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AngelaPappas
Community Member
13 years ago
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Why does Storyline change my font size when I import a ppt deck?

I've been fighting with Storyline for the better part of the afternoon trying to get the font size I need. I imported a ppt file and the fonts were exactly as I needed them, but after the import Sto...
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  • LucianaPiazza's avatar
    LucianaPiazza
    2 years ago

    Hello, Everyone!  ✨

    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:

    Update Authoring Apps

    If you have any questions, please let us know in this thread or privately in a support case.

    Have a great day! 

KatieRiggio's avatar
KatieRiggio
Staff
8 years ago

So sorry you've come across the same issue, Simondavide. We can help!

To start, can I confirm that you're working locally (typically the C: drive)? Working on a network drive or an external (USB) drive is known to cause wonky behavior–like incorrect sizing.

Can you also share the PowerPoint file with me, so I can take a closer look? Need to share it privately? No problem, here's how!

  • simondavidetrit's avatar
    simondavidetrit
    Community Member
    8 years ago

    Hi,

    thanks for your reply.
    All my files are locally stored on my laptop (no USB stick or network drive).
    To be honest, any powerpoint file I import gets spoiled by SL360; I even tried to import the bare template (to simplify the use case) and even there all text boxes' fonts are changed (smaller).
    Not only, I use a text box in the footer with a logo text and in that case the text does not get resized but the text box gets smaller so the text is broken on 2 lines.
    This is even worse becasu, being the box part of the template, I cannot even modify it after importing.
    I frankly do not understand why it seems SL360 has to do lots of reworking over the slides instead of a plain import with little/no modifications.
    I'll try to upload my template privately as per your suggestion so you might have a look at your convenience.
    I'm still in the evaluation phase of the tool and I absolutely want to avoid unnecessary reworking of the slides after importing them; I must keep the process lean, so ideally I need to go straight from powerpoint to SL360 with no retouch.
    Thanks in advance for your help, cheers,

    Simone