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Anonymous
July 25, 2013
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Can a learner turn off the visibility of objects?

  • July 25, 2013
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Hi

I have Captivate on my work computer, but I don't use it yet and it works very slowly! (I'm currently using Storyline.) However, I would like to give some helpful suggestions to a co-worker on one of his Captivate projects.

He has created a project that has on-screen text that repeats what he says as well as on-screen text with what are possibly unnecessary hints. I am wondering if it is possible to set up a button so that the learner can easily turn these text boxes on and off without having to do this for every new screen that he/she enters. Is that possible?

I hope you can help!

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RodWard
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RodWardCommunity Expert
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July 25, 2013

If your colleague is using Closed Caption text then the user has the option to click the CC text panel in the top corner to remove it.  There's also a CC button on the playbar that can be set to click this text on or off.

If using CC text to provide a transcript of the voiceover, very little other on screen text should be necessary.

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Anonymous
July 25, 2013

Thanks for the quick reply, Rod.

No, he's not using closed captions. He's just putting a lot of text boxes on screen, one after the other. He's not repeating everything he says, but what he thinks is important, I guess.

The closed caption route sounds good, though I guess we'd have to work out where that will be best placed on the screen. Sounds easy to click on and off, and the text will always be in the same place rather than jumping around. A good solution.

Thanks very much!

RodWard
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RodWardCommunity Expert
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July 25, 2013

In Captivate you can only really choose whether CC text is enabled or not. You cannot position it anywhere you might want on the slide.  It usually sits just above the playbar along the bottom.

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