How do I make a mouse cursor disappear during a slide?
At the beginning of the slide, I want to show the cursor hover over a button, make the one click sound, then disappear so the user can use their mouse pointer and not see two. How do I make the mouse cursor disappear?
When a slide contains a mouse cursor object, the mouse stays on screen for the duration of your slide. You can, however, use Storyline's timeline to change when the mouse motion starts and ends. (Unlike other objects, for mouse cursors, you use the timeline to control the beginning and end of the cursor's motion - not the appearance and disappearance of the cursor itself.) Saying that, you may be able to end the cursor's movement at a certain time, and then place a shape the same color as your background over the cursor to hide it. Think that might work for you?
I'm creating a video to train people on dental software. However once I clicked on something in the program, Articulate stopped recording the movements of my mouse. For the first two seconds it shows my mouse movements just fine, but once I click to change the page, the mouse movements disappear. I need the mouse movements to show during the entire video, how do I fix it?
If you'd like, we'd be happy to take a closer look at it. Please submit a case, including your .story file, using this link so our support team can assist you further. And if you're able to capture the issue with a screencast (which you can do on the second page of that link), that would be a huge help as well.
I need some help. I was checking out the mouse curser and I added one to my screen but I now want to remove it. How can you remove the mouse Cursor from the slide after you have added it. The program states that the "Mouse Cursor" cannot be cut. ???
You're right, the Mouse Cursor can't be cut by using the traditional right-click > cut method. I'm working on a Parallels VM so it might be a little different for you, but I need to use the Fn > Delete keyboard combination to delete the cursor.
Thank you for your quick reply. I should have thought of that! Thank you so much because I also now have a MacBook Pro running Parallels VM. Again thanks and have a great day.
Replying to Lucy Harris' post - I experienced this same problem and have tracked down what it is. On Windows (Vista and above), if the application you are recording is "Running as administrator" and Storyline is not, then the cursor freezes after the first click when recording the screen. This makes inserting as step-by-step slides fail. The solution is to run Storyline with administrator privileges (Right-click on the icon and choose 'Run as administrator') and then record the screen.
Are you conducting a screen recording? If you insert it as a video on a single slide you should be able to capture all the mouse movements. You can also insert mouse cursors and movements as described here.
When a slide contains a mouse cursor object, the mouse stays on screen for the duration of your slide. You can, however, use Storyline's timeline to change when the mouse motion starts and ends. (Unlike other objects, for mouse cursors, you use the timeline to control the beginning and end of the cursor's motion - not the appearance and disappearance of the cursor itself.) Saying that, you may be able to end the cursor's movement at a certain time, and then place a shape the same color as your background over the cursor to hide it. Think that might work for you?
I've been trying a couple of different things to make this cursor disappear and none seem to be working for me.
1. I adjusted the timing of the cursor and made sure "always show" and "show until end" were un-checked
2. I tried inserting a small rectangle to cover the cursor that appears after the cursor movement, but the rectangle stays underneath the cursor.
Any other ideas? I am using it on the 5 tab interaction slide template I downloaded.
When we insert a cursor, it sets a fixed start point and end point. Is there any way I can adjust the motion path? Right now I can move only the entire cursor path. I want to keep one end constant and adjust only the other. I know we have the 'Enter From' option, but that just changes the starting point.
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Hey Christopher!
When a slide contains a mouse cursor object, the mouse stays on screen for the duration of your slide. You can, however, use Storyline's timeline to change when the mouse motion starts and ends. (Unlike other objects, for mouse cursors, you use the timeline to control the beginning and end of the cursor's motion - not the appearance and disappearance of the cursor itself.) Saying that, you may be able to end the cursor's movement at a certain time, and then place a shape the same color as your background over the cursor to hide it. Think that might work for you?
Thanks. I will try that.
Hi!
I'm creating a video to train people on dental software. However once I clicked on something in the program, Articulate stopped recording the movements of my mouse. For the first two seconds it shows my mouse movements just fine, but once I click to change the page, the mouse movements disappear. I need the mouse movements to show during the entire video, how do I fix it?
Hi Lucy, welcome to Heroes!
If you'd like, we'd be happy to take a closer look at it. Please submit a case, including your .story file, using this link so our support team can assist you further. And if you're able to capture the issue with a screencast (which you can do on the second page of that link), that would be a huge help as well.
Thanks!
Peter,
I need some help. I was checking out the mouse curser and I added one to my screen but I now want to remove it. How can you remove the mouse Cursor from the slide after you have added it. The program states that the "Mouse Cursor" cannot be cut. ???
Hi Dan!
You're right, the Mouse Cursor can't be cut by using the traditional right-click > cut method. I'm working on a Parallels VM so it might be a little different for you, but I need to use the Fn > Delete keyboard combination to delete the cursor.
Are you able to remove using keyboard commands?
Peter,
Thank you for your quick reply. I should have thought of that! Thank you so much because I also now have a MacBook Pro running Parallels VM. Again thanks and have a great day.
Oh, awesome, Dan! Glad to hear it. And let us know if you have any other questions
Replying to Lucy Harris' post - I experienced this same problem and have tracked down what it is. On Windows (Vista and above), if the application you are recording is "Running as administrator" and Storyline is not, then the cursor freezes after the first click when recording the screen. This makes inserting as step-by-step slides fail. The solution is to run Storyline with administrator privileges (Right-click on the icon and choose 'Run as administrator') and then record the screen.
Thanks for sharing that, Sunny! I've relayed your findings to our QA team for further review. Thanks again
What do i do if i need several cursor movements in my slide??? i mean one time the cursor goes up and clicks, and then goes down and clicks.
Is that possible???
Hi Yoni,
Are you conducting a screen recording? If you insert it as a video on a single slide you should be able to capture all the mouse movements. You can also insert mouse cursors and movements as described here.
I've been trying a couple of different things to make this cursor disappear and none seem to be working for me.
1. I adjusted the timing of the cursor and made sure "always show" and "show until end" were un-checked
2. I tried inserting a small rectangle to cover the cursor that appears after the cursor movement, but the rectangle stays underneath the cursor.
Any other ideas? I am using it on the 5 tab interaction slide template I downloaded.
Hi Team Articulate
When we insert a cursor, it sets a fixed start point and end point. Is there any way I can adjust the motion path? Right now I can move only the entire cursor path. I want to keep one end constant and adjust only the other. I know we have the 'Enter From' option, but that just changes the starting point.
Thanks
Harshad.
Hi Harshad and welcome to Heroes!
Motion paths aren't a feature of Storyline (although you're welcome to request them!). The elements you can adjust within a mouse cursor are detailed here.
Hope that helps!
Thank You Ashley.
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