Step 4 – Assigning the Action to an event

In Captivate, there are lots of events you can attach Actions to. Some of them are system events (for example, the start of a course, the beginning of a slide, and so on), and some of them are student-driven events (typically, clicking a button). In this case, you will ask Captivate to execute the action when the student clicks the Mute button you created earlier in this chapter. Follow these steps to get started:

1. Still on slide 1 of the Chapter14/takeTheTrain.cptx project, and make sure that the Properties inspector displays the properties of the mute button.
2. In the Actions tab of the Properties inspector, change the On Success action to Execute Advanced Actions.
3. In the Script dropdown that appears just below, make sure that the muteAudio action is selected.
4. Save the file and use the Preview | Project icon on the Toolbar to test the project.

When the Preview pane opens, there are a few things to test to make sure that the action works...