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Russ Lickteig
Russ Lickteig
Inspiring
November 25, 2020
Question

Can't Group certain items

  • November 25, 2020
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Hi all.  So frustrating!  I am trying to group three text boxes and a photo but it won't let me.  Is this a bug?  Doing testing I can select a smart shape and a text box and group works, but if I select two text boxes it won't let me.  What is going on???  If you have had this issue please let me know what you did to fix it...if you were able to that is.  

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    Russ Lickteig
    Russ LickteigAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 25, 2020

    Could this have something to do with Master Slides?  The Text boxes and Image I want to Group on my slides are part of the master Slide layout.  I am trying to Group items on pages so that I can "Hide" them from Accessibility screen readers when I Show a popup box.  Adobe....you need to step up your game when it comes to Accessibility! Really hope the next version of Captivate has more feeatures to help production time.  

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    November 25, 2020

    The most important detail is lacking: are you talking about reponsive or non-responsive projects? In a Fluid Boxes workflow is it impossible to group objects.

    If the objects are on the master slide, they do NOT have an ID, which means that you cannot hide nor show them with an action.  Did you know that? Nott sure to understand, but are you trying to group objects from master with other objects on the slide? That is impossible as well.

     

    Russ Lickteig
    Russ LickteigAuthor
    Inspiring
    November 25, 2020

    Hi Lilybiri.  I am working in a Non-Responsive project. I have a course where we have a Topic Title, Page Title, Page Text, Page number, and Photo that are all laid out on my Master Slide.  So when I add a page to my course those areas are populated with content for that particular page.  I am confused about them not having an ID.  Each item has a different name on each slide. "Text_Caption_2848" for example. Everything I am trying to Group appears on my Master Slide.  I am trying to Group them however on my course slides NOT within the Master Slide.  Am am "Hiding" my course navigation buttons with an Advanced Action when viewing a popup box ( a group of items that I show when a button is selected ) to keep focus on the popup box ( a 508 requirement ) but I just realized I also need to hide the page content from the screen reader as well.  This is why I am trying to group the main elements on the slide that I can hide one group vs five individiual items.  Hope this all makes sense.  

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