Two Audio tracks in one slide?

Question

I've looked everywhere for what ought to be a simple answer
to a simple question, but can't find one...
Is there any way to have more than one audio recording in a
single slide in Captivate 2.0? Let's say I want to have a soft
music track playing in the background, plus an audio clip from a
narrator going at the same time. Or I've got the same audio track
that I'm going to use over and over again ("Click the NEXT
button"), and I just want to have it play at the conclusion of
another narrated track. Surely there's got to be a way to do
something this obvious, and yet I've scoured the instructions and
the internet, and can't find anything. When I attempt to drag a
second recording into a slide, it replaces the existing recording
with the new one. The assumption seems to be that nobody would ever
want more than one audio track on a single slide, either
concurrently or sequentially. Am I just missing something
obvious?

Answer 1

spjarrell, sorry to see you are unhappy but it looks to me
like it is just a case of frustration with your own level of
expertise. Osmosis is hardly ever the best way to handle the
learning curve for new software. You have to actually put forth an
effort, do some study, and - probably most important, don't be
afraid to ask questions right here.
Did you notice that Adobe Community Expert Rick gave Wilma a
full and complete solution to her problem? What made you think this
program would be similar in any way to something you owned seven
years ago? Did someone tell you this is "Just like Flash was back
in 2000?". If so, you need to change your vendors because this one
is lying to you.
I'll help with your only question, to wit ...
quote:
I have been trying to figure how to start an audio clip when I
click on a button. However, any time I add audio to anything on the
slide, it automatically starts when the slide starts.
Any audio you add will begin playing when that object first
appears on the time-line or is activated by an action. If you
want audio to play when a button is clicked, place the audio on the
slide or object that will immediately follow the button-click
action.
For instance, you can put the audio on the following slide,
and set the button's properties for a "successful" click-action to
"Go To Next Slide".
Or perhaps you would rather attach the audio to an invisible
highlight box (create the highlight with "0" for a border, and
"100%" for Fill Transparency) ... then position the highlight box
on the time-line so it appears immediately after the button (which
is pausing the slide?), then set the button properties on
"successful" click to "Continue".
When the button is clicked, the slide will "continue" down
the time-line for that same slide, and will immediately come to the
invisible highlight box which in turn will immediately begin
playing the audio. There are any number of ways to accomplish what
you want - these are a few that come immediately to mind, and
hopefully will be of some help to you.
P.S. Welcome to the User2User forums. We are always happy to
help, but please ask your question to see if there is a simple
solution
before condemning the product. Most user issues are just a
matter of knowing the tricks and advanced uses, but the experts
here prefer to help those who don't come on with "attitude".
.