Slash in text entry answer
I have created a training activity that requires someone to put in a date "16/7/2013" but the slash seems to be a problem. How do you deal with slashes in Captivate? I tried a backslash escape sequence...
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Small Consulting Company in Renton, WA seeking help with an Adobe Captivate project. Needing help creating templates and consulting on initial project development. Need to be able to travel to Renton.
View ArticleFeedback forms
Good day! I am looking into adding a feedback form + "send email" button at the end of a presentation. So I was thinking that I can use a text entry box and the send mail advance action; I assume it...
View ArticleClearing previously shown screens
I have done a training recording of using Excel and on of the screens shows up later on in the slideshow. There seems no reason why it does this, but I want to force it to clear when someone clicks...
View ArticleRe: Getting black screen when launching Captivate presentation
Try selecting or deselecting the option on the Convert PPT dialog box for Maintain Aspect Ratio. Perhaps some elements on the PPT slides are hanging over the edges and Captivate is trying to keep...
View ArticleRe: Captivate 7 Frequently "Not Responding"
OK. These look OK. Forgive me for checking up on you but I sometimes find that users are not aware that their company may be hijacking their My Documents folder and placing it on a server. But your...
View ArticleRe: Help, Videos no longer play after Publishing
Hi VikramGaur, I've Downloaded the file but when try to open it i get an error message that reads "The Following disk Images Couldn't be opened" ... Reason "not recognized" .. I've tried several times...
View ArticleRe: Slide Quality & Transitions are now changing globally.
I have occasionally seen a similar issue where changes to CC text on one slide were replicated across a number of other slides. The issue there seemed to be that the affected slides were created by...
View ArticleRe: When I publish a project I get a white screen first with an arrow in the...
For some publishing formats playback must be explicitly initiated by the user. So in those formats you cannot get rid of the start button. PDF and HTML5 are two such formats. HTM/SWF should not be a...
View ArticleRe: I want to add pdfs to the library
The correct way to submit a suggestion like this is on this form:https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=5
View ArticleRe: Images as buttons not pulling modified graphic?
Image buttons are cached inside the CPTX project file. So the only way to see a new version of the same button is to change the name in the Gallery folder where you insert it from. But the old button...
View ArticleRe: Clearing previously shown screens
If you are referring to something we call "ghosting" where lines or parts of a slide bleed through to become visible on later slides, then the solutions usually are:Change slide quality settings to...
View ArticleIs there a way to turn off automatically going to the next slide?
I am working on a project in which a button can be clicked to play a noise, but I want the button to be clicked more than once, without the project progressing to the next slide. I have tried putting...
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to turn off automatically going to the next slide?
Select the button you're clicking then note the 'Action' section in the properties panel.The 'go to next slide' or 'continue' options are probably selected...yes?Change that to 'no action'...But then,...
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to turn off automatically going to the next slide?
My action is set to "play audio" with infinite attempts, thats why its frustrating that the project insists on moving to the next slide!
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to turn off automatically going to the next slide?
I am having a similar issue (I think), accept no music, and I want to just use the navigation rather than create Next and Previous buttons.
View ArticleAudio Clipped Build 5.0.3.631
I have updated to the above build and I have created and saved an AudioOptions.ini file in my Prgram Files > Adobe>adobe Captivate folder. However, I am still getting the clipped audio in preview...
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Re: Clearing previously shown screens
Thanks, like I thought would happen, turn the lights on and off and things work fine again. I turned the compress swf file off, and advanced compression off, then one at a time switch them back on. All...
View ArticleRe: Is there a way to turn off automatically going to the next slide?
It is very common for Captivate authors to misunderstand that "Infinite Attempts" actually means "Infinite UNSUCCESSFUL Attempts", not "Infinite SUCCESSFUL Attempts". You are allowed only the one...
View ArticleRe: Audio Clipped Build 5.0.3.631
This was a known issue with Captivate 5 versions. Captivate tends to clip off any pure silence. So you need to ensure that there is at least SOME low volume audio at the beginning and the end of each...
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