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Director, Customer Training at Articulate
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David Anderson replied to the discussion ***Out of The Box PowerPoint FX***
"Hi Nino, Are you working in PowerPoint 2010? That will make a lot of those effect easier. If you do have 2010, you can open the Five Rule..."
  • almost 13 years ago04/27/11 at 9:24 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Wordle Background is Black
"Hey glad to hear that"
  • almost 13 years ago04/26/11 at 3:31 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Wordle Background is Black
"Cool. Can you try this: After you Set Transparent color, do a Save as Picture... and save as a .png file. Delete the current image on yo..."
  • almost 13 years ago04/26/11 at 2:12 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Wordle Background is Black
"What's strange is that image looks black (non-transparent) in the browser. Can you share how you're creating your image? After you create..."
  • almost 13 years ago04/26/11 at 1:53 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Wordle Background is Black
"Looks like you're using a custom skin... just curious if you've tried publishing using one of the default players?  Shouldn't make any di..."
  • almost 13 years ago04/26/11 at 12:55 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Wordle Background is Black
"Can you attach the Worlde image? "
  • almost 13 years ago04/26/11 at 12:46 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Wordle Background is Black
"Hi Brandy, How are you inserting the transparent Wordle image? Is the background black when viewed in Presenter? The default color of Pre..."
  • 13 years ago04/26/11 at 10:52 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Planning
"Hey Gavin, Sounds like you're living what a lot of what new (and experienced) elearning designers experience. Can you share a little more..."
  • 13 years ago04/26/11 at 9:52 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Advanced labeled graphic
"You can create the rollover buttons in Flash and insert them into Powerpoint. To get the buttons to navigate to slides, you'll need to ad..."
  • 13 years ago04/26/11 at 8:24 am (UTC)
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"The Flash community is one of the more generous so yes, there are lots of free resources. The big challenge is very few will be "ready to..."
  • 13 years ago04/26/11 at 6:19 am (UTC)
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"Another tip would be to understand how masking works in Flash and how using it/not using it can affect your Flash movies in Presenter. H..."
  • 13 years ago04/26/11 at 6:14 am (UTC)
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"Hey Dragos- There really aren't any specific requirements for creating animations in Flash for Articulate. We have the Flash Best Practic..."
  • 13 years ago04/26/11 at 5:30 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Movie Trailer Course Development Idea
"Very cool idea Danny! And whether or not it's been mentioned, it bears repeating  The best scripts--movie, theater, elearning--aren't com..."
  • 13 years ago04/25/11 at 6:20 pm (UTC)
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"@Jill For batteries, you could use the cells, or layers as a way to show the "rings" of customers and competitors. Related idea: Or find..."
  • 13 years ago04/25/11 at 10:09 am (UTC)
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"Hi Jill, Great question and one I think you can do a lot with. For something like this, I'd use Design Mapping to identify all the player..."
  • 13 years ago04/25/11 at 7:17 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Branching scenarios
"Hi Sami! First off, thanks for the cool feedback Okay, great question on Quizmaker branching. The great news is you can do just about eve..."
  • 13 years ago04/24/11 at 11:55 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Using images that shock...
"Danny Simms said: Here is a link to a video produced by the Heart Foundation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD_8UlF10Oc  I am sure you g..."
  • 13 years ago04/22/11 at 4:23 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Multiple Choice Question with Comments
"Rich Radi said: I know how to do multiple choice questions, but is there a way to add a comments field to the question?  In other words, ..."
  • 13 years ago04/22/11 at 12:30 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Seeking graphics
"@Danny - Great question and thanks for asking! Right now, the best way to share your community assets--photos, templates, icons, etc--is..."
  • 13 years ago04/21/11 at 2:50 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Locking It Down Scenarios yes or no?
"Hi Zara, Thanks for posting here and for sharing the overview of your course design. Most times, users don't like any form of locked navi..."
  • 13 years ago04/21/11 at 2:19 pm (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Watermark
"Hi Lorraine, One thing you can do is create a single Flash file that loads an image file with your logo in it. It requires Flash, but yo..."
  • 13 years ago04/21/11 at 9:57 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion How to Create a Torn Paper Edge Effect
"Hi Carolyn! We have a recent post on creating those types of torn paper assets: http://community.articulate.com/blogs/david/archive/2011/..."
  • 13 years ago04/19/11 at 10:21 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Okay, ultimate FLV/MP4 question
"Hi Tammi- I think the challenge in choosing formats is that both formats are valid. A lot of times preferred formats are based on availab..."
  • 13 years ago04/18/11 at 6:39 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion Has anyone used actors for scenarios before?
"Hi Leah! Great question. We had an active thread a little ago on a similar topic: http://community.articulate.com/forums/p/790/2528.aspx..."
  • 13 years ago04/18/11 at 6:30 am (UTC)
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David Anderson replied to the discussion PowerPoint and transparenty hyperlinks
"Lauren, Can you post a sample slide with the transparent shape & hyperlink? Would like to take a closer look at that"
  • 13 years ago04/15/11 at 9:46 am (UTC)