"Like Phil and Matthew, I put off-slide text boxes on some slides to leave a quick note for future developers (or for my future self, in c..."

"I need to preface this with the admission that I did not download the app. But, from your description, it sounds like the Zap codes are ..."

"Hi Trevor, One more that I forgot to add last time: Never "click on"; just "click". For example, write "Click Next to continue." Do n..."

"I have written style guides at several places where I've worked. I generally use and recommend the Chicago Manual of Style as the base se..."

"Good, cheap, fast: pick two. But remember, if you don't pick "good" as one of your two choices, you may as well not bother at all, since ..."

"Walt, Thanks for the confirmation--I thought I was missing something obvious. I would rank this as a bug that should be a high priority ..."

"Hi Michael, I suppose I could store each intermediate value in a separate variable and, in a series of triggers, put them all together o..."

"I have three buttons A, B, and C and want to take specific actions when they are in specific states. For example, I want to be able to: ..."

"Hi Philippe, Yes, if your clickable objects are discreet, separated objects then you can use the objects themselves, just as you suggest..."

"I often create my own hotspot by just using a rectangle shape formatted with no line and a fill that is 100% transparent. That's the Norm..."

"Cary Glenn is correct. While implementing this 3-way branching could be a fun technical exercise, it unfortunately has no real value from..."

"Cody, Nicole's advice is good advice. The request that came to you is like most requests that come to training professionals: focused on..."

"Here's one I did last year. There's far too much telling at the beginning but if you use the menu to skip to module 3, you can see a vari..."

"That was a really good article. Thanks Keith for posting it. Lots to think about there. Cheers!     -Ray"

"What are the most common things people do on the intranet? Probably search and upload documents? Show how to do those common things, and..."

"We need Storyline to give us emphasis animations similar to PowerPoint's emphasis animations. There are many times when I want to use som..."

"The answer to your question is often "it depends." But Allison's point to "keep in mind what your learners need to do with the informatio..."

"Here's what people will actually do: click Start on the video, then minimize the window and turn off the sound while they go about their ..."

"Mike, Yep, we came up with the same solution. Thanks!     -Ray"

"Hi Mike, Thanks! Our posts crossed--we must have been posting at the same time. I didn't see yours until after I posted mine. I think we..."

"Hi Alyssa, I think I solved my own problem, actually. My interpretation is that when I move from one slide to another, even though they ..."

"Hi everyone, I'm working on a course in which learners must diagnose and fix one or more safety problems on each of several devices. When..."

"Will the custom font display for learners regardless of whether I publish to Flash or HTML 5 output, or will it only work for Flash outpu..."

"Hi Joe, Thanks! There are a couple of ones there that might have worked. "Success 1" and "Success 2" are both pretty good, I think, and ..."

"Hi Heroes, I need a "ding-ding-ding you win!" sound effect to indicate to learners when they have solved a problem (of the half-dozen or ..."