Question: Why Don’t My Branches Jump Backwards
Ripppp!!!! That’s the sound of my hair being yanked out in bunches! Please help! I’ve created branches in my Captivate 3 project. The buttons that go to the next slide work great. The buttons that go back to a previous slide do not work at all. When I click those buttons, the slide seems to refresh, but that’s it! Help!!! Wrrrripppppp! Help!
Answer
Unhand your hair… the solution is probably very simple. First, is the misbehavior occurring when you preview the project? Does the branch work if you publish the project?
Response from the Questioner:
Arghhhhh! I just got your response to my email and published the project as you suggested. The darned branch works wonderfully! What the heck??? I swear that the branch didn’t work when I previewed the slides prior to publishing. I spent hours on this thinking there was a problem! Rip, rip, rip! (One hair left.)
Dear Mr. Uni Hair:
You are not the first person to run into this. If you have a button on slide 10 that branches back to slide 5, but you only preview from slide 10, the button won’t be able to jump back to slide 5 since you didn’t include slide 5 in the preview. While previewing a few slides at a time is a great development strategy, keep in mind that branches may not appear to work unless you preview all of the slides in the branch.
Now, may I suggest Rogaine?
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