How to open a separate browser window from Captivate 2.0

Hello Captivators,
Thanks for a very responsive forum. I participate in an Adobe
Flash forum as well and never get a response to any questions.
I would like to know if I can open a new browser window in
from a Captivate presentation, without killing the Captivate
session.
Thanks,
eholz1

You can, but without creating a custom widget in Flash, the
user must click to make it happen.
The easiest way is to add a button to your slide and in the
button properties:
On success: Open URL or file
URL: <enter the URL to open>
URL Window (down arrow button to the right of the URL field):
New
If you don't want the slide to remain paused after the user
clicks, deselect the Continue playing project option at the bottom
of the URL Window dropdown.

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