Captivate 5 - Closed caption scrolling text

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April 16, 2012
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I've searched through the archives and have not found an answer. Is it possible for the closed caption text area to scroll? I read about a possible widget but my company has restricted the site so I can not try it out. Before I go that route I need to know if the widget does what it says and allows me to enter the text into the closed caption area in notes and then display the area (including scroll bars) when the user clicks CC in the playbar.

Or are there other solutions? I do not have the time to bookmark sections and time to playing audio. I want to avoid creating a large block showing a large amount of text which obstructs the slide image area. Seems like it should be easier than this.

Thank you.

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xquzameAuthor

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Thank you all very much for the help. I will submit a request to add to future versions.

Katherine_Chiu

Known Participant

Unfortunately, it does not have this function until CP8

RodWard

Community Expert

I'm not seeing any option in Cp8 to scroll Closed Captioning text.

Are you perhaps confusing this with the Scrolling Text learning interaction?

Captiv8r

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Hi there

Unfortunately that's not an option in Captivate. It is what it is.

I do suppose it may be possible for one of the Flash wizards among us to maybe create a widget that would do this. But I've never seen it.

You might also consider asking the Adobe team for the capability in a future version of Captivate. You do this by using the Wish Form. (Link is in my sig)

Cheers... Rick

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RodWard

Community Expert

I don't know of any widget that creates a scrolling closed caption area in Captivate. But there's a widget that Jim Leichliter made that allows you to reposition the CC area: http://captivatedev.com/2011/02/23/adobe-captivate-5-widget-reposition-closed-captions/

That's about as close as you get.

Personally I don't see the point in using a scrolling area for the CC text. I often have a minute or more of voiceover on a single Captivate slide and I just break the CC text up into single lines that I synch with the audio using the Slide Audio > Closed Captions dialog. User's should not be required to scroll anything while they're trying to watch the content.