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sharron1975
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May 10, 2016
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The "Next" Button keeps my text from appearing because it stops the timeline.

  • May 10, 2016
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I am using Captivate 8.  I would like to give my users control as to how they navigate the slides. I do not want the slides to move automatically, so I put a next button at the bottom of the slide.  Which was great....However, I intentionally designed the slides so that all of the text does not appear as soon as the slide starts.  (As the narrator is saying a sentence, the sentence will appear)

The problem is:  As long as I have next button, the text will not appear because the next button stops the timeline.  So I have two questions:

1.  Is there anyway to have both the NEXT button AND the text appear?  OR

2. Is there another way that the user can have control over the slides, meaning the slides don't automatically advance?

THANK YOU in advance for your help.  I REALLY appreciate it.

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    May 10, 2016

    I just answered a similar thread, seems to be the eternal newbie question

    Re: Captivate 8 - Media Characters displaying when playing slide, but not published

    An interactive object has a pausing point, and that is how interactivity can be created: it will wait for an interaction by the user. That is what you want, right: giving control to the user so that he/she can decide when to proceed to the next slide.

    You have to time that pausing point: it is visible on the timeline (if you post a screenshot of that timeline, can explain it more in detail) as a thin vertical line. The pause needs to be after the appearance of the last object on the slide. You can time it in the Timing panel or by dragging with the mouse in the timeline itself.

    A quick way to add a Next button to all slides at once, that will pause that slide at the end of its timeline whatever the duration:

    • Open the Master slide panel and select the main master slide
    • Create a shape button that will act as Next button and style it to your wishes.
    • On Master slide there is no timing panel; go to the Actions tab (which you have when you checked 'Use as button' for the shape), and check the option 'Pause Project until user clicks'.
    • When applying a master slide, be sure to check the option 'Master slide objects on top', if you have other objects that could be in the same place as your Next button.
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