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StephanieCase
Community Member
14 years ago
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Problem with Formatting Text Variable

I'm trying to use a text variable in the middle of a sentence but any formatting that I set for the text box does not hold. It reverts to a basic text format (looks like Articulate or Articulate Na...
storyline 360
  • KellyAuner's avatar
    KellyAuner
    3 years ago

    Hi Artur,

    Thanks for reaching out! One workaround you can try is to copy and paste the size of the text variable (e.g. %ch1synop% - left side) to another reference text variable to a larger size to fit the variable values.

    If you have additional questions, please let me know!

SharonGoza's avatar
SharonGoza
Community Member
5 years ago

Was there ever a solution for this?  I'm still having this issue 4 years later.

  • KatieRiggio's avatar
    KatieRiggio
    Staff
    5 years ago

    Hi, Sharon. I'm happy to step in!

    First, I'm having trouble recreating any formatting issues in Storyline 360 Update 48. The text variable takes on the font that's applied to the textbox. Here's a short video demo.

    • Which version of Storyline are you using? Click the Help tab, then About Storyline.
    • Are you comfortable with sharing the course? You can send it privately to us via this case link or attach it publicly in your reply. We'll review it and report back with our findings!
    • SharonGoza's avatar
      SharonGoza
      Community Member
      5 years ago

      If I take it out of my big project, I can't duplicate it either. It seems the bigger my project gets, the more things get wacky. Maybe there's a memory leak that most people don't experience because they have smaller project? I'll keep trying to isolate it.

      Thanks,
      Sharon

      • LaurenDuvall's avatar
        LaurenDuvall
        Staff
        5 years ago

        Hello Sharon!

        I see that you've reached out to our Support Engineers and worked with my teammate, Georvy! I see that we've logged this as a software bug. Thank you for your help in troubleshooting this issue. We'll update this discussion when we've shipped the fix for this bug!