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bluegroove380
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June 18, 2012
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How can I make slides NOT advance automatically?

  • June 18, 2012
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I'm building a project manually by making new slides and putting graphics and text on them.  It's not a recording of software.  I would like the user to read each slide for as long as they want to, then click to go to the next one.  I can't find a setting for this.

I tried setting the default slide duration to 300 sec.  Which sort of works, but every element I add to a slide still defaults to 3 sec so I have to change each element seperately.  Not practical at all.  ideas?

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Anonymous
November 11, 2014

Hi, I'm also having a slide advancing problem using CP8. I have three smart shapes used as buttons on the screen. After each is clicked, a prompt to click Next (in the playbar) shows. I have a click box after the prompt to stop the screen from advancing. This works fine if I only click the items once. If I click them again, the screen advances.

I tried adding an additional smart shape. If I clicked two of the items again, the screen advances.

I need a slight delay before the prompt shows and an effect on the prompt, so I can't just set the Advanced Actions to pause.

Here are some screen caps of my course...

Slide properties and Timeline

Advanced actions of smart shapes....


Properties for Click Box and Smart Shape that "pause" the slide

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I need to send this out ASAP.

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Brainiac
November 11, 2014

Don't add 'Continue'! Who told you to do that? That means that the playhead will continue.

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Anonymous
November 11, 2014

The prompt needs to appear a few seconds after the last pop-up appears. My client feels like having the pop-up and the prompt show at the same time is distracting.

If I take the continue out, the prompt will never show...I tried that already.

I think the real issue is that neither the smart shape button NOR the click box are making the movie pause even though the click box is set to pause until the user clicks it.

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NitinKumar
Participating Frequently
June 19, 2012

Hi,

Nice Suggestion Aditya:-)

In continuation to Aditya's suggestion. If this task has to be done for multiple slides in a project.

These slides will be linked to some Master Slide.

  • Go to that master Slide.
  • Insert a Smartshape of your choice. Add text say Next.
  • Check Use as Button in PI. (Default Action is Goto Next Slide only)
  • In PI-> Options Accordion  Check Pause Project until User Clicks.

And you are done, all the slides linked to that master slide will pause for click:-)

Let me know in case you have any queries.

Regards,

Nitin

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Brainiac
June 19, 2012

Sorry to pop in, but before talking about smart shapes, shouldn't we know first which version has been used here? Captivate 6 is only just released, smart shapes may sound like 'Chinese' to this user.

Making slides that long, will result in unnecessary big filesizes as well.

I use the click box covering up the slide a lot, but only if there are no other interactive objects as Aditya points out, or with a timeline that starts only when all the other interactive object timelines are finished.

The next button is fine, but could be confusing if this user also has a playbar in the project. Another question I would ask. I suppose this is a pure linear project, so that the default action for a button, Go to Next slide will be OK.

Lilybiri

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bluegroove380Author
Known Participant
June 25, 2012

Thanks everyone I will try these tips!.  I have version 5.5, so no smart shapes I guess. Sorry for the late response, I've been out sick.

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AdityaKalania
Adobe Employee
June 19, 2012

Hi there,

Wonder ful suggestions Hari .

Creating a click box and covering the entire stage will solve the problem for you, but this click box will overlap all the interactive objects on your slide.

I would suggest you to have a next button displayed at the end of the slide, say 2 seconds before the end, which will pause the playback and user will then click on that next button to jump to the next slide.

Similarly you can have a back button on your slide, and add action to jump to previous slide. So this will add functionality to your project.

If you need any help with this, Please let me know.

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Anonymous
June 19, 2012

Hi,

You can insert a click box covering the entire stage at the end of the timeline with the action goto next slide, so the slides will pause for the user to click,

you need not extend it to 300 seconds also, 3 seconds will do since it will pause until the user clicks..

regards,

Hari

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