steps in words and the picture/icon that goes with it.
Thanks!
Theresa Prestine-Dommer
Schneider
Learning and Development Technology and Onboarding Mgr
(ph) 920-592-7367
Hello Theresa!
Actually, there's a way you can print step-by-step slides now! Simply publish the file for Word, then remove all slides except for the step-by-step slides in the Word document.
Let me know if that's what you had in mind!
Thanks for the feedback Theresa.
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- LukeBlakeCommunity Member
I created a print function in SL 360 for my results page using the print.windows(); java script, but it prints the page along the right edge and cuts off some of the page. How can I get it to print in the center of the page?
Hi Luke,
Sorry, you've hit a snag with the Javascript printing, I saw you posted here too, so I suspect that this issue is somewhat urgent!
With Javascript issues, the community will likely need to take a look at your .story file and the Javascript code you added to see what's going on under the hood. Do you want to add those pieces to your new discussion post? That way some of our e-learning experts are more apt to see it and offer their wisdom.
Let me know if there is anything else I can help on - sadly Javascript issues are well outside my area of comfort.
- DavidOSullivanCommunity Member
Hi all,
we have recently began building our courses on Articulate 360 and have hit a snag. Our courses require students to answer 4 or 5 stand alone activities and we are trying to find a way to grab the information from each activity and pull it through to a final single page printable 'student plan'. Is this possible at all?
- TabathaWillis-5Community Member
Hi - I used the below code provided to print a slide in my storyline file. However, it prints in portrait mode and 100%. I can manually update the print settings to landscape and scaled to 75% and it prints perfectly. Is there a way to update the code to automatically print the slide in a landscape format and to scale the size? I have attached my file also.
Code Used:
if (document.location.href.indexOf('html5') < 0) {
GetPlayer().printSlide()
} else {
if(!window.hasPrintStyle){
window.hasPrintStyle = true;
var css = "@media print {div.controls.grid-row.inflexible,div.area-secondary.cs-left.inflexible,header.header-primary.centered-title.extended-height,div.presentation-wrapper:after {display:none !important; visibility:hidden !important;}}";
head = document.head || document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
style = document.createElement('style');
style.type = 'text/css';
if (style.styleSheet){
style.styleSheet.cssText = css;
} else {
style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(css));
}
head.appendChild(style);
}
window.print();
} - KarenBEncinaCommunity Member
Hi all,
I have added a printing" button using the "javascript" window.print(); so that people can print one of the pages of the course. Some people will most likely use this function and instead of printing they will select "save as pdf". However, the page has hyperlinks and are lost in the pdf document, do you have any solution?
Thanks very much!
- TimSmith-c55deeCommunity Member
Hi everyone!
I am in the same boat - I want to provide a downloadable report to the learners with all of their data along with hyperlinks to specific courses. The new window does open but no data is displayed. I would like a pdf but the hyperlinks need to work.
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