Footers - Page Numbers and Total Number of Pages in Captivate 8

[Guest]

I'd like to have two fields at the bottom of each page of my responsive project saying: Page 1 of 10, 2 of 10, 3 of 10, etc.

In Excel and word you have field codes that generate the current page and the total number of pages.

How can this be done in Captivate?

Should it be done in the Master Slide?

Or on each slide individually?

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

Insert a text container (caption or shape) on the main master slide (+ eventually master slides that do not inherit objects from the main master slide). Use the X button in the Character part of the Properties panel of that container, while in Edit mode (F2 or double-click in container) to insert the system variables cpInfoCurrentSlide and cpInfoSlideCount., separated by the text of your choice. It will look like this after completion:

Slide  $$cpInfoCurrentSlide$$ of $$cpInfoSlideCount$$

On runtime both system variables will be replaced by the slide number and the total number of slides. I did recommend using the X button to avoid possible typos because system variables are case sensitive. You can download (free) a descriptive table with all available system variables from this blog post:

System variables in Captivate 8/9 - Captivate blog

[TLCMediaDesign]

You can use a text caption with the text:

$$cpInfoCurrentSlide$$ of $$cpInfoSlideCount$$

You can put it on the master slide.