Addng Text Entry Boxes - Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC Using Manual

Addng text entry boxes

Text entry boxes let you increase Captivate project interaction quickly and easily. For example,
you can use text entry boxes to ask simple quiz questions.
To add a text entry box:
Open a Captivate project.
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Double-click on the slide to which you want to add a text entry box.
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From the Insert menu, select Text Entry Box.
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The Text Entry Box dialog box appears.
Click the Text Entry Box tab. This tab allows you to determine how the movie 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.
If the user enters the text correctly
Correct Entries: Enter the 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 movie, Send e-mail to, Execute JavaScript, or No Action.
Continue: Depending upon the type of action you selected above, this box changes to let you
enter destination information.
If the user enters the text incorrectly
Allow user [#] attempts: Click the arrows to select the number of attempts a user can make
before another action takes place. (The Infinite attempts option is selected by default. To enter
a specific number of attempts, first deselect the Infinite attempts option.)
Infinite attempts: Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts.
After last attempt: Specify what should happen after the last attempt. You can select Continue,
Go to previous slide, Go to next slide, Jump to slide, Open URL or file, Open other movie,
Send e-mail to, Execute JavaScript, or No Action.
Continue: Depending upon the type of action you selected above, this box changes to let you
enter destination information.
Note: If you select Open URL or file or Open other movie, click the pop-up menu to select the
window in which the URL, file, or movie should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and
Top. (If you choose New, Parent, or Top, you also have the option to Continue playing the original
movie when the URL, file, or movie opens.)
Note: If you select Send e-mail to, you have the option to Continue playing the movie while the e-
mail message is prepared and sent.
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