Bob Wiker
Bob Wiker
Instructional Designer | eLearning Developer
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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)