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MTrozzo
MTrozzo
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May 12, 2017
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Repositioning closed captioning in Captivate 9

  • May 12, 2017
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Hi,

I'm adding closed captioning to my videos. Many of them are software simulations, and I've run into a case where the function I'm demonstrating is at the bottom of the screen. If CC is active, the viewer won't be able to see what I'm trying to demonstrate because it's obscured by the text. Is there a way around this, such as repositioning the CC so as not to block what's beneath it?

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RodWard
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RodWardCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 12, 2017

Ah...if only you were on Captivate 2017...

For Cp9 you may just need to use the On Slide Enter event to hide the Closed Captioning for that particular slide and show a Smart Shape elsewhere on the slide that contains the same text but doesn't get in the road. 

If you need the solution to work the same way Closed Captioning normally does and be only user activated, then the Action will need to be a more sophisticated Conditional Action that only shows that extra Smart Shape when Closed Captions have been activated by the user AND while that slide's own Closed Caption area has been hidden.

    MTrozzo
    MTrozzoAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 15, 2017

    Many thanks! Does this sound right to you? (pseudocode here)

    OnSlideEnter

    if cpCmndCC = 0 //CC not active

    {

    hide SmartShape //no need for the captions in this case

    }

    else //CC is active

    {

    Toggle cpCmndCC; //turning CC off

    show SmartShape //enabling other captions

    }

    OnSlideExit

    if SmartShape = visible //meaning it has been activated by above

    {

    Toggle cpCmndCC  //turning CC back on

    }

    RodWard
    Community Expert
    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 15, 2017

    I don't think this will work the way you expect because your ON Slide Exit action would also need to be a Conditional Action.  Otherwise users that did not need to use CC would find it being toggled on by default at the end of that slide.

    So you need to allow for scenarios where the users don't need CC text at any time, and you also need to allow for the possibility that someone might navigate away from the slide BEFORE reaching the end of that timeline where the other action would be executed.

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