Bob Wiker
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Sitting characters
"Maybe you can do some photo editing: crop the character to hide waist-down, then add an image of the back of a chair. End result is an im..."
- 8 years ago03/22/16 at 7:55 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Tracking Progress and Completion Option Shows More Slides Than I See in Story View
"Check Story View again, making sure to scroll left/right/up/down. Maybe there's another Scene in there you've forgotten about? I often ha..."
- 8 years ago03/22/16 at 7:50 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Articulate for Mac? Please!!!!!
"Thx. It has run very well on a 10Mbps Ethernet connection for the past couple years. I recently upgraded my switch and cabling to 100Mbps..."
- 8 years ago03/18/16 at 1:32 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Voiceovers
"Not sure about the PowerPoint-to-Presenter route since I've never tried it. However, I have used other audio editors and then imported th..."
- 8 years ago03/18/16 at 1:18 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Articulate for Mac? Please!!!!!
"I totally get the frustration of not having a Mac version, and the aversion to Windows. I feel the same way. Nonetheless, I work in a com..."
- 8 years ago03/18/16 at 1:13 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Hide Next player button until certain slides visited
"One suggestion I'd make is that you disable the button rather than completely hide it; that's best practice in terms of user experience. "
- 8 years ago03/02/16 at 3:20 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Saving a Storyline-embedded Engage interaction into its own file
"Thanks Christie. That workaround actually worked.
In fact, we can shortcut it even more: before sending the email, right-cli..."
- 8 years ago02/25/16 at 3:40 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Audio editor causes powerpoint to crash
"Sarah, you've no doubt read the other thread on this issue, which Leslie pointed to. You and I both commented in that other thread. I did..."
- 8 years ago02/15/16 at 10:48 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Launching Audio Editor crashes system
"In my case the issue eventually went away; we are now able to fully use Presenter (and its audio editor) without any issues. I don't beli..."
- 8 years ago02/15/16 at 7:43 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Firefox now blocking flash player plugin by default
"Will Flash Player be required on the authoring system? In other words, the system I use to author courseware with Presenter and Storyline?"
- almost 9 years ago07/22/15 at 4:38 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Launching Audio Editor crashes system
"This happens to us too. Win 7, PPT 2010, Lenovo ThinkPad W530 systems with dual graphics (integrated graphics *and* NVIDIA dedicated grap..."
- almost 9 years ago07/22/15 at 2:41 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Storyline 2 vs. Captivate: Software simulations
"I've only done a handful of Storyline screen recordings (and maybe 20 Captivates total), but I definitely prefer using Storyline. So much..."
- almost 9 years ago06/03/15 at 5:39 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Communication Issues When Using HTTPS With relay.asp
"Thanks. Hopefully someone with knowledge of HTTP vs HTTPS can chime in.
If anyone out there can give a technical explanation of what rel..."
- almost 9 years ago06/03/15 at 5:25 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Hide Next button until objects have been visited
"Regarding usability and best practice, it would be better to disable the Next/Prev buttons rather than hide them altogether. "
- almost 9 years ago05/06/15 at 4:22 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Remove Prev and Next Button from a Layers
"Regarding usability and best practice, it would be better to disable the Next/Prev buttons rather than hide them altogether.
Depending o..."
- almost 9 years ago05/06/15 at 4:21 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Hiding the Next button
"Best practice is to disable the Next button, not hide it altogether. Some learners panic when there isn't a Next button visible. Besides,..."
- almost 9 years ago04/30/15 at 7:07 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion More .pdf troubles!
"Not sure if this enters into it, but are you including the PDFs as "Resources" in the Storyline project? Maybe that will help somehow.
U..."
- almost 9 years ago04/30/15 at 7:04 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Next Button Appear at at Certain Time
"Yes. You can change the state of the Next (and Previous, if you wish) button by setting up a Trigger. See screenshot below. Best practice..."
- almost 9 years ago04/30/15 at 6:47 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Animated GIF--Loop Just Once?
"...then try the workaround I previously suggested, which involves lengthening the display time of the last frame in your animated GIF, th..."
- 9 years ago04/10/15 at 7:29 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Animated GIF--Loop Just Once?
" Joseph, you may want to revisit the first couple of posts in this discussion because there is at least one workaround that resolves the ..."
- 9 years ago04/10/15 at 6:11 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Creating a blink effect animation?
"My two cents: You may want to reassess the overall design of the page(s) where you want to place continuously blinking buttons. Learners ..."
- 9 years ago03/30/15 at 7:20 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Selecting multiple slides in Player > Menu to promote/demote
"Just checking in. Is there still no way to multiple-select menu items for promotion/demotion? It's particularly tedious to have to select..."
- 9 years ago03/27/15 at 11:47 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion convert mp4 video file to flv file
"Oh, OK. Seems I typically see it called "flipping", whether horizontal flipping or vertical flipping. Maybe a typo or autocorrect resulte..."
- 9 years ago03/27/15 at 9:01 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Having to click the "Next" button more than once to advance
"Could it be that your Menu navigation is set to 'Restricted' and impatient learners are clicking Next before the slide's timeline has com..."
- 9 years ago03/27/15 at 8:52 pm (UTC)
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Bob Wiker replied to the discussion Presenter 13 - Relative Links to PDF Docs?
"Enabling the Resource item on a single page is an interesting and potential solution. Maybe I'll put it on a never-used slide beyond the ..."
- 9 years ago03/16/15 at 8:43 pm (UTC)