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akaskens
akaskens
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February 23, 2017
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captivate 9 bulletin widget

  • February 23, 2017
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i like the bulletin widget, but wondering if there's a way to customize (or remove) the "project bullets" and "slide bullets" tab headings. There doesn't seem to be any explanation of this widget and it's odd that the tabs are not customizable (unless I'm missing something). Thanks!

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    C
    Captivate 2019 ISD
    Participating Frequently
    February 2, 2023

    Does anyone know if Adobe ever fixed (or will fix) the bug with the defunct Slide Bullets feature? Based on this, it appears these features do not get QA'd before they go out the door.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    February 2, 2023

    Please, can you explain what you mean by 'Slide Bullets' feature? This thread is about the Bulletin Learning Interaction, what is the link with your question? If it is about something else than the learning interaction, could you start a new thread and give some more details, maybe screenshots?

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    February 3, 2023

    Very good point and totally agree hence why I try not to depend on Captivate solely for this purpose. I was spoiled with Rise previously but will find creative workarounds with the shortcomings with this product. 


    Indeed, I don't like the 'canned' interactions like you find in Rise. They may speed up some processes but become boring. It is the reason I stick with Captivate because it never limited my creativity for creating interactions. Have a short look at this introduction which I used in a presentation to push developers to stop believing that passive video creates the most efficient eLearning assets:

    https://blog.lilybiri.com/interactivity-in-captivate-back-to-basics

    May I also recommend to have a look at the Assets panel, Projects and Slides, for inspiration? They are labeled as the Quick Start Projects and the Ready to go Slides. You can customize the content, and some of the projects have nicely designed interactions. You can find several blog posts about customizing those interactions. Just have a look at the posts in my blog.

    RodWard
    Community Expert
    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 23, 2017

    It's a sore point.  Adobe creates brilliant software, but their documentation about how to actually use that software could certainly be better. 

    But then in a previous life as a Technical Author for software companies I (like Dilbert) quickly discovered that Tina the Techwriter is the least loved and respected person in the entire company. 

    Programmers believe people buy software for the new features they get, NOT for the documentation.  If you want better documentation, you need to be logging enhancement requests targeted at this area.

    akaskens
    akaskensAuthor
    Known Participant
    February 23, 2017

    Thanks Rob. I'll look into an enhancement request.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    February 23, 2017

    The lack of documentation not only for the learning interactions but for the application itself leads to a lot of frustrations. As Rod points out, it is considered to be low priority and Adobe relies on free documentation provided by users in blogs, videos etc.  I wonder if someone could ever calculate how many $ or € are lost that way

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