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Anonymous
June 12, 2008
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Creating a 'reload slide' button

  • June 12, 2008
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I want to know if it is possible to have a button (on a custom playback bar or on a normal button, or even on a swf file) that acts as a replay, because I have slides containing flash animations and others with a sequence of screen captures where the student might want to go over the slide from the beginning.
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    Phil_EH
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    September 15, 2008
    Seems like a good one for the suggestion list. You should be able to create a button and tell it to "Jump to slide" and specify the slide you are currently on.
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    ecg2000
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    September 16, 2008
    quote:
    Originally posted by: three_penguins
    Seems like a good one for the suggestion list. You should be able to create a button and tell it to "Jump to slide" and specify the slide you are currently on.


    Now that is EXACTLY what I thought it should do!!

    Captiv8tr - we have Flash on order and will be taking a course in the coming weeks, but definitely don't have the expertise at the moment. Guess I'll stick to the work-around. Thanks for your help!! : )
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    ecg2000
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    September 15, 2008
    I have the same query as Maziusklein. While the solution suggested by Captiv8r works, I was wondering if there's some javascript (or other code?) that can be used instead - to eliminate the duplication of slides?
    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
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    September 15, 2008
    welcome to our community, Erin

    I suppose if you have Flash at your disposal and know how to use it, you might be able to create some sort of a Flash Widget/Gizmo that could accomplish it.

    Assuming you meet those prerequisites, you might begin by reviewing the Captivate Variables listed on fellow Adobe Community Expert Paul Dewhurst's site. Click here to visit Paul's site.

    JavaScripting it may be a tough nut to crack.

    Cheers... Rick
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    Anonymous
    June 23, 2008
    Thanks a lot for answering with such immediateness. I think I'm gonna try to do something in flash because I want a slide counter in the project and I would have to do it by hand with your trick. Nevertheless, thanks a lot, because I might end up using your advice if I can't come up with the solution.

    :)
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    Anonymous
    June 23, 2008
    Thanks a lot for answering with such inmediateness. I think I'm gonna try to do something in flash because I want a slide counter in the project and I would have to do it by hand with your trick. Nevertheless, thanks a lot, because I might end up using your advice if I can't come up with the solution.

    :)
    Captiv8r
    Captiv8r
    Legend
    June 12, 2008
    Welcome to our community, Maziusklein

    This one is pretty easy to do.

    The first step is to duplicate the slide you wish to offer a replay option. If it was slide five, you should have a new slide 6 that is identical. Edit the original slide and remove all objects except the background. Then configure the slide timing for .1 seconds.

    Now you edit the new slide. Add your "Replay" button and configure it to point to the previous (and really short) slide. The net result is that the user clicks the button and the previous slide is loaded. It plays ever so shortly and the slide you wish to replay appears.

    Hopefully this was helpful... Rick
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