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jeank92347445
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February 8, 2017
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  • February 8, 2017
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I have a captivate 9 project that automatically advances each slide from one to the next linear.  Currently, my second slide is an agenda slide and automatically plays after the first title slide, then goes on to the 3rd slide, etc.  The change I want to make is:  I want to place a button on the first slide called "Agenda" that the learner can click if they want to view/navigate to the agenda slide 2, but if they prefer not, they can simply continue viewing (no action required by learner) and the project will automatically advance to slide 3, skipping the agenda slide 2 and continue to completion. 

I placed a button on the first slide to accomplish this, setting the Slide Exit action to Go to Slide 3, placing the button on slide 1 to Go to Slide 2.  However, when slide 1 completes, the slide pauses and does not automatically advance.  The presence of the Button is causing the slide to pause until the learner clicks the button.  I want to make this action optional, not required.   I need to override the pause feature so that the project will automatically advance to slide 3 but keep the option for the learner to access the Agenda slide only if they click the button.

Throughout the remainder of the project, the Agenda button should be available throughout so that at any time, the learner could click on the button to Go to Slide 2 (Agenda) if they chose, but they are not required to do so.  If they do click the Agenda button from anywhere in the project, they should be redirected to Slide 2 Agenda, which will play the narration, and upon exit, should return the learner to the last slide visited.  However, IF they click the Agenda button ONLY from slide 1, then the project should NOT return them to Slide 1, rather it should take them to slide 3.  There's no need for them to be forced to listen to Slide 1 again.  The playbar should also skip slide 2 and go directly to slide 3 if clicked on the Title slide 1.  Slide 2 should ONLY be available if the Agenda button is clicked.

Is any of this possible?

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Which version do you use? I hope not a version before 6 or my answer will not be valid.

    Sorry, do see that you talk about CP9. Are you on 9.0.2.437, latest release?

    Use a shape button,  not a normal button. You can put that shape button:

    • either on the (main) master slide
    • on the first slide, and timed for the rest of the project

    That shape button should NOT pause the slide. In the first scenario (master slide) you have to uncheck the Pause option in the Actions tab of the shape button. In the second scenario, you do it on the Timing Properties of the button.

    This article (4th in a sequence of 5) will probably be interesting for you:

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/pausing-captivates-timeline

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    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
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    February 8, 2017

    Which version do you use? I hope not a version before 6 or my answer will not be valid.

    Sorry, do see that you talk about CP9. Are you on 9.0.2.437, latest release?

    Use a shape button,  not a normal button. You can put that shape button:

    • either on the (main) master slide
    • on the first slide, and timed for the rest of the project

    That shape button should NOT pause the slide. In the first scenario (master slide) you have to uncheck the Pause option in the Actions tab of the shape button. In the second scenario, you do it on the Timing Properties of the button.

    This article (4th in a sequence of 5) will probably be interesting for you:

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/pausing-captivates-timeline

    jeank92347445
    Participant
    February 9, 2017

    Thank you so much for this information.  I was able to de-select the Pause button on the Timing tab (which I had not noticed before!) and it now works fine.  I appreciate your input.