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Anonymous
July 27, 2016
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Button text Captivate 6

  • July 27, 2016
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I'm brand new to Captivate and, I must say, I'm underwhelmed. How does one go about simply adding text to a button? When I add a caption, all the existing buttons disappear leaving only one on my menu page (a template from a co-worker) and, the caption (I assumed this would be the Button Text but....no....) doesn't appear.  The action is "Jump to Slide". It's Captivate 6.

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    Allen_Partridge
    Adobe Employee
    Allen_Partridge
    Adobe Employee
    July 27, 2016

    Things appearing to disappear is usually the result of timeline positioning. Open the panel for the timeline and check to see if you have perhaps moved forward in the timeline - past the original location of your missing button sprites.  Here's a quick overview of timelines in Captivate in case that was the trouble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLqAqzFU3v4

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    July 27, 2016

    Allen, both screenshots were during editing, not when previewing. Staggering on the timeline cannot cause the disappearance of all buttons when one button is labeled during editing or do I miss something? I asked to check the Timeline to see if the buttons were present on it.

    Allen_Partridge
    Adobe Employee
    Allen_Partridge
    Adobe Employee
    July 27, 2016

    RAM shortage? Not like any issue(s) I've seen. Corrupt install perhaps?

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    July 27, 2016

    Normal buttons: label on the button has to be changed in the Properties panel, I think it is indicated as 'Caption'. Only for shape buttons it is possible to double-click on the shape and type the text in place. I'm sorry, cannot offer you a screenshot because CP6 is no longer on my system.

    As for what happens with buttons disappearing, I have no idea. Maybe you could try to post some screenshots?

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    Anonymous
    July 27, 2016

    Thanks for indulging me, much appreciated.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    July 27, 2016

    Those are Text buttons. The label on the text button has to be put in 'Caption' as I told. But I see that the used character is an Arabic font. Is your system set up to be able to show that type of fonts? I am not sure CP6 already supported not-western fonts. Could you just for a moment try out another font?

    I have no idea why the buttons are disappearing. There is an action On Enter for the slide, which Apply Effect to a button. The slide quality is set to Low and there is a dedicated master slide. Do you see all those buttons on the Timeline?

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