I am looking to delete the thumbnail from the Exit tab. Once Exit is click in my presentation, a box slides down that asks if you are sure you want to exit. This box also includes a thumbnail box.
Can anyone tell me whether I can delete this thumbnail from the template.
If you look in your output'sdata/swffolder, you will find the thumbnails, with the format of tb1.swf, tb2.swf, etc., with the number of a thumbnail corresponding to the slide number.
I believe the attachments dropdown uses thumbnail 1 (or tb1.swf). You can delete it or rename it, but the box for the thumbnail will still appear when you click "Attachments"--just with no thumbnail image.
I was wondering if it is possible to change the image that is displayed when you click on the "Attachments" and "Exit" buttons in the top bar of the Articulate Presenter interface.
At the moment a small version of the first slide in the PPT presentation is displayed, and I would like to customise this if possible.
Hi there - that's a good question. I'm not sure about v5.2, but in Presenter '09 the thumbnail used for the Attachments and Exit tab is in your \data\swf folder, and it's called tb1.swf. If you create an appropriately sized swf in that location and replace the tb1.swf file it should work. Only downside is, you'd have to remember to replace the file if you republish, because Presenter writes over the existing files when publishing.
I am facing a unique issue. When i published the course, my Thumbnails doesn't match the Slide respectively. Do anyone have any clue or any resolution why this is happening.
Earlier when I published a different course the Slide Title didn't matched the Titles on the left. Isn't weird? What going wrong? I would like to have a true resolution. Please help.
As suggested in your other post, please create an Articulate Presenter package, then upload the zip file to our server. You can review how to do this here:
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 I can follow up with you personally in the forums. And feel free to come back and leave your case number here so I can keep a close eye on it. Thanks!
Hi- I uploaded module 3 of a 6 module course and I got thumbnails matching the slides from Module 1. When we send to Articulate Projects it loads the right thumbnails for the slides found within module 3. Why does it do this when we load to Articulate online? How do we resolve this problem?
I'm not sure why that would be happening. A caching issue, perhaps? I'd recommend submitting a case to our support team so they can look into it more closely. Thanks!
fyi... I replaced the tb1.swf file with a jpg file. I then changed the .jpg file extension to .swf. Articulate loaded and displayed it just fine! I haven't tried this with any other image file formats.
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If you look in your output's data/swf folder, you will find the thumbnails, with the format of tb1.swf, tb2.swf, etc., with the number of a thumbnail corresponding to the slide number.
I believe the attachments dropdown uses thumbnail 1 (or tb1.swf). You can delete it or rename it, but the box for the thumbnail will still appear when you click "Attachments"--just with no thumbnail image.
That helps.
I was wondering if it is possible to change the image that is displayed when you click on the "Attachments" and "Exit" buttons in the top bar of the Articulate Presenter interface.
At the moment a small version of the first slide in the PPT presentation is displayed, and I would like to customise this if possible.
this is for one of my peeps on v 5.2
Hi there - that's a good question. I'm not sure about v5.2, but in Presenter '09 the thumbnail used for the Attachments and Exit tab is in your \data\swf folder, and it's called tb1.swf. If you create an appropriately sized swf in that location and replace the tb1.swf file it should work. Only downside is, you'd have to remember to replace the file if you republish, because Presenter writes over the existing files when publishing.
I've checked the publish folder and the tb1.swf file does exist in v5.2 as well.
Any idea on the dimensions I should use for the replacement swf file?
figured it out by decompiling the SWF. The dimensions are 140x105
Thanks for posting that! Good to know. Glad you were able to make it work.
Hello,
I am facing a unique issue. When i published the course, my Thumbnails doesn't match the Slide respectively. Do anyone have any clue or any resolution why this is happening.
Earlier when I published a different course the Slide Title didn't matched the Titles on the left. Isn't weird? What going wrong? I would like to have a true resolution. Please help.
Abhi
(if possible also contact me on itpro.abhishek@gmail.com)
Hi Abhi,
As suggested in your other post, please create an Articulate Presenter package, then upload the zip file to our server. You can review how to do this here:
Send to Articulate Presenter Package – Articulate Presenter ’09 Help
Upload the resulting zip file from your computer to our server using this upload form:
Articulate Support - Upload Your Files for Review
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 I can follow up with you personally in the forums. And feel free to come back and leave your case number here so I can keep a close eye on it. Thanks!
Hi- I uploaded module 3 of a 6 module course and I got thumbnails matching the slides from Module 1. When we send to Articulate Projects it loads the right thumbnails for the slides found within module 3. Why does it do this when we load to Articulate online? How do we resolve this problem?
Hi John,
I'm not sure why that would be happening. A caching issue, perhaps? I'd recommend submitting a case to our support team so they can look into it more closely. Thanks!
Can you ADD a message to the EXIT tab?
To add to my post above, I have made up Dave Moxon's Multiple Presentation Menu (I have 4 modules) (http://daveperso.mediaenglishonline.com/2009/05/12/create-a-menu-for-multiple-presentations/) and would like to offer students when they go to the EXIT tab, the option of going back to the MENU to select another module rather than completely exiting.
Hi Di
If I'm understanding what you'd like to do, Jeanette's suggestion from this older thread might be something that could work for you...
Hope so!
Hello Arthur et al....
I have the opposite problem from Sara's (see top of thread). I'd like the thumbnail that appears with "Exit now" to display Slide 1, but it is blank.
I have confirmed that tb1.swf is in my data\swf folder, so I'm not sure what could be amiss.
Can someone please help?
Many thanks!
Norma
fyi... I replaced the tb1.swf file with a jpg file. I then changed the .jpg file extension to .swf. Articulate loaded and displayed it just fine! I haven't tried this with any other image file formats.
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