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Jefferbob
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Jefferbob
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‎Mar 10, 2016
09:53 AM
General question: Is there any reference or documentation available showing what objects and collections are available in Captivate that are accessible through JavaScript? Any links would be helpful. Specific questions: 1. I know variables are accessible, but are specific named objects on slides accessible? For example, the ability to hide/show an image? (Just an example - I know that can be done with actions.) 2. Are collections of Captivate objects on slides available, such as captions, images, etc.? If so, are there collections per slide, or just per project? Using Captivate 9.0.1, but any relatively current reference would be helpful. Thanks!
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‎Sep 26, 2015
07:59 AM
Certainly not debating experience - you definitely have more than most of us, but you're still not getting my complaint. Agreed - visible or invisible by default. I want it invisible - not an option. Hidden is a workaround - not a solution. And, with the workaround of having a hidden results slide already present in the template, it's going to be in every project - whether there's a quiz or not, making it a very cludgy workaround. Another option would be 2 templates - again a workaround - not a solution. Back to the original question: If the template is set with "Show Score..." as unchecked (which, yes I know, really means hidden, not "not shown,") the instances built from that template show honor that setting.
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‎Sep 26, 2015
07:17 AM
1 Upvote
In my experience, I've also come across many who don't want it and don't use it. Everyone has different needs, processes and workflows. My concern wasn't that it shouldn't be there, but that if it's already been unchecked in a template, the instance should recognize the setting and honor it. If you've already jumped through 1 hoop to make the setting in the template, why should you have to jump through another to actually make it happen? For those that don't want it, why does it need to be present anyway? Marking the quiz scope? The last question slide can do that - there's nothing special that marks the beginning of the scope. You seem to be taking this personally - no offense was intended. I've only used Cap since v3 - sorry if you feel this was a newbie issue.
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‎Sep 25, 2015
08:17 AM
It definitely won't be perfect, but it's nice to know that it would at least get that far. Might save someone from completely starting from scratch. I don't have any extensive responsive projects to test with, and haven't converted anything over to multi-state yet.
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‎Sep 25, 2015
07:42 AM
I know there's no built-in way to save a v9 file back to v8 format. But, being curious (and procrastinating starting a new project) I tried something, and it worked - at least in my 2 trials. Knowing that the cptx files are just zip formatted files (like pptx, etc.) here's what I tried: Change the extension of the v9 file from cptx to zip Unzip the files Open the info.cpi file in a text editor (like Notepad) In the first line, change the version number from 9.0.0.223 to 8.0.1.242 Save the file Re-zip all the files Change the extension of the new zipped file from zip to cptx Open the new cptx file in v8 I tried this with both a very simple file started in v9, as well as a complex file (video, actions, quiz, etc.) that was started in v8, but finished in v9. (I did notice that the version number in the info.cpi file of the simple v9 file was listed only as 9.0..223 [missing a 0] but changing it to the full v8 number still worked.) The complex one even had knowledge check questions - they got converted to normal quiz questions. So far, I haven't found anything else in that file that didn't convert properly. I'd be curious if someone could replicate this. I also haven't tried a responsive project.
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‎Sep 25, 2015
06:46 AM
It did work. In the template, I added a question slide, which auto added the results slide. I deleted the question slide, hid the results slide, and saved the template. When I created a project from the template, it created the initial title slide (as usual) and the results slide (still hidden.) I tried adding a question to the new project - the results slide stayed hidden. So, not ideal (at least in my little ideal world) - but it worked. I'll just have to remind my team to ignore it.
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‎Sep 25, 2015
06:00 AM
I know it can't be deleted - just hidden. (Why do they continue to make us jump though hoops to hide something we may not want in the first place!) That's my next try - to add a question to the template, delete it, and hide the results slide. I just didn't want to clutter up the template if I could help it. I'm just trying to make the template as easy to use as possible for many on my team that are relatively new to Cap, while enforcing our standards.
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‎Sep 23, 2015
01:55 PM
Pics are from Cap9, but the same happens in Cap8. I have a template for our team to use. It's working well, except: I've set the quiz settings in the template as shown here. Show Score... is unchecked. Once I create a project from the template and add a question slide, Show Score... is checked. Whhhyyyy?? Is there no way to configure the template so that the results slide does not show in the child projects?
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‎Sep 18, 2015
11:05 AM
1 Upvote
Reading a URL parameter is baked into v8 & 9, but you can use some javascript to do it in v7. See this page: How to pull URL parameters into my Captivate 6 flash So, in each group, add a param to each link in that group with the name of the group - something like: www.mysite.com/mycourse.htm?groupname=Accounting Then, in each course, create a groupname variable, read the groupname param on the first slide using the script, and change your current object from an Open URL action to an Advanced Action that checks the value of the groupname variable and opens the appropriate URL.
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‎Sep 16, 2015
12:11 PM
Great - thanks! It's not just me going crazy (this time) !
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‎Sep 16, 2015
10:59 AM
I may have found the culprit. The clip is <9 secs long; slide duration is 10 secs (for testing). My buttons are on the master slide. The audio will loop, but stop at 10 secs. If I move the Next button (which has the pause) off the master to the actual slide, it works fine. Soooo, apparently the pause on the master overrides the looping capability. Can you confirm?
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‎Sep 16, 2015
09:35 AM
But that would play throughout the entire presentation. Why is there an option for looping audio on the slide if if doesn't work?
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‎Sep 16, 2015
08:47 AM
I can't get an audio clip to properly loop on a slide. It will loop for the actual length of the slide, but when the length is hit, the audio stops. I need it to loop until user clicks button to proceed to next slide. Is this not possible?
