Questions of the Week

Adobe Captivate Question: Why Is My Progress Indicator Off?

 

I have an 80+ slide project with 10 question slides. When previewing the lesson, I notice that the first question slide, instead of saying that it's Question 1 of 10, says that it's Question 20 of 30. Any idea why I'm seeing this?

 

Answer

Yes, more likely than not, there are interactive objects on several of your other slides that are Reporting the user interactivity. It's a simple thing to check. Choose Project > Advanced Interaction. Look at the total score. If needed, you can remove the Reporting option for objects directly on the Advanced Interaction screen.

 

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Newsletter Question: Where Do Your Old Articles Go?

 

I'd like to re-read some articles you've included in your "skills and drills" newsletter. Do you keep a newsletter archive?

Answer

 

Yes. All of the articles from my newsletter end up on my BLOG (usually within a week of the newsletter being sent out). The BLOG has a Search feature making it easy to located older articles.

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Adobe RoboHelp Question: File In Use Error?

 

I'm using Adobe RoboHelp 7. Every time I try to publish I get an error message saying that the process was canceled because a file is in use by another process. I'm stuck... can you help?

 

Answer:

 

Check the properties of your layout. Ensure that you are NOT generating and then publishing to the same location (I'm betting that you are).

 

Followup:

 

YOU DA MAN!  That's exactly what had happened.

 

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