Issue: Different smart shapes automatically get assigned the same advanced action

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September 5, 2018
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Good morning to all,

I'm using CP2017

I have the following issue:

Different smart shapes, which are used as buttons on 2 different slides get automatically assigned with the same advanced action.

If I assigned to one button in slide 1 a advanced action, the button on slide 2 automatically get assigned the same advanced action.

Both smart shapes (aka Buttons) have a different name and also the slides have different name and as well the advanced actions.

Hope someone can help

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Lilybiri

Legend

Did you post this twice? I just answered that question in the eLearning Community. Repeating:

"Which version of 2017 do you use? Check under Help, About Captivate. Recent version is 10.0.1.285.There must be something wrong in your workflow, I have been using advanced actions since almost 10 years daily. How did you create the shape buttons: by duplicating the first shape button or did you draw each of them individually? Are you sure that they are not timed for the rest of the project? Can you show a screenshot of the advanced action and of the timeline? Sure that a shared actions wouldn’t be a better approach?"

Please don't post same question twice, I like to help users but this is bit waste of my free time.

Armando6523Author

Participating Frequently

Thanks for your quick replay.

I would like to thank you, for your great tutorials.

Yes I did, sorry about that I didn't know that this was the same.

I'm using the recent version CP2017 10.0.1.285.

I've created a master slide with the amount of smart shapes placeholders lets say 12 and I assignet them the style of my buttons. Most probabbily I've created the 1st one in the master slide and then I copied and paste it.

Out of the master silde i created 2 slides in my project and then I named each smart shape (aka button ) and assigned a advanced action.

But when I a action to one button in slide a it aslo get assigend to slide b.

Yes I'm sure the button get not timed trough out the project.

Attached some screenshots. My project is in german hope that will work for you.

Thx

Lilybiri

Legend

German is not a problem (I seem to be the linguist here....). You can even write in German, but I will answer in English (just back from coaching a training in Berlin).

Your screenshots however are so tiny and fuzzy that I cannot see any detail. The timeline is huge (do you never use groups?), From what there are indeed some placholdere objects (timeline is light brown) but not sure those are the shapes. You cannot have a shape button placeholder, only static shapes. The whole problem is due to that workflow I suspect. Placeholder objects are weird. You created a placeholder shape on the master slide, converted it to a button and attached the advanced action (no screenshot of the action). Apparently Captivate treats now all those shape uttons as if they use the same placeholder, so they have to be identical. Since you seem to know my blog, you are ware of the fact that I am always busy with shape buttons and actions, but I never used a placeholder object for them since they appeared with version 6, over 6 years ago.

You can always create an object style (is part of the theme) and use guides to make it easier to insert shape buttons on slides. Especially for this type of responsive project (breakpoint views I suspect?) those guides are the best design tool available. If the advanced actions (please post a screenshot) are similar to each other, think about using a shared action.

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