Pointer/Clicker help!!!

Jan 08, 2020

I have a basic Logitech pointer/clicker. I have added all the page up/page down triggers to my 120 slide presentation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work, and sometimes it works for a while and then stops working. 

Anyone have any ideas why this might be the case? It's driving me crazy.

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Katie Riggio

Sorry to hear of this inconsistency, Jason. I'd love to help you troubleshoot!

A few clarifying questions:

  • Is the course hosted on a web server or an LMS?
  • Can I confirm that you're working on a local C: drive? Working on a shared drive can cause such oddities, so I like to rule that out first!

I'm excited to explore further!

Jason Kimball

I'm just on my work computer. Just saving everything to my local drive.

As for the hosting - it's not hosted anywhere. I published to CD and opened it on my computer.

Jason Kimball
Human Resources Developer
Office of Human Resources
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Kimballj4@michigan.gov
517-335-0943

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Jason Kimball

What do you mean by focus?

And just enter a blank data entry field to the bottom of each slide?

Jason Kimball
Human Resources Developer
Office of Human Resources
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Kimballj4@michigan.gov
517-335-0943

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Phil Mayor

There are two elements involved the player (the frame around the slide) and the slide, for a key trigger to work the slide must have focus, sometimes when you change slides the player takes focus. You can sometimes force the slide to take focus by adding a data entry field but it needs to be at the bottom of the timeline to take focus.

Jason Kimball

I've added the blank data entry field to the bottom of each timeline. It seems to be fixing the problem for the most part. I have 9 scenes- if I go from slide 1 of any scene to the end of the previous scene, it won't let me go back further.

Example - page up to go from 2.1 to 1.10 works. Page up from 1.10 doesn't go back to 1.9 if I just came from 2.1.

Jason Kimball
Human Resources Developer
Office of Human Resources
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Kimballj4@michigan.gov
517-335-0943

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Jason Kimball

Thanks for the help that you were able to give me. I think it's good enough that I can make it work now.

Jason Kimball
Human Resources Developer
Office of Human Resources
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Kimballj4@michigan.gov
517-335-0943

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