Shel Holtz
Shel Holtz
Principal at Holtz Communication + Technology
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    Shel Holtz

    I'm a corporate communications consultant with nearly 40 years of experience. I focus on digital and social media. These days, clients are looking for more and more training.
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Closed-Caption questions
"Thanks, Walt. I love the example you shared, but I haven't been able to figure out how you did it. I see the cc rectangles, and the corre..."
  • 8 years ago04/08/16 at 12:48 am (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Seekbar control
"No worries! Early mornings get me, too!"
  • 8 years ago04/07/16 at 9:45 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Seekbar control
"Since I can't actually see the seekbar -- it's part of the menu settings and only appears in PREVIEW or when actually using the module on..."
  • 8 years ago04/07/16 at 9:43 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Enable NEXT button after final quiz question answered correctly
"I think I've been staring at this too long. That makes perfect sense, and now it works (of course). Thank you again!"
  • 8 years ago04/01/16 at 9:22 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Enable NEXT button after final quiz question answered correctly
"Of course! Here you go..."
  • 8 years ago04/01/16 at 9:09 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Enable NEXT button after final quiz question answered correctly
"Interestingly, it works on the file you sent me, but when I implemented it on my project, it didn't -- the NEXT button didn't revert to n..."
  • 8 years ago04/01/16 at 9:00 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Enable NEXT button after final quiz question answered correctly
"I DID miss something, but I was close. Changing the state of the NEXT button to normal WHEN THE TIMELINE STARTS. That's what I missed. I ..."
  • 8 years ago04/01/16 at 8:46 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Enable NEXT button after final quiz question answered correctly
"Thank you, Wendy. It sounds a lot like what I already tried, but I may have missed something. I'll let you know."
  • 8 years ago04/01/16 at 8:31 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Enable NEXT button after final quiz question answered correctly
"Hi, Chrisstine. Absolutely. Here's one scene that has two icon/buttons on the top-level page. The user must click through both before the..."
  • 8 years ago04/01/16 at 8:18 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Enable NEXT button after final quiz question answered correctly
"Thanks, Wendy, but the catch is that users have to complete several separate second-tier pages before they can move forward on this page."
  • 8 years ago03/31/16 at 10:32 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Issue with Replay Button
"Thank you for this, Walter. I want to follow up with one question. From what I see, I need to create a separate variable for each second-..."
  • 8 years ago03/31/16 at 4:24 am (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Disable trigger until audio ends
"Hey, I figured it out for myself! "
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 11:23 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Disable trigger until audio ends
"Wendy, I have one more question for you on this same scene. At the top of each of the second-tier pages, I have an X, with both a NORMAL ..."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 11:10 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Disable trigger until audio ends
"Oh, I see what I did -- I copied the glowing version of the icon from the previous (now-deleted) glow layer, with the trigger attached. S..."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 10:36 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How can I force a user to stay on the page until all layers have been viewed?
"This is all fantastic, and Jerine, that last post nailed it for me. Thank you!"
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 6:34 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Restart timeline from the beginning
"The answer that worked for me was to add a blank layer that jumps to the base slide, then add a trigger to the icon that opens that layer..."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 6:17 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How to make a trigger not work until audio is done playing
"Awesome. Well, if there's one thing I can say about my client changing up the requirements on me, it's that I'm learning a heck of a lot..."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 6:59 am (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How to make a trigger not work until audio is done playing
"Is there a way to make sure the user clicks each of these icons and visits each of the slides before going to the next scene? I plan to m..."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 6:27 am (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How can I force a user to stay on the page until all layers have been viewed?
"A nice approach, Wendy, but the problem is that users can go in any order they like. I need to make sure they've seen all of the layers b..."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 5:25 am (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion Another "disabled NEXT button" question
"Wendy, you're fantastic. I know it says HERO on your avatar, but you're seriously my new hero! I owe you."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 3:50 am (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How to make a trigger not work until audio is done playing
"That's PERFECT, Wendy; it worked!! The reason I'm going nuts with this is that the client has changed the requirements, adding component..."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 1:12 am (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How to make a trigger not work until audio is done playing
"That's fantastic, Wendy! Of course, I'm still having a problem! I was able to get it work with the middle icon, but repeating the proces..."
  • 8 years ago03/30/16 at 12:39 am (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How to make a trigger not work until audio is done playing
"Gotcha, Wendy. Attached. On the first slide you see, you'll see the three icons. You can hover over them to see the glow (a client requir..."
  • 8 years ago03/29/16 at 11:17 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How to make a trigger not work until audio is done playing
"No worries. I think it's pretty complicated. The three icons and the audio are on the same page. However, I have a layer for each icon t..."
  • 8 years ago03/29/16 at 10:53 pm (UTC)
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Shel Holtz replied to the discussion How to make a trigger not work until audio is done playing
"Hi Wendy. The problem is that the audio is on the top-level slide and the glow is on the layer, which has its own timeline. I can't conn..."
  • 8 years ago03/29/16 at 10:11 pm (UTC)