Captivate timing

Hi Shaunte,

You can think of a published Captivate project in terms of a continuous timeline from slide 1 to your end slide. Or as one video, as mentioned above by Lilybiri. You can 'slice' up the timeline into slides by adding a pause at the end of each slide, again, as Lilybiri has mentioned. This means that you can leave the 3 second default time as it is, but it will wait for user interaction before proceeding to the next slide.

I typically use an invisible button on a Master slide (this looks like a lot, but it's simple and quick):

1. Go to your Master Slide tab Window>Master Slide choose a master slide that your project is using, or the top one is the Parent master for all slides
2. From the toolbar, select Shapes, then pick a circle or square
3. Draw the shape on the master slide and resize so that it's small and place it in a corner that doesn't have any selectable objects like navigation buttons
4. In Properties panel, select Use as button, then set the fill opacity to 0, and line Width to 0
5. In Properties panel, click the Object state drop down and select and delete the Rollover and Down states by choosing each from the menu, then clicking the trash can icon next to the drop down box (as mentioned below, this step is optional and not recommended for new users)
6. With the button selected, go to the Actions tab in Properties 
7. Under Others, make sure Pause project until...is the only option selected.

Now when you publish, you'll see that each slide will pause and wait for user interaction.

Hope this helps.