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Zuzana38249322rh4g
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June 25, 2024
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How to split slides on the timeline

  • June 25, 2024
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Hello all,

I am creating my first training in Captivate and struggeling with a very basic thing - when I preview the training I see that all slides are included in one timeline. But what I want is that each slide has its own timeline, so that when the slide is done, the user has to press a button to go the next slide. How do I do this? I cannot figure this out.

 

Also what I am wondering, how do I setup, that a slide can / cannot be skipped? I have a video, which is not so important, and this should be albe to skip, the others not. How do I do that?

 

Thank you

Zuzana

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    Zuzana38249322rh4gAuthor
    Participant
    July 4, 2024

    Hello, I am using the classic version. And yes I want the user click "Continue" after each slide. But at the moment everything is on one playbar. So the question is, how I can separate it.

     

    This is hows it's now...all slides are on one playbar, which I don't want.

    Thank you

    Zuzana

    RodWard
    Community Expert
    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 5, 2024

    The simple answer is that Captivate doesn't allow you to separate the timeline and have one timeline per slide.  It just doesn't work that way (and never has).

     

    If that functionality is a dealbreaker for you, I would suggest you change to Articulate Storyline.  Their timeline is per slide and you cannot have an overall timeline for the entire project.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    July 3, 2024

    Captivate is slide based, your question is rather confusing. You want a PPT-style presentation probably, not a real eLearning course? The new version 12.3 is automatically pausing each slide at its end (which I hate), and the learner needs to click a button in the playbar to advance.

     

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    donaldw30326818
    Known Participant
    July 3, 2024

    Has anyone helped you with your question?

    First, we need to know what version of Captivate you are using: 11.x "Classic" or 12.x the New Gen?

    Can you attach a screenshot of your work area?

     

    Don

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    Zuzana38249322rh4gAuthor
    Participant
    July 4, 2024

    Hello Don, I am using the Classic view, the attachment I have put below.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    July 4, 2024

    Which exact version, please? You find the version number under Help, About Captivate.

    What you show is not the timeline, but the progress bar in the playbar. You never use that progress bar to split slides, the slides are already split.

    If you want each slide to pause at its end, and it is a non-responsive project,, follow these steps:

    • Go to the Master Slide panel, and select the Main Master at the left.
    • Insert a shape which you'll use as a button. You can make it invisible if you insist to use the Next/Back buttons in that default playbar you are showing in the screenshot. This can be done by setting the border to 0 and the opacity (Alpha) for the Fill to 0
    • Make sure to set this shape as a button. It will now pause each slide at its end, whatever its duration. Pausing is activated automatically in the setup.

    You could use this shape button also as a custom Next button. Make sure the Main master slide objects are inherited on all slides. In some themes, the Title master slide is not taking over the objects on the Main master slide.

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