Hotspot and variables

Here is the file in case anyone can help me It's slide 2.

Hi Louise!

First of all, I love your slide design.  

Regarding the trigger on your Next button, what's happening is, the "when" in the trigger is telling Storyline to only change the state of hte Next button when the ACInfo variable changes. You could create 2 more triggers that are the same as the first, and make the "when" refer to the other 2 variables, respectively...however, I think an easier way would be to just use transparent shapes rather than hotspots, because shapes can have visited states (whereas hotspots cannot). This way, you can base the trigger on the state of the shapes, and you'll avoid using any variables at all. Plus you'll have fewer triggers to manaage. Here's a quick look at what I mean: https://jeanette.viewscreencasts.com/79174dc31c315ac04f957aaf4d721933

...and the file's attached. Hope that helps! 

Genius Jeannette! I never thought of transparent shapes!

Thanks for your comment - obviously going for the comic hero look courtesy of Tom's Powerpoint template

I know this is a long time after Louise's inquiry, but I found this thread looking for a solution to the same issue.

Here's an Articulate tutorial I found that works perfectly: http://www.articulate.com/support/kb_article.php?product=st1&id=q8uvgjnovpp

I wanted to also add a layer that appears when someone tries to click 'Next' without having first visited the hotspot(s), and I found out how to do that here: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/19502/170148.aspx

Hopefully this will be of use to someone

Allan

Awesome! Thanks for sharing Allan Never a bad idea.