Storyline 360: Publishing a Course to Microsoft Word

Publish your project for Microsoft Word when you need to distribute handouts, provide a transcript for accessibility purposes, or share content with a reviewer. Storyline 360 automatically uses the modern and secure DOCX file format for the published output.

1. Enter Title, Description, and Folder Location
2. Choose the Document Properties
3. Publish

Step 1: Enter Title, Description, and Folder Location

1. Go to the Home tab on the ribbon and click Publish.
2. When the Publish window appears, select the Word tab on the left.
   
   
3. Enter the Title the way you want it to appear in your Word document. (If you have a title placeholder on the first slide, the title defaults to the text entered in that title placeholder. If you don't have a title placeholder on the first slide, the title defaults to the name of your project file. You can change the title of your Word document here without affecting the name of your project file or the title placeholder on the first slide.) The maximum length for a project title is 80 characters; the maximum length for each output folder name is eight words.
4. Click the ellipsis button (...) beside the title field to define additional project information, such as the author, duration, and version number. Currently, this information is for your reference only. It won’t be visible in your published Word document.
5. Use the Description field to define the purpose of your course. It won't appear in your published output.
6. Use the Folder field to choose where you want to publish your course—for example, your computer desktop. Click the ellipsis button (...) to browse to a location. Storyline 360 will create a new folder in that spot with the published Word document.
   
   Important: Always publish to your local hard drive. Publishing to a network drive or a USB drive can cause problems with your published output due to latency.

Step 2: Choose the Document Properties

In the Properties section, choose from the following formatting options:

Show layers	When you publish to Word, the resulting document will have a screenshot of each slide's base layer by default. If you also want to include a screenshot of the other layers associated with each slide, mark this box. Layer screenshots will appear after the associated base layer in the Word document.
Show slide notes	If you've added notes to your Storyline 360 slides, you can include those notes in your Word document by marking this box. Notes text will appear below the screenshot of each slide's base layer in the Word document.
Screenshot size	This determines the size of the slide and layer screenshots in your Word document. Choose Medium or Large.

Step 3: Publish

When you're finished making selections, click the Publish button. When the publishing process is complete, you’ll see the Publish Successful window with several follow-up options.

Note: As of August 2024, you no longer need a copy of Microsoft Word installed on your machine when publishing.

View Document	This opens your Word document, so you can view, edit, and print it.
Email	This opens a new email message with a zipped copy of your Word document attached.
FTP	This opens a window where you can enter your FTP credentials and transfer your output to a server.
Zip	This creates a zipped version of your Word document in the same location where you published the course.
Open	This opens a file viewer where you can see the Word document that Storyline 360 just created.