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melm413
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September 15, 2015
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Replay slide button for action series

  • September 15, 2015
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I am starting out in Captivate and finding it confusing and not that intuitive, so I need your help!

I am using Captivate 9 to do a software tour. One the slide, a user clicks a highlighted section (squares that are set as buttons which then execute an Advanced Action to show next box and hide the current one). However, there is no way to "reset" the slide in case the user needs to walk through the series of clicks again. Even if you advance to the next slide, and then go back, it still show the last action. Basically, clicking Replay would take them back to action box 1.

I know there is some way to do this with Advanced Actions, I just can't figure out how. And I would also hate to make it customized individually for each slide. Help!

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Correct answer RodWard

Sounds like you might be coming to Captivate after using Articulate Storyline or some similar app where there is an option to have a slide reset to original setup.

Captivate's interactivity is strictly event-based.  So everything that happens has to be triggered by some event.

In your slide with objects that have been shown or hidden as a result of actions taken by the learner, you will need to use another event of some kind to trigger an action that puts everything back.  One way to do this is to use the On Slide Enter event and have this trigger a Standard or Conditional Action that sets the shown or hidden status of all relevant slide objects.  If you execute this action every time you enter the slide then it will always look the same.

And YES, you DO need to configure this for each slide.

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RodWard
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RodWardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
September 15, 2015

Sounds like you might be coming to Captivate after using Articulate Storyline or some similar app where there is an option to have a slide reset to original setup.

Captivate's interactivity is strictly event-based.  So everything that happens has to be triggered by some event.

In your slide with objects that have been shown or hidden as a result of actions taken by the learner, you will need to use another event of some kind to trigger an action that puts everything back.  One way to do this is to use the On Slide Enter event and have this trigger a Standard or Conditional Action that sets the shown or hidden status of all relevant slide objects.  If you execute this action every time you enter the slide then it will always look the same.

And YES, you DO need to configure this for each slide.

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melm413Author
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September 15, 2015

Thank you for confirming my worst nightmare! I am kidding (sort of) but thank you for your help! And spot on, I am much more familiar with Articulate products.

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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September 15, 2015

Why didn't you use states instead of showing/hiding? Just out of curiosity, because states are reset when you re-enter a slide. No need for a conditional On Enter action.

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