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HWTCeLearning
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6 months ago

Is there an easier way to make text appear on click by paragraph, more like in Powerpoint?

I have slides that a facilitator will deliver, and they are used to powerpoint where the next point can appear on click. To make that in PP, it's a single check box.

My only understanding of how to do this in articulate is a trigger to show/hide each statement or click to pause the timeline (which they would probably forget to do). I don't really see how to sequence them, especially if I want the earlier ones to hide (fade in and out a series of quotations, for example.)

That's a lot more steps than PP. Am I missing something easier?

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    JudyNollet
    Super Hero
    6 months ago

    For that situation, it might be easier to put each piece of text on a separate layer. 

    • This could be set up like a basic tabs interaction. Or, if the facilitator wants to be able to click anywhere on the slide, cover each layer with a hotspot or transparent shape that has trigger to show the next layer. 
    • Use the Slide Layer Properties to indicate whether showing a new layer hides other layers.
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    JudyNollet
    Super Hero
    6 months ago

    Walt's solution is definitely more elegant for when you want to keep all of the options on the slide. I suggested layers for the situations to fade items in and out.

    Though, actually, in those cases, you could just put each item on a separate slide. Add transitions to fade between slides. IMHO, it's better to have more slides with less text on them for live presentations. 

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