Bullets aren’t looked upon particularly favorably nowadays as an eLearning element, but as someone said to me recently, “Sometimes you just need bullets!”
If you use Articulate® Storyline® to create your eLearning, as I do, you may have sometimes felt a bit frustrated when changing font type size on bulleted text. A common occurrence is for the last bullet in the list to stubbornly maintain the old type size.
In this video I describe a discovery I made that forces that last bullet – or any bullet that isn’t “behaving” – to conform. The “key” step is at around 59 seconds, where I suggest you use your mouse to “select” at the end of the line containing the bullet that’s not conforming. It’s difficult to see what I mean, because Storyline doesn’t highlight that area and there’s not a whole lot to select. So, here’s a screenshot that may help. The yellow highlight indicates the little spot, right after the bulleted text, where you drag your mouse before adjusting the bullet size.
In addition, I think I’ve found a way to avoid the problem altogether. Intrigued? Check out the video. And, if you do give these tips a try, I’d love to know if they work for you.
You rock. I needed a bullet fix in the worst way!
Hi Sharon,
Glad the bullet tip worked for you. Sorry for my very delayed response. Not enough hours in the day!
Wonderful! You have no idea how ‘vexed’ I’ve been by this (ahem) bug. Many thanks!
Hi Patricia,
“ahem” indeed ;). Looking forward to the fix, yes? Glad this was a help.
I was having this bullet size issue and did a Google search and found your solution. It works fine thank you.
Articulate Storyline should really take care of this issue.
Hi Tom,
So glad this worked for you. Sorry for my delayed response. I keep trying to find time to blog!
This is lovely. Now if you could just help me out with a Universal fix for my note section. The paragraph spacing oddities are driving me crazy!
Hi Lara,
Agree with the paragraph spacing and love that you describe them as “oddities.” 😉 Have you made a feature request for improvements? If not, please join me and many others who have done so. You know what they say about the squeaky wheel!
Bullet sizing was driving me crazy. So glad I found this easy fix, had made life a lot easier for me 🙂
HI Sian,
I’m not sure how I missed your comment – so apologies for this late response. Tx so much for posting, and SO glad this worked for you.
Thank you for the tip!!! I thought it was just ME having problems with those bullets.
Hi Sharron,
Misery loves company, eh? 😉 Glad this tip helped.
Becky