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‎Sep 03, 2015
10:09 AM
Do you mean the video skin? The play, pause, etc. buttons within the video box? If so, the halo options won't auto-hide; the clear and corona do.
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‎Aug 17, 2015
08:24 AM
Thanks for the response. This will probably be helpful for people just getting started with using Adv Actions and interactive objects in Captivate. I've been using Cap since v3, and have around 20 years of OOP development experience. I'm looking at more of a multidimensional array of objects that will all respond to the same proc without creating 200 individual click boxes. Getting the mouse coords is the only piece I'm missing.
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‎Aug 14, 2015
09:31 PM
I didn't think it'd be that easy, but what about something "outside the box?"
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‎Aug 14, 2015
11:28 AM
Can you get mouse coordinates of where user clicked during viewing? SWF creation in Captivate 8 Thanks!
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‎Nov 24, 2014
04:49 PM
I just used the Adobe bug report page here: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform I immediately received this email reply: Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups: Captivate-Mgrs@adobe.com Your message wasn't delivered because the recipient's e-mail provider rejected it. Diagnostic information for administrators: Generating server: BY1PR0201MB1013.namprd02.prod.outlook.com Captivate-Mgrs@adobe.com #< #5.7.24 smtp;550 5.7.24 RESOLVER.RST.NotAuthorizedToGroup; not authorized to send to the distribution list> #SMTP# Have they stopped listening to us??
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‎Nov 24, 2014
04:36 PM
Agreed - same issue here. Has to be a bug. Specs: Using Cap 8.01 Advance Slide set to Automatically during import in Cap No skin - our own nav buttons added to master slides Using a PowerPoint 2013 PPTX file: (all slides marked to not advance slides) If High Fidelity is checked, published slide will advance when clicked anywhere after 3 seconds, or when using my nav buttons If High Fidelity is unchecked, published slide will only advance with my nav buttons Using an older PowerPoint PPT file: (no HiFi option) Published slide will only advance with my nav buttons
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‎Nov 11, 2014
05:57 AM
1 Upvote
At the time of my original post, we had already looked into iSpring Free, but it didn't support PPT2013. Their latest recent version does, and that's what we've chosen. Thanks all!
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‎Oct 07, 2014
11:17 AM
I have an MP4 video embedded in my pres. "Pause slide till end of video" is checked. However, when I publish the pres as a video, the slide with the embedded video doesn't pause for the video to play completely - it plays for 3 seconds (the actual length of the slide) then moves on to the next slide. The Captivate Video Publisher is apparently ignoring the "Pause" setting. Is this a known bug in Cap 8.0.0.145?
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‎Jul 02, 2014
08:07 AM
I'm testing out using the GIFT format for a large upcoming project. 2 questions: 1. Is there a way to tag the GIFT file to indicate special formatting, such as the subscript in H<sub>2</sub>O? Moodle documentation shows using the actual HTML tags, but Captivate doesn't recognize them in my tests. 2. The question caption on my master slide is bottom aligned. When I import a GIFT file, the question text is still bottom aligned, but only the first line is displayed. The text is all there, but any text after the first wrap is "below" the caption box. Has anyone else noticed this? (I know if there's too much text to fit in the caption, it would have to be manually adjusted, but that's not the case here.)
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‎Jan 23, 2014
07:27 AM
DUH! I've used that one before - it works well. Not sure why I didn't think of it this time. Thanks!
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‎Jan 22, 2014
09:57 PM
Similar to the "On Focus Lost" event, is there no comparable "On Focus" or "On Enter" event? I need an action to fire as soon as the user clicks in (or tabs into) a TEB. Maybe it's just late, but I can't find anything. Thanks!
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‎Jan 17, 2014
12:17 PM
I will be talking to the vendors, but I wanted to get any input from the community about which vendors to talk to and which products work well. authorPOINT Lite only did a simple conversion, but that's all we need, and it was free.
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‎Jan 17, 2014
11:03 AM
Good suggestion, but WAY beyond what they would be willing to spend for the hundreds of licenses we'd need.
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‎Jan 17, 2014
09:23 AM
1 Upvote
There are several of us at my company that do more advanced creation with Captivate. However, there are many educators throughout the company that only need to do basic conversions of PPTX presentations into SWFs for our LMS. We had been using authorPOINT Lite because 1) it was simple to use, and 2) it was free. Our company is (finally) upgrading to Win7(64bit) and Office 2013 and authorPOINT doesn't support this platform. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative tool that does support this platform? The only other requirements are 1) it needs to be easy to use for non-technical non-programmer staff, and 2) it needs to be relatively inexpensive (and free would be best!) Thanks!
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‎Jan 09, 2014
03:14 PM
Using PPT 2013 and Cap 7.0.1.237, importing a PPTX is not importing the audio narration. I've tested with and without High Fidelity and Slide Duration checked. Is this still a known issue? What else can I check? Thanks.
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‎Dec 05, 2013
07:29 AM
That's an absolutely ridiculous 'decision' by the Adobe developers. Isn't consistency the point of using themes? If so, shouldn't that include ALL graphical aspects of projects? Why should I care about the playback colors if I don't want the playback controls at all, or maybe just certain controls? What difference does it make that I can standardize the border colors, but not the border style or width? If a skin can be saved in a theme, and themes are used for consistency, then EVERYTHING about the skin should be saved in the theme - not just certain arbitrary elements. Consistency ends up broken - both by us as users who may forget which parts aren't included and by the Adobe developers for including only certain elements.
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‎Dec 04, 2013
05:30 PM
I'm now running 7.01, and it's still a bug. A theme saved with a custom skin will revert back to the default skin when the theme is applied.
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