Adobe Captivate 5: Get the TOC Out of the Way with an Overlay

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Adding a Table of Contents to your published Captivate project is a great idea… you'll be giving your learners an easy way to navigate through the lesson.

 

Of course, adding a TOC to your lesson comes with a cost… you'll be adding a few hundred pixels to the overall width of your lesson. If your lesson is already quite wide, the TOC isn't going to help.

 

A typical TOC

 

There is a way to have your cake and eat it too. Go ahead and add the TOC to the project via Project > Table of Contents > Show TOC. Then click the Settings button. From the Style area, select Overlay.

 

Overlay option.

 

When you preview the project, there won't be any obvious sign of the TOC. However, if you look in the upper left of the slide, there are two arrows. Clicking the arrows will open the TOC.

 

Show TOC arrows 

 

TOC overlay

 

If you observe the playbar, there is also a TOC button. Clicking the button will toggle between expanding and hiding the TOC overlay.

 

Show TOC button

 

Keep in mind that an overlay TOC has the same functionality as a standard TOC, only it's hidden unless the learner needs it. Best of all, by using an overlay TOC, the width of your published lesson will remain unaffected!

 

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3 Replies to “Adobe Captivate 5: Get the TOC Out of the Way with an Overlay”

  1. The TOC button on the playbar doesn’t work properly. If the TOC is hidden, clicking the TOC button only shows the TOC temporarily (for a brief second). If the TOC is displayed using the arrow button attached to the TOC, clicking the TOC button hides the TOC temporarily and then displays the TOC (TOC stays open using this method).
    I tested this on three computers. All three computers are having the same problem. Have you encounter this? If so, how do you fix it.
    Thanks in advance.

  2. The TOC button on the playbar doesn’t work properly. If the TOC is hidden, clicking the TOC button only shows the TOC temporarily (for a brief second). If the TOC is displayed using the arrow button attached to the TOC, clicking the TOC button hides the TOC temporarily and then displays the TOC (TOC stays open using this method).
    I tested this on three computers. All three computers are having the same problem. Have you encounter this? If so, how do you fix it.
    Thanks in advance.

  3. The TOC button on the playbar doesn’t work properly. If the TOC is hidden, clicking the TOC button only shows the TOC temporarily (for a brief second). If the TOC is displayed using the arrow button attached to the TOC, clicking the TOC button hides the TOC temporarily and then displays the TOC (TOC stays open using this method).
    I tested this on three computers. All three computers are having the same problem. Have you encounter this? If so, how do you fix it.
    Thanks in advance.

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