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AndyKingInOC
AndyKingInOC
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August 19, 2011
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Branching view window?

  • August 19, 2011
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cp5..

New project I'm working has quite a bit of branching, more so than I've normally had opportunity to employ.

When working with the branching view window I noticed it 1) doesn't show all the slides in each branch and 2) doesn't seem to recognize navigation buttons on the slide but rather builds the branching based on the "on slide exit" option.

Some of my branches can be long, based on the choices the learner makes.  Is the truncated view in the branching window normal or am I missing something?

On the navigation, one example.. I have slide 1 with choices to one slide each.  From those slides they return back to slide 1.  In branching view it shows:

              --Choice A-|

Slide 1 --|----------------Choice B

              --Choice C

Sorry I can't upload a screen cap, i hope that's clear.  Slide 1 points to Choice A/B/C.  Choice A has a line to Choice B.  The 'on slide exit' for all 3 is 'go to next slide' although the buttons I'm using on each slide disallow that from ever happening.  This doesn't seem to happen on every slide with this type of navigation, only a few.  Any ideas?

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Hello Andy,

    Do you have any grouping in the file? Are groups expanded or collapsed?

    If navigation is triggered by advanced actions, that will not show in the Branching view, which is really a pity. I have been asking for several additional features to make this Branching panel more useful, especially for more complex projects like you describe. To have those features high on the priority list more users should introduce requests, but I have the impression that very few users do know this Branching view and the functionalities that are already built in. Even during webinars by Adobe I almost never see this view appearing. That was the principal reason for my blog post, and secretly hoping that more users would insist on turning this Branching panel in a very useful Tool. Do you know that you can label in this view, search for orphaned slides etc?

    Lilybiri

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    August 19, 2011

    Hello,


    I don't know if I understand your question quite well. You can enlarge a slide in the Branching view, by double-clicking it and then you'll see all the possible actions for branching. In this blog post I have tried to explain some functionalities of the Branching view in CP5.0 but it is also valid for CP5.5. Perhaps it could help a little bit:

    Unknown is unloved...

    What I do not like is the fact that the size of this view is restricted to 800x600, I introduced a feature request to be able to extend that.

    Lilybiri

    AndyKingInOC
    AndyKingInOCAuthor
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    August 19, 2011

    Sorry it's unclear, I wish I could upload a screenshot but company rules don't permit me.

    What I'm seeing in the branching view is not representative of what the slide navigation actually does.  What I'm seeing in branching, and my crude drawing above is that the slide for Choice A has navigation leading it to slide Choice B. 

    The navigation and buttons for Choice A never leads it to Choice B, so it's unclear to me what the Branching View window is really showing me.  That is.. if it's inaccurate here, can I trust it to be accurate everywhere or do I need to view each slide to ensure the navigation works as I intend...

    It's more work to check each slide of course.  It'd be faster workflow if Branching View showed a true interpretation of the project flow.

    Good to know about the 800x600.  That does seem to be a silly limitation.  And thanks for the link, I'll view it more closely when I have a few minutes of brain bandwidth.

    Any ideas why it wouldn't show all the slides in a particular branch?

    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
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    August 20, 2011

    Hello Andy,

    Do you have any grouping in the file? Are groups expanded or collapsed?

    If navigation is triggered by advanced actions, that will not show in the Branching view, which is really a pity. I have been asking for several additional features to make this Branching panel more useful, especially for more complex projects like you describe. To have those features high on the priority list more users should introduce requests, but I have the impression that very few users do know this Branching view and the functionalities that are already built in. Even during webinars by Adobe I almost never see this view appearing. That was the principal reason for my blog post, and secretly hoping that more users would insist on turning this Branching panel in a very useful Tool. Do you know that you can label in this view, search for orphaned slides etc?

    Lilybiri

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