Adobe Captivate 4: Multiply Your Click Options

by Kevin A. Siegel

 

I can no longer count how many times I've been asked the following about interactive objects in Adobe Captivate: "Can I force an object to perform more than just one action?"

 

The people asking this question are asking a perfectly respectable question, one that I would have liked to answer with "of course, you simply..."

 

Unfortunately, the answer has always been no. You can select from several actions for any interactive object (a click box, button or text entry box) such as Continue, Go to Next slide or open a URL. However, the objects have always been one-trick ponies... once assigned an action, that was it. Of course, all of that has changed in Adobe Captivate 4. In the new version, you can assign multiple actions to any interactive object. Here's how:

1. Open or create a new project
   
   
2. Create an interactive object on any slide
   
   
3. Show the Properties of the object and, from the If the user clicks drop-down menu, select Multiple Actions
   
   
4. Click the button with the three dots just to the right of the drop-down menu to display the Set Multiple Actions dialog box
   
   
5. Select an action such as Jump to slide
   
   
6. Click the Add button
   
   
7. Select another action or actions (such as Open URL or file)
   
   
8. Click the Add button
   
   
   
   
9. Click OK

 

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Comments

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Whew, what a relief. Thanks for the online training.