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April 29, 2015
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I want my SLIDES to be moved on by the learner, not to have a fixed time. How do I remove the time duration from the slide?

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Interactivity is more than just reading and clicking, but that is not your question. Which version do you use? I will suppose it is the latest one, 8.0.1.242.

    Answer was already in my first reply. Insert an interactive object: shape button, normal button or click box. They can pause the slide, typical pausing time (see Timing Properties panel) is at 1.5secs for shape buttons and other buttons, at the end of its timeline for the click boxes that are invisible to the user.  Interactive objects have a Success and a Failure event, when they click on it the Success event is fired and that event can trigger an action like 'Go to Next Slide'. You'll find those actions in the Properties panel for that object, Actions tab. User can read or look as long as he wants, and only when he clicks that object he will move to the next slide. Read about Timeline: Tiny Timeline Tidbits - Captivate blog

    Since you'll probably want that object to be clicked to move to the next slide on every slide, I recommend to use a shape button. That is the only one that can be put on a master slide (maybe the main master slide), or on the first slide and timed for the rest of the project (Timing Properties panel). More details in this post:

    Why I like Shape Buttons - Captivate 6! - Captivate blog   

    Never extend a slide duration for the purpose you mention, because that is just increasing the file size for no reason.

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    April 29, 2015

    I do not understand your question at all, could you give more details?

    When you design a slide it will have a duration, but by including pauses, interactive objects, you'll give a lot of control to the user. A CP-slide is not just like a video. There is no way to define a slide that has no duration, because both SWF and HTML5 output have to generate the output and have to know how many frames there will have to be. But I suspect your goal can be reached in a different way. Editor's time and time spent by the user on a course can be totally different: Display Time information - Captivate blog

    russ84001583
    russ84001583Author
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    April 29, 2015

    I'm new to eLearning; I'm a traditional classroom trainer who is trying to learn a new skill.

    I want the slide to appear, be read and reacted to by the learner and then they click to move on when they are ready, rather like you would use powerpoint to display stuff to a live audience. Can I do that in Captivate or do I just select for the slide to last for a much longer period than would actually be needed and then the learner advances the slide when they are ready.

    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
    Legend
    April 29, 2015

    Interactivity is more than just reading and clicking, but that is not your question. Which version do you use? I will suppose it is the latest one, 8.0.1.242.

    Answer was already in my first reply. Insert an interactive object: shape button, normal button or click box. They can pause the slide, typical pausing time (see Timing Properties panel) is at 1.5secs for shape buttons and other buttons, at the end of its timeline for the click boxes that are invisible to the user.  Interactive objects have a Success and a Failure event, when they click on it the Success event is fired and that event can trigger an action like 'Go to Next Slide'. You'll find those actions in the Properties panel for that object, Actions tab. User can read or look as long as he wants, and only when he clicks that object he will move to the next slide. Read about Timeline: Tiny Timeline Tidbits - Captivate blog

    Since you'll probably want that object to be clicked to move to the next slide on every slide, I recommend to use a shape button. That is the only one that can be put on a master slide (maybe the main master slide), or on the first slide and timed for the rest of the project (Timing Properties panel). More details in this post:

    Why I like Shape Buttons - Captivate 6! - Captivate blog   

    Never extend a slide duration for the purpose you mention, because that is just increasing the file size for no reason.

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