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Will_Findlay's avatar
Will_Findlay
Community Member
8 years ago

Text boxes "forget" their right margins

One nagging issue I've had since Storyline 1 is that sometimes text boxes on a slide "forget" the right margin of the box, and they expand  to the width of the longest sentence in the box. I have to...
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AshleyT-Pollard's avatar
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago

Hi Will,

Thanks for the video to help explain it. I've seen similar, but often only when upgrading a project from one version to the newest version, and it's been inconsistent as well. 

First things I'd check are the Textbox properties, are they set to "wrap text in shape"? Also, it looks like you're seeing this on a Quiz Question - so I'd check the slides and the slide master that questions are based off of.

Also, other times I've seen users run into this, their files have been saved to a network/shared drive. It's worth double checking that the files are local, and that they adhere to the other guidelines here to prevent corruption. 

If you'd like, I'm also happy to test out one of your files and see how it behaves on my end. If you can share a copy of it here, upload using the Add Attachment  button. 

  • Will_Findlay's avatar
    Will_Findlay
    Community Member
    7 years ago

    I've attached an example file. You can see the issue on multiple slides, but the first example is on slide 1.2. Note that when you click the text box, the selection rectangle briefly shows the correct margins and then expands out. 

    I am working on a new computer with a fresh install of Storyline, and the file is saved locally.