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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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Storyline 360 Versioning on Google Drive for Desktop
"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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Storyline 360 Versioning on Google Drive for Desktop
"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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Connect the results of one capsule and have them reflected in another capsule
"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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Clicking on one item in a group changes other items to "visited" state
"You're welcome. PIAWYC (Pass it along when you can). "
- 21 days ago04/28/24 at 5:09 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Clicking on one item in a group changes other items to "visited" state
"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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion How to change hover states on a group of items
"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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion How to change hover states on a group of items
"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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion How to change hover states on a group of items
"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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Using multiple variable conditions in a trigger
"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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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Triggers for object states and the next button aren't working
"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)