Any help for the issue where alt text in Rise doesn't transfer over when exporting to PDF? It's a huge amount of time for us to re-add to the PDF after export... Help would be greatly appreciated!
Can you tell me more about what you'd expect to see regarding alt text in an exported PDF document? Do you want the alt text tag to appear on top of the images in the PDF?
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to add Name and course title to the PDF printout. I'm going to insert a Data entry field so users can enter the Course name and also enter a Data entry filed so that users can enter their name. I can get the PDF file to appear, but I cannot figure out how to get the Data Entry fields to populate into the PDF. Is there anyway you would be able to help me with this?
I have the PDF all built, In my Storyline course, once the user completes they click a button that send them to a PDF certificate of completion that they can easily print. I would like if the name they enter in SL gets sent to the PDF so they don't have to fill out the PDF manually. Is this possible? Thank you for your assistance.
Got it, Peter. You'd like a Storyline variable to be included in your PDF.
I would recommend a solution that another community member shared, but it looks like you've already taken a look here and Bill and Matthew should be able to get you up to speed with your JavaScript needs.
Yes, I have my PDF and when you click the button in Storyline "Print PDF" it opens in a new window. The date auto populates (MM/DD/YYYY ) it also includes military time and AM/PM. The issue I can't seem to figure out is that I'd like to have the users name populate into the PDF. So on the first slide of my .story file they would enter their name. Then when the PDF loads for printing, instead of manually having the user enter their name, it would auto populate from the SL variable. I just can't seem to get this to work. I'm banging my head against the wall. LOL
Is there a way to export alt text to pdf in rise. I mean along with content and images, alt text for the images also to be exported. Currently I'm not seeing alt text displayed in pdf exported from Rise.
Hi Vijayaragavan, thanks for your question! While there isn't a way to export alt text in a course to a PDF file, I'd love to hear more about this idea. Can you tell me why that feature would be helpful for your team?
Not sure if this was ever answered outside of this thread, but alt-tagging images takes a lot of time. So when I export a PDF version of my course, if the alt tags don't carry over then I have to go through and re-tag everything in the PDF. Depending on the course, this can be hours of extra work, so it would be a HUGE value add for me to make alt tags exportable to PDF. I find it puzzling why this wasn't included in the export function to begin with.
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Hi Rebecca!
Can you tell me more about what you'd expect to see regarding alt text in an exported PDF document? Do you want the alt text tag to appear on top of the images in the PDF?
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to add Name and course title to the PDF printout. I'm going to insert a Data entry field so users can enter the Course name and also enter a Data entry filed so that users can enter their name. I can get the PDF file to appear, but I cannot figure out how to get the Data Entry fields to populate into the PDF. Is there anyway you would be able to help me with this?
Hello, Peter!
Are you trying to add text fields to a PDF? If so, you would need Adobe Acrobat to do that. I believe this Adobe help article will point you in the right direction: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-form-field-basics.html
Let me know if that's what you had in mind!
I have the PDF all built, In my Storyline course, once the user completes they click a button that send them to a PDF certificate of completion that they can easily print. I would like if the name they enter in SL gets sent to the PDF so they don't have to fill out the PDF manually. Is this possible? Thank you for your assistance.
Got it, Peter. You'd like a Storyline variable to be included in your PDF.
I would recommend a solution that another community member shared, but it looks like you've already taken a look here and Bill and Matthew should be able to get you up to speed with your JavaScript needs.
Thanks Leslie,
Yes, I have my PDF and when you click the button in Storyline "Print PDF" it opens in a new window. The date auto populates (MM/DD/YYYY ) it also includes military time and AM/PM. The issue I can't seem to figure out is that I'd like to have the users name populate into the PDF. So on the first slide of my .story file they would enter their name. Then when the PDF loads for printing, instead of manually having the user enter their name, it would auto populate from the SL variable. I just can't seem to get this to work. I'm banging my head against the wall. LOL
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Is there a way to export alt text to pdf in rise. I mean along with content and images, alt text for the images also to be exported. Currently I'm not seeing alt text displayed in pdf exported from Rise.
Hi Vijayaragavan, thanks for your question! While there isn't a way to export alt text in a course to a PDF file, I'd love to hear more about this idea. Can you tell me why that feature would be helpful for your team?
Not sure if this was ever answered outside of this thread, but alt-tagging images takes a lot of time. So when I export a PDF version of my course, if the alt tags don't carry over then I have to go through and re-tag everything in the PDF. Depending on the course, this can be hours of extra work, so it would be a HUGE value add for me to make alt tags exportable to PDF. I find it puzzling why this wasn't included in the export function to begin with.