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February 19, 2016
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Captivate 9 - I need lots of vertical scrolling text

  • February 19, 2016
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For a project delivered in HTML5 on a desktop computer, I will need at least one slide to be 3200 pixels tall to accommodate a large amount of vertical scrolling text.  This project will be an entire high school English course. The students will be selecting from a pair of short stories, will read it, and then answer some questions about the story. I would rather not break the story into dozens of slides or make students leave Captivate, read a PDF, and come back 30 minutes later to answer questions.  How do I present a large amount of vertically scrolling text on a single page? The only vertical scroll bar text widget I can find is a tiny box that will not accommodate a 1200 word short story.

Any creative solutions are welcome as I am only in the planning phase at this time.

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Correct answer RodWard

Use a Web Object and put the text into an HTML web page that gets displayed in the Web Object on a slide.

The advantage of this approach is that you can put as much text as you want into the HTML page and you can also format the text using CSS.  The scrolling text interaction doesn't allow either of these freedoms.

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subassapkota
subassapkota
Known Participant
March 25, 2020

Is it possible to wrap buttons (link for other slides) in a vertical scrollable box? 

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
March 25, 2020

Can you please start a new thread, because this seems to be a totally different topic.

 

What do you mean exactly by 'wrap' buttons?  You can have hyperlinks in a text container, but buttons is a totally different item. What is the goal of those buttons? Which version are you using (Help, About Captivate)?

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
February 19, 2016

The only interaction possible is Scrolling Text, but I'm not sure how many text it can accomodate.

RodWard
Community Expert
RodWardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 20, 2016

Use a Web Object and put the text into an HTML web page that gets displayed in the Web Object on a slide.

The advantage of this approach is that you can put as much text as you want into the HTML page and you can also format the text using CSS.  The scrolling text interaction doesn't allow either of these freedoms.

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CaptiveAudience-u8Q45YAuthor
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February 23, 2016

Thank you very much... I will try your solution as soon as I get the chance.  It sounds like exactly what I need!

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