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BrysonDeetz
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March 10, 2021
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PowerPoint Conversion Slide Advancement Issue

  • March 10, 2021
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I converted a PowerPoint training presentation I made to Captivate.

I am trying to advance the slide ONLY after clicking the Next Slide button. The problem is that if the user clicks the slide background the slide starts it's default timing and advances after 3 seconds.

How can I remove this? I only want to use the next button!

Aside from setting the slide timing to 3000 seconds, I cannot seem to get it to work.

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BrysonDeetzAuthor
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March 11, 2021

The ONLY way I can seem to fix this issue is to create new slides (blank slide via Slide Master), and create a new Captivate slide that mimics the PowerPoint slide.

 

This is fine, but defeats the whole purpose (in my eyes) of having the ability to convert it.

 

I have been reading (closed the windows so I cannot provide links) that buttons and PowerPoint conversions do not work.

 

Hmmmm. . .

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
March 11, 2021

I'm sorry, should have kept to my decision never to answer questions about PPT import anymore. It is not linked with the death of Flash player IMO. It is just too limiting, plugins for PPT do a much better job. I always recommend to unzip the PPT (which is a zipped folder, sames as Captivate's cptx files). Extract the useful assets, import them to the Library of a new Captivate projects, and create from scratch. You will not have any limits, and it will be possible to create a real eLearning course instead of a presentation. Personally I don't even use PPT for presentations, I use Captivate because find it less limiting.

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BrysonDeetzAuthor
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March 10, 2021

I cannot seem to edit my post.

Playing with the slide background, it seems to be tied to the .swf project background slide. When I switched to master slide (simply white), everything works as it should (clicking the background did nothing).

So, is there a way around this?

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
March 10, 2021

Set the On Exit slide event to Pause. Not the most beautiful solution, but neither is eLearning created from PPT import.

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BrysonDeetzAuthor
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March 10, 2021

Thanks for the comment. Definetly tried this already. Unfortunetly it does not work. I should say I am using Captivate 2019.

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