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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Storyline Radio Buttons
"What Nedim says is dependent on you selecting all the buttons for a question and setting them as a button set. That way, only one can be ..."
  • 8 hours ago05/15/24 at 7:44 pm (UTC)
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"Not only does the variable persist across the course, but so does its value. So once the first scene sets it to true, it will true for al..."
  • 8 hours ago05/15/24 at 7:40 pm (UTC)
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"Jeroen, Do not export from SL. If you attempt that, as you say, the only way is to publish it first, and you cannot edit a published vers..."
  • 17 hours ago05/15/24 at 11:23 am (UTC)
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"You can't do this using a Drag and Drop quiz because, as you say, each drag item can have only one target. To make it work, you would hav..."
  • 1 day ago05/15/24 at 1:58 am (UTC)
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"Give every object an exit animation, then pause the layer timeline before the animations begin. Set the layer to hide when its timeline e..."
  • 1 day ago05/15/24 at 1:40 am (UTC)
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"The .story file did not get attached. You can't attach one using a phone, you have to come here with a browser and use the Add Attachment..."
  • 1 day ago05/15/24 at 1:16 am (UTC)
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"Jeroen, So basically, you always have to open Articulate Storyline with the Articulate 360 app, and keep this app open. No, not necessari..."
  • 1 day ago05/15/24 at 1:02 am (UTC)
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"Oh, you mean THIS attachment."
  • 1 day ago05/14/24 at 12:17 pm (UTC)
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"I think there are easier methods, (if not as glamorous), of doing what you describe, if I am reading your script and posts correctly. The..."
  • 2 days ago05/14/24 at 2:49 am (UTC)
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"You're welcome. PIAWYC (Pass it along when you can). "
  • 2 days ago05/14/24 at 1:31 am (UTC)
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"If you have copied and pasted successfully, you have been lucky, because it is notoriously unreliable. For best results, import the appro..."
  • 2 days ago05/13/24 at 6:51 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion change z-indexes of tooltips and layers?
"Not really, unless you design them so they are never under something that can show on any layer. The whole concept of layers in SL is tha..."
  • 3 days ago05/13/24 at 1:33 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Paste in Place
"Phil's point is that hotkeys can be defined elsewhere in the system, and maybe that definition is taking precedence."
  • 3 days ago05/13/24 at 4:50 am (UTC)
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"Those are the files and folders that make up a ,story "file". Select them all and download. Drive will put them all in one zip fold..."
  • 5 days ago05/11/24 at 2:38 am (UTC)
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"Have you tried making sure that the cursor is entirely within the panel before releasing it? Have you tried dragging the object into the ..."
  • 5 days ago05/11/24 at 1:57 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Running order on Articulate 360 project
"Steve, Good call, You’re probably right."
  • 5 days ago05/10/24 at 5:17 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Add trigger to player controls
"It’s a built-in object with triggers you can’t access. You might try a combination of putting a shape over it to initiate the action you ..."
  • 5 days ago05/10/24 at 4:40 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Design Expertise?
"As Andrew says, there is a ton of talent here on the forum on a daily basis (personally, I would be interested if it wasn’t in June), so ..."
  • 5 days ago05/10/24 at 4:35 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Running order on Articulate 360 project
"Short answer: No, there is no fix. Real answer: There doesn’t need to be a “fix”. The thumbnails are SL’s attempt to do its best to show ..."
  • 5 days ago05/10/24 at 4:28 pm (UTC)
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"Publishing a SL file is like baking a cake; you can’t go back and change the ingredients. You have to find the .story file to change..."
  • 6 days ago05/10/24 at 3:57 pm (UTC)
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"JS is notoriously finicky, so it is tough to tell without seeing the project. The tiniest thing missed in copying can throw it off. It is..."
  • 6 days ago05/10/24 at 3:41 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Paste in Place
"FYI I find that Copy-Paste occasionally introduces corruption, while Duplicate doesn’t. It happens often enough that for me, it is ..."
  • 6 days ago05/10/24 at 3:10 pm (UTC)
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"You should at least consider using layers or light boxed slides."
  • 6 days ago05/09/24 at 5:57 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Triggers & Layers
"Lisa, You might try a transition to the layer, and trigger the state change when the animation ends. Or you can place a line motion path ..."
  • 7 days ago05/08/24 at 7:06 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Triggers & Layers
"Yes, it is possible, because the slide and all its layers are considered one slide. The trickiest part is be sure you have an action that..."
  • 7 days ago05/08/24 at 5:35 pm (UTC)