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MarekMularczyk
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MarekMularczykCommunity Expert
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March 24, 2009
Question

Scrubbing the playhead in Timeline doesn't work

  • March 24, 2009
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Hi,

I've created a project that consists of a couple of slides.
When I'm working in Edit View and trying to scrubb the playhead or press F3 on the keyboard to preview the content, nothing happens. When I use F3 the playhead moves in the Timeline but the content doesn't move...
Any help will be appreciated.
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MarekMularczyk
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MarekMularczykCommunity ExpertAuthor
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March 25, 2009
Anyway, when I scrubb the playhead or press F3, the playhead travels across the timeline from left to right but nothing happens on the screen...
Adobe documentation for Captivate says that it should update content in preview window...
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RoboWizard
RoboWizard
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March 25, 2009
Hi there

What type of slide is this? Is it a "Full motion" slide? By Full Motion I mean does its thumbnail in the Film Strip have a camcorder icon? Are you able to post a screen capture of the slide in question as it appears to you in Edit view?

You may post screen captures using www.freeimagehosting.net

Cheers... Rick
MarekMularczyk
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MarekMularczykCommunity ExpertAuthor
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April 6, 2009

Hi,

I've attached a screenshot.

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KerryWilson
KerryWilson
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March 24, 2009
Ok, I've refrained from asking previously, but what does "scrub the playhead" mean?

F3 is next to useless as far as I've seen and I always use F4, F8 or F10 as appropriate (e.g. taking into account that your buttons might not work in a 5 slide preview that needs to jump to a slide other than those 5).
Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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March 24, 2009
Hi Kerry

If you tap the F3 key or the Spacebar the playhead begins traveling across the time increments. If you tap F3 or Spacebar again it stops. You may also click anywhere along the time increments to coax the playhead to that spot.

If you click the playhead and drag it left or right, the action is referred to as "scrubbing" the playhead.

As I understand it, the phrase "scrubbing the playhead" stems from the days of reel to reel tape. The tape operator could grab each reel and rotate them to move the tape back and forth across the playhead and "scrub" it against the playhead. In the Captivate case the action would seem the reverse. Instead of scrubbing the tape against the playhead you are scrubbing the playhead against the tape.

Scrub a dub dub! Rick
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