Text and variables

• How do I edit text on a slide?

  Double-click the text on the slide and type, or select the object and choose Edit text on slide in the Inspector. Click outside to finish.

• How do I format text?

  Select the words or the whole text object, then use the Font, Paragraph and Styles groups on the ribbon's Text tab. F6 takes you there from the slide.

• How do I edit and format text on a scrolling page?

  Double-click a text block on the page, then format the selected words on the Text tab, add Bullets or Numbering, a variable or a Ctrl+K link. Escape applies the edit.

• How do I find and replace text across the course?

  Press Ctrl+F or Ctrl+H, type what to find and what to replace it with, choose Preview matches, untick any to keep, then Replace selected.

• How do I create a variable?

  Choose Home › Variables on the ribbon, choose + Add variable, enter a name, type and initial value, then choose Create variable.

• How do I show a variable's value in text?

  While editing text, choose Insert › Variable or type % and pick the variable. The slide shows its name; learners see its current value.

• How do I rename a variable or change its initial value?

  In Course settings › Variables, choose Edit on the variable, change the name or Initial value, then choose Save variable.

• How do I export or import variables as a CSV file?

  In Course settings › Variables, choose Export CSV to save variables.csv, or Import CSV… to add and update variables from rows of name,type,initialValue.

• How do I fix spacing and punctuation slips?

  Open the import report and read Spacing and punctuation. Each row shows the slip in its words; choose Fix to correct just those characters.

• How do I find text that does not fit?

  Open the import report and read Text that does not fit. Each row names the slide and text box; select it, then choose Fit box to text or resize the box.

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