Captivate hot spots not working - tips?
Feb 23, 2011
I can't seem to get my Captivate hotspots to work within Presenter. I've used hot spots before on older versions of Captivate/Articulate and they worked fine so I am not sure what is different now, or if I am forgetting something. I am using the hotspots within a Captivate movie to simulate user clicks within a software interface. When I view the interactions in Captivate they work as expected. As soon as I bring the Flash file into Presenter, the hotspot highlights appear, but the actual hotspot does not work and the cursor does not change on mouseover/slide does not pause. The slides just keep moving through without any pauses for the required mouse clicks.
I read in one of the old forums that you need to have all slides set to advance by user when adding a video with hotspot navigation. I tried this and my Flash file still advanced on its own.
In the Insert Flash Movie Settings, I have experimented with both advance when movie finished and advance when user clicks as well as synchronoze and play independently, but neither setting makes a difference.
Thanks for your help. -Lynda
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Hi Lynda and welcome to Heroes!
Are you by chance using Captivate 5? I ask that because that version of Captivate uses ActionScript 3 which isn't supported in Presenter '09. If you are using v5, you could insert your Captivate movie into a Web Object.
David
I'm sorry, I just realized it's Camtasia, not Captivate. I'm using Camtasia Studio 7.1 with Articulate 09.
Hi Lynda,
I would suggest you submit a case by following the steps below.
Please create an Articulate Presenter package, then upload the zip file to our server. You can review how to do this here:
http://www.articulate.com/support/presenter09/?p=457
Upload the resulting zip file from your computer to our server using this upload form:
http://upload.articulate.com/
Please be sure to include a description of your issue, your version of PowerPoint, version of Windows and version of Presenter '09 which you can find in Help and Support -> About Articulate Presenter. Please also include the URL for this thread so we can follow up with you in the forums.
Can you let me know the case number when you receive your confirmation email and I will make sure we take care of you.
Thanks Justin! I will do this.
Hello
My Captivate 5 movies play just fine using the web object tool when users are on a PC. I am getting calls from MAC users now. They are saying that the movies will not open. Is there anything different I should be doing with objects for my MAC users?
Thanks
Anyone have any ideas?
Hi Mary Ann Nazzarro,
The Mac users should be able to view the content just fine. However, I believe that Captivate 5 files publish to at least Flash Player 9. So, if the Mac users don't have the latest version of Flash Player installed, I'd recommend that they install it, restart their machine, and then try the content again.
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