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crystalblack
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January 17, 2013
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Can I use a "clicker" in Captivate?

  • January 17, 2013
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Couldn't find this answer anywhere, so I hope someone can help me.

I am using Captivate 5 and am generating presentations that basically work as PPT slideshows. These presentations do include forward and back buttons. They are used by both single users on a desktop and trainers on an overhead projector. The trainers want to be able to use a presentation "clicker" so they can move through the presentation the same way you can in PPT. They don't want to be tied to the desktop and using a mouse or keyboard to progress through.

I don't know how to fix this besides moving things back to PPT. (Which I really, really, REALLY don't want to do...)

Any help is greatly appreciated!

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    Correct answer Captiv8r

    Hi there

    As I understand it, the "clicker" doesn't simulate a mouse at all. Unless, of course, you purchased one that DOES have a mouse function.

    Basically what these devices do is to transmit the equivalent of the Page Down and Page Up keys. So if you assign the Page Down or Page Up as shortcut keys on your Previous and Next buttons, the clicker should function to navigate the Captivate output as it does for PowerPoint.

    Cheers... Rick

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    Captiv8r
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    January 18, 2013

    Hi there

    As I understand it, the "clicker" doesn't simulate a mouse at all. Unless, of course, you purchased one that DOES have a mouse function.

    Basically what these devices do is to transmit the equivalent of the Page Down and Page Up keys. So if you assign the Page Down or Page Up as shortcut keys on your Previous and Next buttons, the clicker should function to navigate the Captivate output as it does for PowerPoint.

    Cheers... Rick

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    crystalblackAuthor
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    January 18, 2013

    I will also try adding shortcuts to buttons.

    Thanks for the help!

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    crystalblackAuthor
    Participant
    January 18, 2013

    I tried both ways. Since our clicker doesn't have mouse functions, the click boxes didn't work. But the buttons and adding a shortcut worked perfectly (once i figured out the page up and page down buttons were on opposite sides of the clicker from where I would expect!).

    Thanks for all the help. This will make my trainers very happy!

    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
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    January 18, 2013

    As I understand it, the clicker is just basically acting as a mouse anyway.  So if you set up click boxes on each slide to pause the slide, the clicker will just unpause the slide and allow playback to continue on to the next slide.

    Have you actually tried to use a clicker with a Captivate test module with some slides containing click boxes?

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    crystalblackAuthor
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    January 18, 2013

    I don't typically use click boxes, I tend to use buttons as it's my personal preference. I will try click boxes and see if that works!

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