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Attempting to publish a Power Point project to my computer - as a eLearning course

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November 12, 2019
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1.

I don't see the content displayed in the project itself (just the background of the pages and buttons i added)

2.

I see the HTML as a "video" (with a play triangle and underneath the setup menu and buttons) and not as a eLearning course

What am I doing wrong?

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Stagprime2687219

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I imagine that if there isn't anything on the slides which would pause the project that it would simply play through the whole thing.

You could try adding a button to the stage or select pause as an onEnter action to test this theory.

TomaTomAuthor

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Will Try that, Thanks!

Stagprime2687219

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Another thought.

I believe that when you do the initial PPT import that there is an option on how to advance.

Seems like this is set to be on mouse click by default but can also be set as automatically.

If set to automatic - it will just cycle through all the slides.

Selecting on mouse click will place a click box over the entire slide and should pause for the user to click.

Do you remember how that was imported related to that setting?

Lilybiri

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Sorry, but never do use PPT as start for an eLearning course, I don't use a screwdriver to make a hole but take my Makita drilling engine.

Bit kidding, but as you mention, each PPT slide is just converted to sort of a movie slide, no individual objects at all. That explains my first sentence.

Wonder if you are perhaps talking about the black arrow to be clicked because there is no AutoPlay.

About your second question can provide an answer. Due to decisions by browsers, the AutoPlay for HTML5 output has been disabled for all Captivate courses. There are some possibillities to improve the learning experience, have a look at:

http://blog.lilybiri.com/poster-image-autoplay

TomaTomAuthor

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Dear Lily,

first of all - thank you SO much for replying on my question 🙂

As far as PTT goes- as im new with Adobe captivate i have some PTT elerning i need to convert, Being able to import presentations and export them as HTML is part of the reason we decided to start working with Captivate 🙂

Of course, once I know and understand Captivate - all future elearning will be build right from the start on it 🙂

My thing is - once i import the PTT - i can see it in Captivate and I know how to edit it... but once i "Publish" I do not see the project as i see it on Captivate

Regarding you second reply - I admit I didn't understand the answer... 🙂
I followed the explanations of how to "publish" the project and expected it to be saved as an elerning
In practice, it is saved - automatically - as something like a video... I believe im doing something wrong 🙂 I just do not know what 🙂

Lilybiri

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Hmmm... something wrong probably with the publish settings. Is it possible to insert a screenshot of the Publish dialog box?

PPT-slides use the Blank master slide. Did you keep it Blank?

Recommending always to unzip the PPT (it is a zipped folder, same as a cptx file) and extract the assets to be used. Import them in the Library of a new Captivate project based on the wanted theme and start from scratch. You can use the PPT as sort of storyboard. But that way you'll have full control.

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