Jump to next slide on keystroke CTRL + C/CMD + C
Sep 25, 2014
Creating a software demo/tutorial. One section requires copying some text and then pasting it elsewhere. Two problems:
1 - If I setup the Jump to next Slide based on keystroke CONTROL + C, will it work if the user is on a Mac and they use COMMAND + C? Is this built-in to Articulate to know the difference -- that it is the Copy command and not literally a keystroke using only certain keys? If not, how do I program this since Windows/Articulate do not recognize Mac commands as part of the keystroke vernacular in the Trigger palette?
2 - Even using CTRL + C on Windows, the jump to a next slide trigger does not work with the trigger setup to jump on keystroke CTRL + C. Not sure what I am doing wrong. If I preview the scene and do the wrong keystroke, I get a Try Again message, so it seems to be listening.
Help appreciated! - Steve
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i don't think it will work using a known key combinations as it will be trapped by the OS and never make it to the published file.
the ctrl+c and cmc+c are two separate keystrokes, the equivalent on a windows PC is windows key+c
when test key strokes ensure you are uploading to a server as locally they generally do not work.
Well, that's a pretty lousy limitation, given the commonality of the command! I suppose I have to create a button of some sort to fake the actual process, which diminishes the value of the training experience.
Articulate: I hope this something on your to-do list.
I don't think it is a limitation of the software, these are just reserved key combinations for the OS.
Funnily enough on a Mac using Ctrl+C works to jump to a slide, but not in Windows
Unfortunately I cannot Map the cmd key at all in Storyline
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