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Beowulf12
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February 13, 2014
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How do you advance one line at a time (text) within each slide?

  • February 13, 2014
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In PowerPoint you can either present an entire slide at one time or make each bulleted line in the slide appear line by line as you click the mouse button.

I cannot figure out how to do this in Captivate. I am only able to advance an entire slide at one time.

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GrenadaV
GrenadaV
Inspiring
February 13, 2014

Hi Beowulf12,

I tend to go for the lcik box option, make it cover he entire slide so then you an instruct the user ot click anywhere to continue. One thing I find with this option is always forgetting to change the properties of the click box & set it to Continue rather than go to next slide on success.

But overall I find that method  very useful .

HTH

Cheers

Rossco

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Beowulf12Author
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February 13, 2014

Thanks for the information. That procedure seems needlessly complicated. I wish there was an easier way to incorporate the PowerPoint-like functionality of line by line advancement. I'd rather work within Captivate than have to worry about importing from PowerPoint or trying to get two different templates to match (for the quiz sections).

sapphiregraphics1
sapphiregraphics1
Known Participant
February 13, 2014

You could just time it instead. "Proceed on click" is more of an idea geared towards live presenters than individual learning.

sapphiregraphics1
sapphiregraphics1
Known Participant
February 13, 2014

The easiest way would be to import the slides from PowerPoint using the high-fidelity import setting (assuming you're using Captivate 7 with a PC and a newer version of PowerPoint).

The "all-Captivate" way is to make several full-slide transparent "buttons" that display one after the other, play for a set period of time, then pause until the next click. You'd then adjust the text box duration in the timeline, and add effects (if desired). (You could also use "continue" buttons, but full-slide buttons would better duplicate the PowerPoint behavior.)

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
February 13, 2014

Personally, I'd never recommend buttons for this, but to each his or her own.

I'd be using Click Boxes. I've never understood why so many folks ignore Click Boxes and opt for Buttons.

Cheers... Rick

sapphiregraphics1
sapphiregraphics1
Known Participant
February 13, 2014

The click boxes don't have a "pause after" timing setting, while the buttons do. You could also use a smart shape.

If you make a button full-screen and transparent, it should otherwise act the same as a click box, shouldn't it?

Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
February 13, 2014

In Captivate you would do it using one Text Caption or Smart Shape and one Click Box or Button per line. Then you would arrange the timing of the objects so the Click Boxes or Buttons pause the slide after each line is presented.

Cheers... Rick

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