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Appear after [#] seconds
Displays the text entry box after the slide has been displayed for
the selected number of seconds.
Pause after [#] seconds Specifies the point at which the project should pause and allow the
user to enter text into the text entry box. For example, you can set this option to 5 seconds so
the text entry box displays and then 5 seconds later the project pauses to wait for the user to
enter text.
Effect
Click the pop-up menu and select a transition effect for the text entry box. Select a
fade in or fade out option, or select No transition.
Transparency This is the degree of transparency for the text entry box. Select a value from
0% to 100%. A value of 10% is less transparent (more solid) than a value of 90%.
Note: The transparency effect does not appear when you view the text entry box in Edit view. To
test the transparency effect, press F4 to preview the slide.
Success caption
Select this option to include a success caption (for example,
Congratulations!).
Failure caption Select this option to include a failure caption (for example, Sorry, please try
again).
Hint caption Select this option to include a hint caption. (The hint caption appears when
users move the mouse over the text entry box.)
Pause for success/failure captions
Select this option to have the project pause until all
success and failure captions (see explanations for captions above) have displayed for the user to
read.
Show button
Select this option to display a button with text such as ENTER or
COMPLETE. (To add or edit button text, view the slide in Edit view and double-click the
button to open the Button dialog box.)
Show text box frame Select this option if you want the text entry box frame to be visible to
users. If you do not select this option, only the text is displayed.
Password
Select this option if you want to mimic a password field.
Case-sensitive Select this option to make the text entry box case-sensitive. This means that
users must provide answers with the correct combination of lowercase and uppercase letters.
If you want to add audio to the text entry box, click the Audio tab. Select from the following
6.
options:
Play
Click to play the audio file.
Stop Click to stop playing the audio file.
Delete Click to remove the audio file from the text entry box.
Edit Displays the Edit Audio dialog box. This dialog box lets you edit the audio file in a
variety of ways, such as inserting silent periods and adjusting the volume.
Audio Displays the name of the audio file, if any, associated with the text entry box.
Record new Click to open the Record Audio dialog box. (Recording audio requires some
basic equipment.)
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