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Storyline 360 does not import slide master correctly
After importing the attached .pptx file into the latest version of Storyline 360, there are 2 errors on the slide master for my title slide:
1. Four objects are duplicated on the timeline - they s...
Hello, Laura! ✨
I'm happy to share that we have released a new update for Storyline 360 (3.81.31200.0).
In this update, we have implemented a fix for:
- Storyline 360 didn't always preserve text formatting when using custom slide layouts or importing PowerPoint slide masters.
As a first step, I recommend updating Storyline 360 to the latest version. Here's how:
If you have any questions, please let us know in this thread or privately in a support case.
Have a great day!
Hi Laura!
It sounds like you were having some issues with font size and duplication when importing PowerPoint slides into Storyline. I'd be happy to help with that!
Thanks for sharing your PPT file! Testing this out on my end I was unable to reproduce the behavior you mentioned first. I recorded a quick Peek to show that the objects on the title slide did not duplicate after importing them to Storyline.
- To clarify, could you confirm that you're working locally (typically on the C: drive)? Working on a network drive or an external (USB) drive is known to sometimes cause erratic behavior.
- Are objects importing duplicated something that occurs across all projects or just this one specifically?
Regarding the font size, I did a test on my end by creating a PowerPoint slide with a specific font size which I then imported to a Storyline 360 project file. I can confirm that I was able to observe the same behavior that you did where the font size from the layout did not get applied.
These scaling issues are due to the fact that PowerPoint and Storyline are set to different slide sizes by default. We are actively tracking this behavior and will update this discussion as soon as there is any news to share.
- In the meantime, as a workaround here's a quick Peek sharing some steps you can take to accommodate the scaling issues between PowerPoint and Storyline 360.
Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any more questions!
