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ericaverza
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January 8, 2019
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How to keep text 'selectable' in projects published as HTML5 and PDF?

  • January 8, 2019
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Hi everyone!

I am working on a project for some time already. Today I showed the first version to my supervisors. Among other things, they complained that it was not possible to select the text on neither the published PDF nor the HTML5 files. The presentation consists of several fact sheets and it would be helpful if the person who is reading it, can also select part of the text. I wrote the text as text boxes in the Captivate file, but when I publish it, the program converts the text in a sort of image.

Does anybody know if it is possible to keep the text written in a text box as a text when the project is published?

Thanks in advance!

Erica

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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January 8, 2019

Which version are you using? I hope yourelaize that pdf is Flash-based? It is for sure a non-responsive project or you wouldn't have been able tto publlish to PDF. I even wonder if you did publish to HTML5?

Test in a Scrolling Text interaction is selectable if you uncheck 'Read only'. I don't know what you mean by 'text box'? Is that a Text Entry Box, a Shape or a Text Captivon.

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ericaverzaAuthor
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January 8, 2019

Hi Lilybiri,

I have created a project, in which I have an initial mind map with several options. Each option can be clicked and then you are redirected to a fact sheet with a large text about that option. This text I wrote in Captivate as a real text, but when I publish it, it become a image. I want this text to be able to be selected and copied if someone wants to. Just like I can copy your answer above and paste somewhere else. I would like to know if it is possible to avoid this conversion from a text to a image when I publish my captivate file. I am using the version 9.

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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January 8, 2019

You didn't answer my questions at all. I suspect you publish o SWF. Since  ou don't like my suggestion fro scrolling text interaction, and I don't still know what you mean by 'text box'? 

For SWF output and IF you are talking about text captions or shapes used as text containers, you need to insert a variable to convert those text containers to dynamic text which will be generated on runtime.

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