Knowledge Base/BETA: MediaShout for Mac/Text

Editor Blanks Out When Editing Text...STILL

Kevin Welch
posted this on Feb 22 12:43 pm

Using build 5197.

The Problem:

I open the editor and type some text.  I highlight the text and change something (font, bold, italics, etc.) The whole editor screen blanks out and I have to  click on the page again to continue editing.  This gets really frustrating when trying to format the text in a class presentation. 

This bug has been there since the beginning.  Is it really that hard to fix?  Seriously, aside from the stability issues just creating a presentation is impressively unpleasant.

 

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Greg Zink

Yeah, me too.  I can't even put any of the pastor's sermon notes on the screen because text editor is so buggy.  This is getting incredibly frustrating!!!! There have been three beta updates for this and it still does not work.

I have been trying to put the pastor's notes on the screen for the past hour now.  This is something the should take no longer than ten minutes.  

February 23, 2012 01:06 pm
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Greg Zink

THe problem still exists with with build 5198.

February 29, 2012 09:45 am
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John Phillips
MediaShout

I have logged this in to the developer. The issue is only present when editing the text on a page (i.e. Page 1), but does not occur when "Cue" is selected in lieu of the Page. However, clicking on the page (i.e. Page 1) after the screen blanks out reveals the changes and allows for more changes.

February 29, 2012 01:49 pm
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Kevin Welch
MediaShout Beta Testing

Using build 5200 now.  Absolutely no difference.  In response to John's comments...

"The issue is only present when editing the text on a page (i.e. Page 1), but does not occur when "Cue" is selected in lieu of the Page." - That's the only way to edit individual lines of text.  Otherwise you have to make changes to the whole cue. 

"However, clicking on the page (i.e. Page 1) after the screen blanks out reveals the changes and allows for more changes." - Well yes, this is true.  It's the only way to continue editing.  This is where the frustration comes in.  If you're trying to format lyrics or other text in a special way (anything other than everything being the same font, size and color) you have to reclick on the individual page after every edit.  This is ridiculous and has been an issue since the earliest beta builds.  You have to understand that this makes creating a presentation an extremely long process and nothing short of infuriating.

March 10, 2012 07:52 pm
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John Phillips
MediaShout

This issue is still on the list to get fixed. 

March 12, 2012 03:40 pm