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twindsor
Inspiring
July 19, 2006
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Remove Typing...

Hi..
I'm new to Captivate. This is what I'm trying to do.

Have a you try mode.

1. I have text that a user must enter, but what happens is in playback mode, the user can enter the data, but then the typing I did when originally capturing starts up...how can I get rid of that typing but still have the input text boxes work?

2. Is there a way to auto populate an input box so it knows to start with say a zero?

3. If I delete the typing layer, it removes the text from that image so I've lost a screenshot (slide) so is there maybe a way to populate a document as you go along so say if you type 36 in a field, you can carry that 36 to all the rest of the slides in a sequence.

4. Lastely, the application we're using for the captivate has a time on it so if I don't record everything at the same time and quickly the times on each slide are all off - does Captivate has a timer feature or do I need to create a little clock flash to insert on every screen?

Hope this makes sense...hope some one can help me. Currently I'm doing everything with textboxes and images which is going to take forever.
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CatBandit
CatBanditCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 19, 2006
Hi twinsor,

Welcome to the Captivate User Community!

(1) Right-click the "typing" object on the timeline and select hide typing (or whatever it says to make it go away)

2) No, sorry.

3) The 36 you typed when you first created the project will still be on all subsequent slides ("record typing" must be selected, but obviously it is or you wouldn't have asked question #1) . . . you might have to copy and paste a background

4) I can't get a mental image of what you are talking about on this one, but no, Captivate does not have a timer-thingy. And your reference to " times are all off" doesn't make sense to me, either ,,, but see the first sentence herein because nothing in this particular item makes sense. Sorry - my bad!
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CatBandit
CatBanditCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 19, 2006
Hi twinsor,

Welcome to the Captivate User Community!

(1) Right-click the "typing" object on the timeline and select hide typing (or whatever it says to make it go away)

2) No, sorry.

3) The 36 you typed when you first created the project will still be on all subsequent slides ("record typing" must be selected, but obviously it is or you wouldn't have asked question #1) . . . you might have to copy and paste a background

4) I can't get a mental image of what you are talking about on this one, but no, Captivate does not have a timer-thingy. And your reference to " times are all off" doesn't make sense to me, either ,,, but see the first sentence herein because nothing in this particular item makes sense. Sorry - my bad!
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twindsorAuthor
Inspiring
July 19, 2006
No I didn't explain #4 very well...

The application I'm capturing has a clock on it, that ticks away merrily in the upper right corner so I capture some of the screenshots now...then realize I missed one and go back to get it and back in captivate I've now got 2 hours missing from the one screen to next.

So other than doctoring the background to get rid of the 'clock' I was wondering if captivate had a built in clock.

I thought I had tried the hide typing before but it still was showing up...maybe that was before I captured in the correct mode. I will try again tomorrow.

Thanks -
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richard_adams
Inspiring
July 21, 2006
Regarding the clock issue, I would personally do one of the following

- Either use a image editing tool to 'fake' the clock time and insert it as an image over the slides created at a later time.

- If the clock is not essential to the presentation, and assuming it is in exactly the same place on each slide, create an image that effectively hides the clock. Place that image over the clock on the first slide and set to remain for rest of movie (in image properties). This way you only have to edit one slide to resolve all slide issues.
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