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Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019 Build cutting edge professional SCORM compliant and interactive eLearning content with Adobe Captivate

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789803051
Length 770 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Dr. Pooja Jaisingh Dr. Pooja Jaisingh
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Damien Bruyndonckx Damien Bruyndonckx
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Adobe Captivate 2019 FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Standard Objects 3. Working with Multimedia 4. Working with the Timeline and Other Useful Tools 5. Developing Interactivity 6. Crafting the Graphical Experience with Styles and Themes 7. Working with Quizzes 8. Capturing Onscreen Action 9. Producing a Video Demo 10. Creating a Responsive Project 11. Creating Virtual Reality Projects 12. Using Captivate with Other Applications 13. Creating Accessible eLearning 14. Variables and Advanced Actions 15. Finishing Touches and Publishing 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Step 3 – Creating the Action

The third ingredient is the Action itself. It should mute the audio and change the state of the Button. Use the following steps to create this standard Advanced Action:

  1. Still in the Chapter14/takeTheTrain.cptx file, use the Project | Advanced Actions menu item to open the Advanced Actions dialog.
  1. In the top left corner of the dialog, type muteAudio into the Action Name field.

Note that the name of the action must comply with the same strict rules as the name of the Variables (no spaces, no special characters, no reserved names).

  1. In the Actions area of the dialog, double-click the first line of the table.

This adds a first step to the Advanced Action. In the first column, a yellow warning sign indicates that the action is invalid in its current state. In the second column, you will find a dropdown menu containing a list of possible actions.

  1. Open the Select an Action... dropdown and take some time to inspect the list of possible actions.
  2. When...
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