Typing effect animation?

Captivate has had this for years... really Articulate?

Typing and cursive handwriting should be considered for the built-in animations. I go to Doodly to animate forms being filled in. However, I feel these two animations are overdue for Articulate text boxes.

I did somewhat simulate the sensation but on a basic level. I can't find the file to share but essentially what i did was take a keyboard image and select the keys with a colored square. it looked like a ghost was typing and then i timed the word to appear in the set spot.

Wow, that's neat, Garth!  It's not actually what I'm aiming at here, but very cool

I just want to animate the letters without keyboard interaction - like the user was watching me type.  I'm trying to spruce up a demonstration that's really just text and not visually interesting.

Zara, did you have entire words appear at once, or one letter at a time?

Did you ever figure out how to do this?  I need to do the same thing.  It's easy in captivate, but not so much in storyline. 

Hi, Gayle -- Thanks so much for stopping back in to add your suggestion to this older thread, and if you would be interested in sharing your ideas for feature requests, here is the form you would need. :)

I ran into this same thing today. I opted to use PowerPoint to create the animation and then recorded it using Replay, then added the video to my slide in Storyline. Downside is if I ever change the content I will have to re-record the animation. 

Many thanks for sharing the workaround you discovered, Toni, as I am sure it will be helpful to others who come across this thread looking for help with a similar issue. 

Thanks so much for sharing your discovery, Amanda! Hopefully that will come in handy for others who come across this thread seeking assistance in the future! :)

Hi Darren!

You are welcome to share your thoughts with our product development team here.