Roll-over Captions / Regular Captions - Audio

Hello all!
I have a lot of rollover elements that describe different
objects within our application for my project... I have recorded
audio for the captions themselves (rollovers), and also have click
boxes behind them, for the user to click and get more in-depth
with. I have noticed that when the object is clicked, the rollover
audio continues to play on to the next slide. I haven't seen the
option to "pause audio" or "stop audio when etc etc etc.." option
for captions.. Any way to get around this?
( I can post an example of hte demo if you like..)
-Jeremy

I am sittinghere, trying to finisha rather large project that
I have beentrying to get done for a while.. Ican't post it, as the
info in it is sensitive and proprietary. I can make short example
of what I am talking about, but honestly I need to devote my time
to theproject at hand....
Basically... Lets say I have a drop down menu. there are 4
items on that drop down menu. I have rollover captions that explain
each one of these items in the menu. There is also a click box
behind the rollover captions, that will take the user to another
portion of the tutorial, covering that menu item in-depth. If the
user clicks on the item, before the rollover caption has finished
it's audio, the audio from the roll-over caption is carried to the
next slide. That next slide may have background audio and the one
rollover audio, will overlap the background audio of the next
slide.
Now lets say I have a button, to return to the previous
screen. When the user clicks that button, the previous screen is
re-shwon, and the caption, from the rollover caption, is still
showing. Regardless of where the mouse is at, until you put your
mouse over a separate rollover, in which case the other will go
away.
I hope that made more sense. If not, then I will take out a
little time, and post a demo of what I mean. I can repeat this
"error" so to speak, all day, lol.
Thanks for the reply!
-Jeremy

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Hello,
First of all. I just discovered this forum yesterday and
already find it extremely helpful. Like some others I also miss a
extensive manual, trial and error is not sufficient to discover all
the functionality of the product, but this forum answers lots of
questions.
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I have been able to add audio to roll over captions, but also
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not able to hear the audio. So far I only have been able to include
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Hi again Helga
A thought occurs here. You could instruct the user to click
for more information. Then the click would cause a jump to a
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appear.
Orrr, thinking outside the box a bit, you *might* be able to
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used to display inside the slidelet. Configure audio and closed
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Bold only when rolling over? That means that you will not be able to use it for HTML5 output? Only SWF is OK?
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I am trying to find a way to display a text caption IF the users have rolled-over all the elements in my slide. Is it possible?
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Dear eBay Member,
Thank you for writing eBay in regard to the problem you are experiencing
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If you are using OS X 10.2.x or higher, I would like to suggest using
the Firefox browser. This browser seems to be the most compatible format
for Macintosh users for eBay Picture Services.
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please visit the following page to download the Firefox browser:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/all
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Thank you for being a valuable member of the eBay community. Have an
enjoyable time shopping and selling on eBay!
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Adam
eBay Customer Support
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How can i change the color of the text on a button in Roll Over or Click state (Cs5.5)

Hello,
Here is the problematic:
1° How can i change the color of the text on a button in Roll Over or Click state (Cs5.5)
- I've many button in a doc im creating
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- in roll over state i want them to inverse the color coding (the text white & bottom black)
- currently the text becomes invisible as black on black cant be seen (ive stroked it white but that looks ugly)
- i would just like to know if there is a function made for this?
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2° Ive a presentation on which Ive created buttons which tigger pop-up animations
- i have 5 buttons which trigger animations
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b) when ther viewer clicks another button
3° Ive created buttons linking pages..
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stlbbl4u wrote:
Hello,
Here is the problematic:
1° How can i change the color of the text on a button in Roll Over or Click state (Cs5.5)
- I've many button in a doc im creating
- the color of the buttons is white with black stoke & black text
- in roll over state i want them to inverse the color coding (the text white & bottom black)
- currently the text becomes invisible as black on black cant be seen (ive stroked it white but that looks ugly)
- i would just like to know if there is a function made for this?
You should setup Object Styles - these can also include Paragarph Styles that can be triggered when the Style is selected.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WS5CEDB81A-0011-4dc9-9DE8-AC7AD4C80076a.html
My other questions:
2° Ive a presentation on which Ive created buttons which tigger pop-up animations
- i have 5 buttons which trigger animations
- the viewer can chose to Click on any of the buttons randomly
- the problem is once the animation is open how can it be close... either:
a) by it self after "40" seconds
b) when ther viewer clicks another button
I'm not sure what you mean - I don't do files with Animations
3° Ive created buttons linking pages..- "go to page xxx"
- when i do a preview and click on the buttons the links dont take me to the right pages
- is that normal? (maybe in preview its suppose to be like that)
Does it work properly when you export it to the finished file?
4° I would like to intergrate YouTube videos in the presentation so they play inside the docment.. when i tried.. it said the 'link isnt a flash video'- what should i do?
InDesign won't link directly to youtube videos. I think your best bet would be to use Downloader to download the video and embed them directly in Indesign.
5° Once i export it into Swf. how how can i visualize it? or put it online?
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1. create text box with a little text
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3. create another text box with some text
4. turn this into a button (Button 2)
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8. For Button 1, change icon next to Button 2 into eyeball (which I assume makes Button 2 visible on roll over).
9. For Button 1,, select "On Roll Off" for Event
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I am trying to make a slide show of before and after images for a client.
Rather than just have them all one after the other, I want all the after images to display as normal, and the before to display on hover for each slide.
I can make this work in a basic slide show when rather than adding an image to the Hero Image box, I use the fill and states.
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Hi,
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