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josephgmeyer
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September 20, 2013
Question

Drag and drop template (slide must contain two slide items)

  • September 20, 2013
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Hello everyone. Me again! 😃

I'm getting started with drag and drop interactions in Captivate 7. The end result I'd like is to get the interaction in an e-book I'm designing with Indesign.

This might seem elementary for most but as I am just getting started.

I'm clicking on start a new blank project and I'm trying to launch the drag and drop wizard but all Im geting is an error message stating that the  the slide must contain at least two slide items. What is it I need to do to get past this?

I've already created a template in photoshop, the same one that I opened with pptx. It does contain two parts. The top part is a chalkboard where I intend to place the options to drag. And the bottom part which is simply a text which I  have "inserted a shape" into which I'dlike to set  as a drop box. The shapes is within a text that has missing expressions or words that are in the top part of the template.

Is this what Captivate is talking about? If so, why isn't it acknowledging it as a slide that does contain two slide items?

What must I do differently in order for the Drag and drop wizard to launch?

I understand that it's really a simple procedure. Once the wizard is launched. But, it's not allowing me to launch the wizard from the get go since it requires me to use a template with two slide items...

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

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2 replies

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
September 20, 2013

Show a screenshot of the timeline, so that we can confirm Sreekanth's intuition (which I believe is correct).

All the objects that you want to use for Drag&Drop need to have a separate timeline! And you cannot drag interactive objects (button, click box, Text Entry Box, shape used as button).

Lilybiri

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josephgmeyerAuthor
Known Participant
September 20, 2013

Libyriri, I'm just getting get started with the project and I've been working at getting the screenshot! I managed to save the screenshot but I'm having issues uploading the image. For some odd reason, it's not letting me upload.

But let me tell you this, I was fidgeting with captivate last night till late late and I finally got  the wizard launhed.

I'm sure I'm going to have more questions though, may I change it up a bit.

Like, would you know how to configure the text to go from right to left ?!? I have no clue how the damn thing got that way. I speak no middle eastern language?

RodWard
Community Expert
RodWardCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 20, 2013

Check settings under Preferences > General > Require Right to Left Composer

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Sreekanth_S
Legend
September 20, 2013

Hi Joseph

Can you check your timeline and see if your proposed source and destination objects are listed there? I somehow feel that these objects are being considered as part of the background.

Sreekanth

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