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dpricesf
dpricesf
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June 15, 2024
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Captivate 12.3 Slides won't auto-advance to the next slide

  • June 15, 2024
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After updating to Captivate 12.3 I started a new project a few slides.  Something seems to be different in 12.3.  All slides pause on exit with or without and interaction in place to do so.  

If there IS an on exit interaction in place to advance to the  next slide or even to a specified slide - the slide still pauses. I have to manually click "NEXT" in the playbar to advance to the next slide.

 

Is anyone else having a similar issue?

 

I came across this post on Captivate 12.1.0.16 from August 2023 that is the same issue  I'm describing. 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/captivate-discussions/captivate-12-project-won-t-auto-advance-to-next-slide/m-p/14396617#M305700

    Correct answer Lilybiri

    You need to forget everything you know about previous versions of Captivate. To make it 'easier' and 'more intuitive' this version acts like PPT. Each slide pauses automatically and the only way to override this if you don't have custom navigation buttons is to have a bookmark at the last frame with the action 'Go to Next Slide'. I am not a fan, but maybe newbies still believe that eLearning is the same as a PPT. Sorry for my sarcasm.

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    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
    Legend
    June 15, 2024

    You need to forget everything you know about previous versions of Captivate. To make it 'easier' and 'more intuitive' this version acts like PPT. Each slide pauses automatically and the only way to override this if you don't have custom navigation buttons is to have a bookmark at the last frame with the action 'Go to Next Slide'. I am not a fan, but maybe newbies still believe that eLearning is the same as a PPT. Sorry for my sarcasm.

      dpricesf
      dpricesfAuthor
      Participant
      June 15, 2024

      OMG - that worked.  Wow - that seals the deal as far as I am concerned. This version of captivate is complete crap.

        Lilybiri
        Lilybiri
        Legend
        June 16, 2024

        This new version is meant to be intuitive, and the team claims that understanding the timeline and the way pauses and pausing points are used in Captivate Classic is too complicated. Instead of explaining and streamlining, they just copied the behavior of a PPT.  Personally I found the way you could spread content over multiple slides, without the learner knowing this didn't happen in one slide, more manageable. Due to the canned layout now (slide templates and blocks) you'll result in multiplication of slides, and there is no way to have this management ease. Master slides and timing for multiple slides were dropped for the same reason, as have been advanced and shared actions. Did you try to create a really useful interaction yet? It is now limited to one decision eventually conditionally, but you cannot create an interaction with more than 2 mutually exclusive situations (THEN/ELSE).

        May I plead to mark my answer as being correct about using a bookmark to have auto-advance slides. I have answered that question everywhere multiple times, but seeing this convoluted workflow as being the only way may help other users.

        BTW I included this workflow in a blog post about static bookmarks in the New Captivate (dynamic is impossible):

        Static Bookmarks in New Captivate - Captivate blog (lilybiri.com)

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