Steve Gannon
Steve Gannon
Principal Consultant at GanTek Multimedia
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    Steve Gannon

    I have been developing eLearning applications since 1994. For a long time I used Authorware and have since used Articulate products (Studio and Storyline) extensively. Training topics and clients are extremely varied -- corporate, academic, non-profit and government. I teach on-site Articulate...
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Removing navigation creates empty space below stage
"Jennifer, I'm betting you have the seekbar activated on at least one slide. If the seekbar is active for even a single slide, you'll get ..."
  • over 10 years ago09/27/13 at 9:06 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Changing The Articulate Application(.exe) Icon
"Dave, I'm not sure if Articulate Storyline's license agreement permits changing the icon of the EXE. Assuming it's not prohibited, you ca..."
  • over 10 years ago09/27/13 at 7:01 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Advent Calendar
"Yes, using JavaScript you can grab the system date and then in Storyline you can compare that date to a value you predefine. If it matche..."
  • over 10 years ago09/27/13 at 5:36 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Last annotation on a slide
"Jose, When creating your annotations, just click the "Clear All" button (located in the center of the menu ribbon at the top of the scree..."
  • over 10 years ago09/26/13 at 1:36 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Join to file presentation together
"Sophie, Please see this recent thread. That should help."
  • over 10 years ago09/25/13 at 2:41 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion How to switch off text correction in SL?
"1. Click the File Menu (the 'a' icon in the upper left corner of Storyline). 2. Then click the 'Storyline Options' button at the bottom...."
  • over 10 years ago09/24/13 at 1:38 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Combining Multiple Presentations, Audio not Transferring
"Lara, I don't believe it is possible to merge the projects as you described without reimporting the audio. See this support document. Whe..."
  • over 10 years ago09/24/13 at 12:03 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Screencast Picture Quality
"I'm referring to the recorder size. Have you tried capturing an area 720x540 or less? Does it still look awful?"
  • over 10 years ago09/20/13 at 8:36 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Screencast Picture Quality
"I'm still not clear on the dimensions of the area you're capturing...are you capturing just a 720x540 area, or is it much larger? (When y..."
  • over 10 years ago09/20/13 at 8:09 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Screencast Picture Quality
"What are the dimensions of the screen area you are capturing? Also, are you using the default 720x540 story size?"
  • over 10 years ago09/20/13 at 7:54 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Screencast Picture Quality
"In Storyline's Publish window, there is a setting at the bottom called "Quality". Be sure the video and image quality settings are bumped..."
  • over 10 years ago09/20/13 at 6:50 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Screencast Picture Quality
"The only suggestion I can offer to improve the clarity of screen recordings is to change your display's setting as small as possible prio..."
  • over 10 years ago09/20/13 at 5:57 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Screencast Picture Quality
"Hi Howie, On the Home tab, select Player. In the Custom menu select Other. The two settings you want can be made in the two Browser Setti..."
  • over 10 years ago09/20/13 at 5:26 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Ctrl+F = Find
"Here's a list of keyboard shortcuts available in Storyline, Stanton. Incidentally, the "Find Text" feature is available in the ribbon onc..."
  • over 10 years ago09/18/13 at 10:42 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Can I insert an editable spreadsheet, e.g a payment calculator?
"Hi Jill, Yes, you can develop a spreadsheet of sorts in Storyline using variables. Here's an example: http://www.gantekmultimedia.com/sl_..."
  • over 10 years ago09/17/13 at 5:00 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Publish to Word
"Guy, This is a known issue."
  • over 10 years ago09/16/13 at 8:26 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Only the first quiz slide is inserting into my PPT, instead of all
"Hi Freda, A Quizmaker placeholder slide showing the first quiz question is all that will appear when you look at your project in PowerPoi..."
  • over 10 years ago09/16/13 at 7:24 am (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Translation import - Glossary missing
"Not that I'm aware of, sorry."
  • over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 6:41 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Objects disappearing at end of timeline, even though go til end
"Hmmm, I don't think that is the cause of the problem. I import PowerPoint slides all the time and don't experience objects disappearing a..."
  • over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 1:10 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Objects disappearing at end of timeline, even though go til end
"OK, another thing to check...make sure you do not have an Exit Animation applied to those that are disappearing."
  • over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 1:03 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Objects disappearing at end of timeline, even though go til end
"Hi Stephanie, Look at the end of the bars on the timeline. Do they have a little right arrow on the far right of the bar? If not, they're..."
  • over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 12:56 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Can Storyline determine what type of device was used
"Hi Alan, There are JavaScript examples on the forum that will show you how you can pull the user's name from an LMS as well as determine ..."
  • over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 12:34 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Variable font sizes gets smaller
"Diane, Right-click on the text box, select Format Shape > Text Box, and select 'Do not Autofit'. Then you can make the box as large as..."
  • over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 12:18 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Why shape alignment messes up in preview?
"Cheng, Just a thought... You could right click on each pie shape, save it as a png, reimport it, and delete the original. If you don't ne..."
  • over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 12:15 pm (UTC)
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Steve Gannon replied to the discussion Translation import - Glossary missing
"Unfortunately, this is a known issue, Erica."
  • over 10 years ago09/12/13 at 7:46 am (UTC)