Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual page 125

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Click the Text Entry Box tab. This tab lets you determine how the project responds to user
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interaction. The options are divided into two basic categories: what happens when the user
enters text correctly and what happens when a user enters text incorrectly in the text entry box.
The following options are in the If the user enters the text correctly area:
Correct Entries
Use the default text or add your own correct text here. You can enter
multiple correct answers.
Font
Opens the Font dialog box, which lets you set font, font styles, font size, and font
effects for the text.
Add
Opens a new entry box in which you can enter another correct entry.
Delete
Removes the selected entry from the list.
On success
Specify what should happen after a user enters the correct text in the text entry
box. You can select Continue, Go to previous slide, Go to next slide, Jump to slide, Open URL
or file, Open other project, Send e-mail to, Execute JavaScript, or No Action.
The following options are in the If the user enters the text incorrectly area:
Allow user [#] attempts
before another action takes place. (The Infinite attempts option is selected by default. To enter
a specific number of attempts, first clear the Infinite attempts option.)
Infinite attempts
After last attempt
Continue, Go to previous slide, Go to next slide, Jump to slide, Open URL or file, Open other
project, Send e-mail to, Execute JavaScript, or No Action.
Note: If you select Open URL or file or Open other project, click the pop-up menu to select the
window in which the URL, file, or project should appear; select from Current, New, Parent, and
Top. (If you choose New, Parent, or Top, you also have the option to Continue playing the original
project when the URL, file, or project opens.)
Note: If you select Send e-mail to, you have the option to Continue playing the project while the e-
mail message is prepared and sent.
Note: If you select the Open URL or file option and specify a URL, the URL is visible when you
edit the slide in Adobe Captivate. However, it won't be visible to the user. To show the URL, create
a simple image with the URL text on the image, add the image to your slide, and place a click box
over the image.
Set shortcut key
submitting responses. The current shortcut is displayed to the left of the button.
Note: If your Adobe Captivate project will be displayed in a browser, set shortcut keys that won't
conflict with common browser shortcuts. For example, F1 is frequently used as a keyboard
shortcut to display help. The Control, Alt and Shift keys map to the Control, Option, and Shift keys
on Macintosh computers, respectively.
Click the Options tab, and customize your text entry box by selecting from the following
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options:
Display for [time]
select an option. If you select the specific time option, you can enter the exact number of
seconds for the text entry box to appear.
Click the arrows to select the number of attempts a user can make
Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts.
Specify what should happen after the last attempt. You can select
Click Select keys to choose a key combination for users to press when
Specifies the timing of the text entry box. Click the pop-up menu and
Adding text entry boxes
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