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RobertJoseph
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March 29, 2024
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How do I jump to a specific slide number?

  • 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
    Lilybiri
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    March 29, 2024

    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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    March 29, 2024

    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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    March 29, 2024

    Hundreds of slides for an eLearning course? Weird.  I would indeed type the wanted slide in the progress indicator on top never had issues with that.

    You say that it doesn't work in 90%? Are you sure that the Captivate version you are using, or/and the projects are not corrupted? Please use the troubleshooting workflows: Clear the cache, and Clean the Preferences.

    https://blog.lilybiri.com/tips-for-troubleshooting

     

    It may be linked at that big number of slides. Or are those only software simulations? Than it is possible to have such an amount of slides, but not in a normal eLearning course. With that amount of slides I would expect grouped slides, and the collapsing of the groups to make direct navigation in the FIlmstrip easier.

    Captivate has a Search functionality (CTRL-F), but for all types of objects you can have in a project, cannot be compared with much less complicated tools.

    I have been answering thousands of answers about Captivate and you are the first user complaining about not being able to navigate to a slide, which normally will be identified by a label, not by a number.

    Did you at least try the workaround I offered by using the Advanced Interaction panel, where each slide is identified on one line? If you click on a slide in that panel the slide will appear immediately on the stage. If you click on one of the objects on a slide, the slide will appear, that object will be selected and its Properties panel (and linked panels) will show up. Lot more powerful than a simple go to slide functionality because you get much more information about the slide in that panel.

    In this screenshot I kept only one expanded line for slide 3. All other slide lines are collapsed. 


    They are software simulations; some of which are comprised of hundreds of SLIDES. You know, the basic buliding block of the tool. I've been creating these types of applications for 20 years (Word is used by orders of magnitude more people than Captivate so you can spare me the "I've never been asked this question before" crap). For example, at MS we ensure that Word is able to be fully automated (all UI actions have a keyboard shortcut that can be assigned). I can use Word without ever touching my mouse.

     

    Using the F9 UI simply moves the scrolling requirement to a different window.

     

    You say that slides at referred to by labels but do you know what EVERY slide is assocaited with? A slide number. If a teammate says, "Hey, change the title on slide 51" I don't care what that "label" is. I should just hit control+g (or similar), type 51, and then hit Enter.

     

    Like I said, I ended up building the funtionality into Captivate myself. I'll automate these edits and then never touch this tool again.

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