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Variable text shrinking on the slide
Hi,
I have a resource that captures learners thoughts. This is later shown to the learners on a later slide. If the learners enter multiple lines of text, the text shrinks within the text box to the point of making it unreadable. (see image below)
I have adjusted the text box settings to 'resize the shape' (and tested all other options). I have also added the text box containing the variable inside a scrolling pane. The result is the same.
I am unable to adjust the height of the text box. If I adjust it, on revisiting the slide the text box size reverts to the height based on the text size.
Any suggestions?
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Hi Matthew,
Usually, making the variable text box larger resolves issues that can arise from this.
It sounds like you've already tried this, however. If you're able to do so, please consider sharing your .story file so we can take a look at what's happening.
Thanks!
Hello, I have this same issue. When I resize the variable textbox, it adds a scroll bar- even if they only key in one line of text. Any suggestions or solutions?
Thank you in advance!
Hi Aileen,
Without seeing your .story file, it's hard to say - but have you looked at the textbox properties in terms of not resizing to fit, wrapping text, etc.?
Hi Ashley,
I did format the text box and I added a scrollbar box so if the text exceeds the area provided it will display the scrollbar. The issue is even though the scrollbar is added, the text still shrinks. I am adding an example below. When you preview, key many rows of text in the text-entry field, and then click Next. All the text shrinks. I am not sure why it does this.
Thanks!
Aileen
Hi Aileen
the rectangle behind your text box is set to shrink text...
Hi Wendy, I changed that is my more recent ones and it still did not work. I changed it in the attached .story example. I also attached a screenshot. Any other suggestions?
Thanks!
Hi Aileen
I think it might be a bug.
If I only type one line of text - its retains the correct font size but once you go over that first line it shrinks to illegible. I have tweaked all the text box options and its always the same.
Sorry I can't be any more help.
I am just downloading Update 8 for SL1 to see if there is any difference with that one (I doubt it - I think they only concentrated on getting the Flash 16 error fixed) - but fingers crossed.
Thanks so much, Wendy! That is the same result as I was getting. Some of the questions require the students to key in a fair amount of text, so that worries me that they wont be able to read it on the Expert Answer pages in order to compare it. I will look into other ways of presenting the questions.
Thanks again, I really appreciate your help!
Hi Aileen
this has been driving me crazy because I have to do it for my project. I think I have a work around. Instead of creating a text box with the scrolling panel - make it a transparent shape - see if that works for you unless you have another workaround to share
Hi Aileen,
Thanks for sharing the file - and my apologies for the delay in getting back here. I could type more than one line of text, and while I'm typing I see the scroll bar if I go beyond the confines of the normal box. When viewing the variable reference the text will shrink, as we don't dynamically change the box size for the reference. If you want to show multiple lines of text without it shrinking, you'll need to adjust the box accordingly.
Hi Ashley
I tried having the box the height of the slide just as an example to accommodate and it still shrinks the text, that's why I tried the shape instead of the text box to see if that might make a difference but it doesn't. This behaviour is different to SL1 - if you look at Stephanie Harnett's notes story she does this and the text doesn't shrink in the text box holding the variable reference.
Mmmm...could I create the slide in SL1 and import it in - wonder if it would hold correct settings then.
Spoke too soon...gave you a bum steer - damn it ...means I am going to have to have a layer for each slide of notes in the module - arrggghhhhhh
Hi Wendy,
I looked at a report that was filed with our team in regards to this issue, and they did note it was the same in SL1 - but that it's as designed as we don't dynamically update the box to fit the text. You'll need to resize the box, and ensure you're using the "do not autofit" option.
