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April 18, 2018
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Animated Text Character Limit

  • April 18, 2018
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Is there a limit to the number of characters that you can have in an animated text object? My animated text has a date, a blank line, and eight words. When I preview the slide, the typing text ends after six words.

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Correct answer Lilybiri

You can use Text Animations if you accept that it will not work in most browsers in a near future, and will never work on any mobile device. If you capture the simulation in at least two modes: Demo and Training, you can replace the 'tto type in' slide in the Training simulation byt the identical Demo slide where a typing object is created, not a text animatinon.

I don't understand how taking out the pausing would help, the TEB in a Training simulation has to be validated, is even scored.

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Lilybiri
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April 18, 2018

I would strongly recommend NOT to use the Text Animation anymore. It is Flash-based and EOL of Flash player is announced for next year. Today mobile devices do not support SWF's and many browser don't have the Flash Player plugin installed anymore.

Try replacing Text animations by Effects on text.

Known Participant
April 18, 2018

Here's what I really want to do. I did a simulation that you have to type a note into. It's four lines of text. I don't want the learners to have to type all of this. I want the typing to happen in front of them. Is there a way to do this other than animated text? Would it work to take the pause out of the simulation's text entry box?

Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Legend
April 18, 2018

You can use Text Animations if you accept that it will not work in most browsers in a near future, and will never work on any mobile device. If you capture the simulation in at least two modes: Demo and Training, you can replace the 'tto type in' slide in the Training simulation byt the identical Demo slide where a typing object is created, not a text animatinon.

I don't understand how taking out the pausing would help, the TEB in a Training simulation has to be validated, is even scored.