I've 5 captivate problems.

Question

hi everyone,
i'm ivano and i'm here to ask you about my personal 5
captivate problems.
my english is bad..so i hope you understand what i write (but
there's anyone who speak italian i write in my language..i hope
this!!)
1. TEXT IN THE BUTTONS : when i build my pages i see the text
in the button in the right position, but when i publish i see them
in bad position..a bit moved from the original position. how can i
do?
2. BUTTONS CLICKED : when i clink on a button in my captivate
project and after a navigation i return in the page where is the
button, it is in the state DOWN as pushed. what i have to do?
3. LOOP : can i use an mp3 file (6 seconds) for my work?
there are specifically options to learn? please show me the right
way.
4. SWF LINKING : i've done a project with captivate files
(quiz, elearning, pages) and simply flash pages. i've seen that if
i link from a movie to another, it appears in my internet browser.
if i publish (in standalone..) all the files and link one another
they'll be opened in the same window..but so i have many EXE files
in my project. how can i have less files to linking? there is a
macromedia product which manages more files in the same work and
link one-another? thanks.
5. CAPTIVATE SAMPLE : i have to do e-learning slides as in
the captivate sample. which is the correct option? assesstement,
training or demonstration? and what's the differences? it's very
important for me..thanks a lot.
i hope my english was clear..
and i hope anyone answer me soon..it's very important for me.
thank you all for your patience and disponibility,
ivano

Answer 1

Hi Ivano,
I'll try to answer a few of your questions to the best of my
ability.
1. Text Positioning in Captions:
You can do simple formatting for text in the captions,
basically center, right, and left justify. If you change the
physical dimensions of the project file these captions will also be
changed, often they need re-positioning. If you must change the
dimensions of a project, do it early on or accept having to go back
in and re-work the captions.
Also, the distance the text is from a caption "side" can be
changed by going into the "Gallery/Captions" directory in the
"Program" directory and modifying the .fcm files with a text
editor.
2. Buttons Clicked:
I'm not certain as to what you are asking. You can change
some of the button characteristice in the timeline, provided you
are not working on a question slide (those are not easily changed).
3: MP3 Loop:
6 seconds of a loop would mean each slide has a duration of 6
seconds and have no stops. You could have a stop corresponding to
the end of a audio stream. In other worde your MP3 plays for 6
seconds and stops and waits for a user response. I'm not aware of a
way to have the loop keep playing while the slide is waiting for a
user response.
4. SWF Linking:
Again, I am not sure what you are asking. However, the swf
linking with web files is much less a problem than trying to link
exe files. Have you tried publishing web filed to a CD rather than
using EXE files?
5. Assessment, Training, or Demonstration for E-Learning:
Any of these three have their purpose in e-learning. With
each of the 3 types of scenarios you might want to have certain
things automatically added to your slides. (All of these
automatically added items are editable. It is meant as a time
saving feature for the author.) For example in a demonstration or
training, you might want to have a mouse cursor automatically
moving around, on an assessment you would not. Each one of these 3
types of e-learning scenarios can be changed by clicking the "Edit
Settings" button. It all depends on exactly what you want the end
user to see and experience. For this my advice would be to write a
"script" to follow and list the type of interactions you want to
use. Then click the Edit Settings button and see which options are
automatic, which ones aren't, then add what you need. Try a few
different combinations and see what they produce.
TPK