Storyline file size

Good Afternoon, Benny.

I see two similar forum threads here and here.  In summary, there are a few points to be gathered:

• Publishing the file seems to improve the efficiency of the file size.
• Working from a network drive or flash drive may worsen the storage efficiency.
• The "Save As" function has been known to help at times.
• There is no "Optimize" or "Compact" function within Storyline to assist with this.
• The impact of file size seems to be minimal except in cases of needing to email a file, in which case tools such as Dropbox or YouSendIt will help.

Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.  Thanks!

Thank you Justin

I've reviewed the summary above, as well as the 2 other threads that Justin linked to.

• Yes, the humongous .story file is on my hard drive (not a network or thumb drive).
• Yes, I tried Save As -- multiple times.
• Yes, I tried both Save and Save As after publishing the course -- to both LMS and to Web.
• Yes, I tried importing the slides from my original course into a new course.

NO. None of those worked to reduce the size of the .story file.

Even if any of those steps could consistently reduce the size, Articulate REALLY needs to develop an "optimize/compact size" function. One shouldn't have to jump through hoops for something this basic.

Good Afternoon, Judy.

Although it sounds like you've tried most of the techniques we would attempt in order to reduce the size of a bloated .story project file, please feel free to send us a copy of your file so that we can have a closer look.  ...and the more voices that request a feature, the better, so do give us your input there as well.

Please let us know if you need anything else, and have a great day!

I appreciate the offer, Justin, but I've already spent way too much time on this issue. I don't have the time to try to upload a 299MB file (bloated from swapping videos). I have submitted this as a feature request -- though, based on previous threads, this really should already be a priority for the development team.

Hello,

I've done all the steps that were suggested. I had to build a second course that was based on the first. The first is about 4.5MB. The second is shorter and involved me deleting screens from the first and it's 10.1 MB. I need to be able to send the files via email as firewalls won't allow Dropbox or anything similar. My guess is that SL is keeping all the items on the clipboad or that have been deleted. Is there a way to purge? I have SL 2.

Natasha,

if you have tried all the above suggestions, could you send the file to use for a closer look? You can attach it here using the add attachment button.

Hello Natasha,

Adding an attachment via email will not show the file here. If you need to share it privately, you can send it here.

I am second to "Optimize/Compact" Storyline file size. Just bumped to the same issue again today. Fortunately the published file size is acceptable.

Hello Benny!

You can submit the request here.