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Is there a simple way to use variables to display "Page [n] of [total n]" in slide headers?

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August 11, 2015
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I'm creating one large CP8 project that's divided into many lessons. I'd like to display a caption in the slide headers with "Page of [total n]," with the total being the total number of slides for that lesson. Using variables would be nice, so I don't have to manually renumber the headers if I add, delete, or rearrange slides in a lesson.

I can easily create a variable for the total number of slides in a lesson, entering a fixed value for it. If the number of slides in the lesson changes, I'll just change the value of the variable. Is there a way to use a variable for the incrementing page numbers? Something that would look at the value of the variable on the previous slide and add one to it? I don't think an advanced action will work, because the user won't necessarily go through the slides in order.

If there isn't a simple solution, it's probably more efficient for me to just manually change the headers when necessary. The lessons are short - the longest is 13 slides - so making manual changes is not a big deal.

-Stuart

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EilmerAuthor

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Thanks, all of you, for the replies. The thing is, I'm not referencing slide numbers, I'm referencing a particular sequence of slides. For example, The first lesson is 10 slides, from slide 2 to slide 11. The lesson headers will say "1 of 10," "2 of 10," etc. The second lesson is 3 slides, from slide 12 to slide 14. Those lesson headers will say "1 of 3," etc. And so on throughout the project.

Even if there was a way to do what I want with variables, to be worthwhile it would need to take less time than just numbering the headers manually (which is mostly done already) and then revising them occasionally when I add, remove, or rearrange slides. I could maybe use the system variables by making each lesson a separate swf file, and then aggregating them, but I think that's more trouble than it's worth, and anyway the client wants this in one big file.

Thanks for offering your suggestions.

-Stuart

Lilybiri

Legend

Pretty easy as well. I would create a user variable, that will replace

cpInfoCurrentslide,.another one that keeps total number of slides in a

sequence. Set its default value to 0, create two advanced or shared

actions. The first will be used at the first slide of each sequence,

reassigns 1 to that user variable, and total number in that sequence.

Second action for the other slides, will increment that first variable by

1. That way you can use same unique text container on master slide. Of

course, if you allow backwards movement it would be more complicated.

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EilmerAuthor

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I thought about that approach too, but the users won't necessarily go through the slides in sequence. They'll probably do that the first time through the course, but then it will be available for reference, and we expect people will jump to particular pages.

Thanks,

-Stuart

windscorpion

Inspiring

I put "Slide $$cpInfoCurrentSlide$$ of $$cpInfoSlideCount$$" into a text box and have this inserted into the master slide(s)

Lilybiri

Legend

That was my answer but it got into spam.

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Anonymous

Crazy about Captivate: Use System Variables to Create Slide Numbers in Adobe Captivate

Lilybiri

Legend

Insert system variables in a text container that you can put on master

slide. For current slide number it is cpInfoCurrentSlide. Have no Cp here

on phone, you have to verify for total number of slides in Project,

Variables. Think it is cpInfoSlideCount, not totally sure. To insert a

variable use the X button in the Character part of the text container when

in Edit mode.

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