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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Select State Not Working
"Duplicate usually works. Copy and paste seldom does."
  • 17 days ago05/01/24 at 5:45 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Shape Subtraction
"Ron’s right. You might be able to drive your fishing boat with an eggbeater, but why would you? You’d be a lot happier using a trolling m..."
  • 17 days ago05/01/24 at 3:03 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Anyway to recover corrupted files?
"I know this won’t help you, but it might save someone else from learning as hard a way as I did. “Would I be upset if my computer c..."
  • 18 days ago04/30/24 at 6:59 pm (UTC)
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"I don’t know if Drive will alert them, but SL will not, nor does SL allow concurrent use or downloading. Whoever saves last overwrites wh..."
  • 18 days ago04/30/24 at 3:07 pm (UTC)
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"Actually, I think it is Windows that is appending the 2 to the file name. Saving a SL file is a VERY complicated function, and any little..."
  • 18 days ago04/30/24 at 2:32 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Shapes next to the slide
"Judy is right about their use. Part of why they might be used is if you want a state change that you don’t want to be visible on the stag..."
  • 18 days ago04/30/24 at 1:52 pm (UTC)
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"Depende de lo que quiere decir capsule. Si habla de diferentes escenas en un solo curso, es muy facil. Solamente necesita crear un variab..."
  • 19 days ago04/30/24 at 1:02 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Change State based on Variables
"This discussion has a sample that will illustrate Judy's last suggestion, which is probably the best idea. https://community.artic..."
  • 19 days ago04/29/24 at 6:54 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Scroll bar
"The only real way to avoid scrolling is not to have a scroll bar. Frankly, whoever is asking hasn't thought through learner characteristi..."
  • 19 days ago04/29/24 at 6:45 pm (UTC)
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"You're welcome. PIAWYC (Pass it along when you can). "
  • 21 days ago04/28/24 at 5:09 am (UTC)
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"It's the built-in function of the Visited state that is causing the problem. For each step, for both the picture and the oval, edit their..."
  • 22 days ago04/26/24 at 3:24 pm (UTC)
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"You're welcome. PIAWYC (Pass it along when you can). "
  • 23 days ago04/26/24 at 2:20 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Triggers Aren't Working
"You're welcome. PIAWYC (Pass it along when you can). "
  • 23 days ago04/26/24 at 2:19 am (UTC)
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"Select everything, right click, and Export as Image. Then in your favorite image editor (I prefer Paint.Net), make all the states you nee..."
  • 23 days ago04/25/24 at 8:02 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Triggers Aren't Working
"I won’t know for sure until I get to a time when I can look at the file. The way I read your triggers, you need all of the different laye..."
  • 23 days ago04/25/24 at 7:25 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Extracting a story file from a zip file
"Within Windows (I think 9 or 10 and above), it’s built in. You can double click the zip, and see what is in it. Pick the file, righ..."
  • 23 days ago04/25/24 at 5:57 pm (UTC)
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"Groups in SL do not play nicely with triggers, hovering, or states, as you may have noticed. The only really reliable solution is to copy..."
  • 23 days ago04/25/24 at 5:44 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Recording demos in Storyline
"I would take a screenshot of (or part of) the screen and put it on the blank slide. Then put a text input box in the appropriate spot."
  • 23 days ago04/25/24 at 3:15 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Extracting a story file from a zip file
"If the file was zipped by publishing it, you can't. Sorry. If it had its extension changed from .story to .zip, you can rename it and cha..."
  • 25 days ago04/23/24 at 8:09 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Convert storyline to powerpoint
"If you have to do this on a regular basis, create in Ppt, because SL can import Ppt, but Ppt cannot import SL. (MS arrogance, no doubt)"
  • 26 days ago04/22/24 at 6:03 pm (UTC)
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"You say when a box is clicked twice in a row. What if a learner clicks four boxes, and then wants to go back and unclick box two? Do you ..."
  • 26 days ago04/22/24 at 5:36 pm (UTC)
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"Other than saying there appears to be nothing wrong with your trigger, there are so many reasons why that may not work. It would be impos..."
  • 30 days ago04/19/24 at 2:04 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Trigger Animations by Paragraph
"Maybe I can clarify just a bit. What Evan refers to can be seen only with a text box and only if you set an animation on it, and on..."
  • 30 days ago04/18/24 at 7:07 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Articulate Storyline version history
"Of course, unintended changes (of which there are a multitude) are not documented, and some of those are positive, but many are not."
  • 1 month ago04/18/24 at 2:24 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Mutiple triggers working simultaneously
"Not unless there is a way the audio can finish before the boxes are checked. If the boxes must be checked first, use this: Jump to slide ..."
  • 1 month ago04/18/24 at 1:24 pm (UTC)