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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Slide Masters
"Think of  creating a master like going into a print shop and ordering custom-printed stationery. You tell the printer what you want (des..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/19/15 at 8:08 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Hotspots on a circle
"If the arrow is on a layer, the shape will catch the click, and prevent it from being caught by the triangles below it on the base layer...."
  • almost 9 years ago08/19/15 at 3:04 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Check Box
"It is easier for someone to help you if you attach your .story file. If you don''t want to post all of it, create a presentation with jus..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/19/15 at 2:53 pm (UTC)
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"Steve, A first thought is that you can give the knob two states, one with a pointer pointing to the left tank, and the other pointing to..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/18/15 at 3:07 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Error Message when using links
"If you publish to Web, then you can probably view it locally and be able to access the links."
  • almost 9 years ago08/18/15 at 2:00 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Reordering slides in Story view
"Michael, I changed the order of the slide so they are in numerical order, and I am attaching it. I ran through the slides and the next a..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/17/15 at 10:25 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion How to Grow Object from Normal Size
"Another option is to create the grow effect you want in PowerPoint, export it as a video, and place the video in SL."
  • almost 9 years ago08/17/15 at 9:35 pm (UTC)
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"Get 8 character packs with 1,100+ total poses—for free. Buy Articulate Storyline 2 or Articulate Studio ’13 now to get a free Volume 1 Ch..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/17/15 at 8:24 pm (UTC)
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"https://www.articulate.com/store/store-characters.php  "
  • almost 9 years ago08/17/15 at 8:23 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Reordering Scenes
"This thread may be helpful."
  • almost 9 years ago08/17/15 at 6:24 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Reordering slides in Story view
"After you drag them to where you want them, and they jump back, then preview the project. They will stay in the same position in Story V..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/17/15 at 6:21 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Best way to manage video content
"My general philosophy on engineering (design) is that more moving parts means more ways and places for a product to break. Making links ..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/17/15 at 12:42 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Using Power Point or Articulate First
"I agree with Jackson, don't build a project twice without pretty good reasons, and on some imports, there is a lot of rebuilding to do."
  • almost 9 years ago08/17/15 at 12:30 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Scenes vs projects
"I absolutely second Michael's approach. Short chunks also help let the learner choose the sequence, if the material lends itself to that."
  • almost 9 years ago08/16/15 at 11:42 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Detecting Variable Increase or Decrease
"All variables are global, so this should work for any layer. I renamed the state to avoid the built in down state, and it won't work if ..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/14/15 at 4:44 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Detecting Variable Increase or Decrease
"Does this help?"
  • almost 9 years ago08/14/15 at 3:03 pm (UTC)
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"I had problems with my computer freezing on preview, which I solved by disabling hardware acceleration in Adobe Flash"
  • almost 9 years ago08/13/15 at 10:09 pm (UTC)
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"Would this work for you?  Draw the shapes, set them to no outline, give them a fill, and set the transparency to 100%"
  • almost 9 years ago08/13/15 at 3:59 am (UTC)
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"I don't think layers is the answer. If a hover that is set to restore on mouse leave triggers a layer, when the layer appears the mouse l..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/12/15 at 8:55 pm (UTC)
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"Strangely, for me, the navigation seemed to work if I previewed one slide, but not when I previewed the entire scene. Hiding the base ob..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/12/15 at 8:29 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Help with using a lightbox as a menu!
"Think of the lightbox as a quick way to make a layer of any slide without having to recreate it. It turns off the base timeline when it a..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/12/15 at 8:03 pm (UTC)
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"As much as possible, I don't ever create new slides. When I have one that is right, I duplicate it. I also do not create new presentation..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/12/15 at 7:18 pm (UTC)
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"Margaret, I suggest you put the blue boxes in the hover states on top of their respective pictures.  Right now, the roadmap hover is wor..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/12/15 at 7:10 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Drag and drop process map
"There are people that may be able to help you, but they need something to work on. If you post your .story file, someone may be able to s..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/12/15 at 4:52 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Individual feedback of different answers
"on the incorrect feed back layer, you could put small feedback text boxes, which could show or be hidden according to variables set by cl..."
  • almost 9 years ago08/12/15 at 4:45 pm (UTC)