Eric Schaffer
Eric Schaffer
Service Support, Training & Application Specialist at YANMAR America
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    Eric Schaffer

    Over 40 years working on Diesel engines in many different applications. I have been working in the training area for the past 10 years. I was a small business owner for 20 years.
  • Acworth, GA
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Timeline issue
"OK, looking at this all 6 should appear at the same time. 00:31.2. And they should stay until the end. To change this, you can move..."
  • 10 months ago07/19/23 at 8:06 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion How do you prevent overlapping audio for layers when layer text must remain on screen?
"I would really like to help you on this but I'm a little confused what you are trying to do. When you click on a button for the layer to ..."
  • 10 months ago07/19/23 at 7:56 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Timeline issue
"I guess my first question would be how are you making them appear. Is it by a trigger that changes them from hidden to normal. Or is it w..."
  • 10 months ago07/19/23 at 7:50 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Hover Function in Layers
"I think I would use lightboxes instead of layers. A lightbox gives you more control over what the learner can do and see. A lightbox is a..."
  • 10 months ago07/19/23 at 7:43 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Voiceover or not?
"I'll jump in here with some useless info. The company I work for put in a policy that we will have professional voice over. We found a go..."
  • 10 months ago07/17/23 at 7:48 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Loopy back buttons in Storyline
"I found that if you remove the player next and previous buttons on the bottom of the slide, it looks like it works fine. I think the syst..."
  • 10 months ago07/14/23 at 9:05 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Button trigger to show multiple animations in sequence
"I'm not sure I fully understanding this completely. But here goes. If you pause the timeline and popup the "Show Me" button, and th..."
  • 10 months ago07/14/23 at 8:19 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Working with Variables
"Thank you, Judy."
  • 10 months ago07/13/23 at 7:25 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Images in storyline only showing in preview
"I think what might be happening is the picture format is wrong. Are these PNG or JPG? If you can send me one, I might be able to help ref..."
  • 10 months ago07/13/23 at 7:19 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer started a new discussion Working with Variables
"I have a project that has some variables. When I open the variables window, I can see my project variables. Some have a "0" in the Use Co..."
  • 10 months ago07/13/23 at 12:40 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Slide identification strategies
"I don't know of an easy way to make this happen. I have added a slide number box on my master in the lower right corner. Then as I make s..."
  • 10 months ago07/06/23 at 8:47 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Cannot import PowerPoint
"Jason, I just tried to import a short group of slides following these steps. 1 - File - New project 2 - File - Import 3 - PowerPoin..."
  • 10 months ago07/06/23 at 1:52 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Storyline Course/Training Recommendations
"The advanced course Yukon Training is great. But make sure you take a course where you can ask a lot of questions. "
  • 10 months ago07/05/23 at 3:59 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Old project doesn't update?
"If I'm not mistaken, after you upload the latest version, you will need to open the project again. 360 should tell you it was created in ..."
  • 10 months ago07/05/23 at 3:57 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion File missing
"I have had this happen to me a couple times. If you go to your C Drive and enter ".story" in the search bar. It should find every file wi..."
  • 10 months ago06/30/23 at 5:29 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Next button query
"So, I'm guessing you went into the Menu Options, and you clicked on the box to Restrict Next / Previous buttons. Now when you previ..."
  • 11 months ago06/23/23 at 12:35 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Video stops
"Claudia, How long is your video? I have never had this issue, but I do know some long videos tend to buffer a little."
  • 11 months ago06/21/23 at 8:41 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Can't Get Hover Section to "Glow"
"I may be crazy but, I don't see any place you have states for each area the learner needs to click on. I think you need to cut the three ..."
  • 11 months ago06/15/23 at 8:55 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Branching Scenario Repeat with Additional Information
"I'm thinking you could use a variable. The Each slide would have the persona built in, but would not show until the variable changed. The..."
  • 11 months ago06/01/23 at 9:01 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Skip Video at beginning of the course IF they are revisiting the course in the LMS
"I would put a button to skip video. Make the button appear and become active at the end of the timeline. Then set the When revisit state ..."
  • 12 months ago05/18/23 at 1:28 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Wanting to find someone to help me create a cardsort in Storyline
"Sarah, I might be able to help you set this up."
  • 12 months ago05/12/23 at 5:05 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer started a new discussion Import Team Project Slides
"Ok group, I know this has been discussed but I can't find it in a search. I just received a whole new set of slides for our project..."
  • 12 months ago05/08/23 at 12:48 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Locked scenes and videos
"I believe if you open a slide and go to the top and click in the publish box on the "Player" it will open the player properties. There is..."
  • 12 months ago05/05/23 at 5:11 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion Lightboxed slides to show as visited
"Add a variable to each lightbox to change the start of each box to a visited start when the timeline in the lightbox ends. "
  • almost 1 year ago05/04/23 at 6:01 pm (UTC)
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Eric Schaffer replied to the discussion LMS app
"Brian, I'm thinking you don't have an in-house LMS you are developing for. Most will have a sandbox to test your work. You might think ab..."
  • almost 1 year ago05/04/23 at 12:12 pm (UTC)