How do I jump to a specific slide number?

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March 29, 2024
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I inherited a bunch of Captivate presentations that contain over 100 slides. While editing, I frequently have to jump between specific slide numbers (slide number 5, 60, 71, etc.). I can't find a "Go To Slide #" in any of the Captivate menus. Is there really no way to jump to a specific slide number?

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Lilybiri

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You need to look for 'Jump to Slide' if you need a simple action. However, there are more possibilities if you are not using the most recent version 12 when you need to combine with more actions in an advanced or shared action. You don't need the menu at all, you need to go to the Actions tab of the interactive object or of the slide.

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RobertJosephAuthor

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Thank you for your response but isn't that for when *watching* the presentation?

I'm asking about how to jump to a specific slide when *editing* the presentation. For example, when creating a Keynote presentation I can use Control + Alt + G to jump to any slide number.

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RobertJosephAuthor

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Captivate is not a presentation but an eLearning authoring tool. Do not compare both.

So, you probably are on Mac. Which exact version of Captivate will you be using for editing those old courses?

Captivate is not a presentation but an eLearning authoring tool.

I'm an engineer on the Word team at MS. I can assure you I understand what type of tool Captivate is. 😉

I'm not comparing the tool types... I'm expecting Captivate to support the most basic of search functions that exist in professional apps: Word: Goto Page, Excel: Goto Sheet, PowerPoint: Goto Slide, Acrobat: Goto page, Keynote: Goto Slide, etc.

I have Captivate presentations that contains hundreds of slides. My required edits could be easily automated if Captivate only supported an Edit->Goto Slide Number like a normal application. I ended up just writing a C++ plugin that binds cntrl+alt+g to a simple message box that accepts a number and then moves to the correct slide. The weird "slide number" UI at the top of the classic window doesn't work 90% of the time.

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