Changing the Keystroke Speed

Question

Hello,
I'm using Captivate 2.0, and the method in the documentation
for changing keystroke speed doesn't seem to work. An arrow handle
does appear when I mouse over the end of the "Typing" bar in the
timeline, but when I try to click and resize the bar, nothing
happens. I've also tried importing my captivate file into flash to
just remove frames to shorten the typing speed, but the frames for
the typing don't seem to import correctly--in a multiline text box,
when typing on a new line occurs, the typing on previous lines
disappears. Does anyone have another solution for changing the
keystroke speed?
Thanks in advance,
Teresa

Answer 1

Hi Teresa123,
I am not an expert in Captivate 2 but I have been working
with keystroke speed on the modules I'm building for several months
now and after a few days of frustration, I realized that I was
simply working too fast. Even though I'm working on a lightning
fast laptop, there are some functions of Captivate 2 that require a
few seconds for the laptop to complete such as resizing the typing
duration. Like you, my typing object started out at 156s and I
shortened it to 14.5 seconds.
I had to...
1. Select the typing object on the timeline
2. Hover over the right edge of the typing object until the
double sided arrow appears (three seconds)
3. Click the right edge of the typing object and drag to the
left
4. Repeat until the object is the correct duration
This is the only method that works without fail for me. I've
tried it on three different machines (another laptop and a desktop
with each running a different OS (Windows 98, XP, and Vista) in 8
different modules.
I realize this is simplistic and probably not the best
solution but it has saved me quite a bit of frustration over the
last several months.
Best of luck,
Susan