Hello Community! I've heard/read that 16:9 is becoming (maybe already is?) the default design ratio. If that's true, does Articulate plan to make 16:9 instead of 4:3 the default in Storyline? It's easy to switch the ratio yet I have on more than one occasion forgot to change the story size before designing, which is time consuming to fix. Also, when viewing a Rise file with Storyline blocks on a phone, is one ratio better than the other? Thanks! Holly

Thanks Gordon! I imagine there isn't a path around this issue. Would be helpful if templates were available in both sizes, 4:3 and 16:9., then.

What would be useful would be to allow me to set global settings which are retained for each new project. The Storyline 360 "launch page" has a lot of unused real estate (how much longer do I really need to know that Adobe is ending Flash support on 12/31/2020?) that could be leveraged. Why not have that global property there, where I can set it to one of the built-in settings, or dial one of my own in? Along with that, how about others, including: Publish Settings LMS Output Options Default development directory Player Properties Slide properties Default Slide Master Default Feedback Master Default Project Theme Default Theme Fonts Default directory for media import, including picture, video, and audio Default interactive objects properties

Hi Gordon, I appreciate you popping in to share what you've experienced when importing your PowerPoint project. We do recommend adjusting your slide size in Storyline to match your PowerPoint slide size before importing content. You can also make a custom slide size up to a maximum of 2,047 x 2,047: Setting Your Slide Size

The point is, 4:3 hasn't been a standard for ANYthing for many years. Why is it still the default? Seems like that would be a super easy fix for the developers. Storyline should AT LEAST notice that the shape ratio is different than what you're importing, and ask to confirm that it is what you want.

If the default size changes, I hope the templates change to 16:9, too. I find in a time crunch, the templates incredibly useful. Thank you!

Why Default Story Size of 4:3? | Articulate

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HollyGreene-70d
Community Member
5 years ago
Thank you so very much for your help, Leslie!

Your video helps and I should be able to avoid the problems I've had in the past.

Thanks again!

Holly
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
5 years ago
Consider it done, Monica! 🎉

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LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
5 years ago
Hello everyone!

Great news! We just released another update for Articulate 360 and included a few new features, enhancements, and fixes you'll see in the release notes.

The item you'll be interested in is:

New: Create courses faster by changing the default slide dimensions for new projects.

Just launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer and click the Update button for Storyline 360. You can find all of the details here.

Please let us know if you have any questions, either here or reaching out to our Support Engineers directly.

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