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"Those are the files and folders that make up a ,story "file". Select them all and download. Drive will put them all in one zip fold..."
  • 23 hours ago05/11/24 at 2:38 am (UTC)
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"Have you tried making sure that the cursor is entirely within the panel before releasing it? Have you tried dragging the object into the ..."
  • 24 hours ago05/11/24 at 1:57 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Running order on Articulate 360 project
"Steve, Good call, You’re probably right."
  • 1 day ago05/10/24 at 5:17 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Add trigger to player controls
"It’s a built-in object with triggers you can’t access. You might try a combination of putting a shape over it to initiate the action you ..."
  • 1 day ago05/10/24 at 4:40 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Design Expertise?
"As Andrew says, there is a ton of talent here on the forum on a daily basis (personally, I would be interested if it wasn’t in June), so ..."
  • 1 day ago05/10/24 at 4:35 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Running order on Articulate 360 project
"Short answer: No, there is no fix. Real answer: There doesn’t need to be a “fix”. The thumbnails are SL’s attempt to do its best to show ..."
  • 1 day ago05/10/24 at 4:28 pm (UTC)
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"Publishing a SL file is like baking a cake; you can’t go back and change the ingredients. You have to find the .story file to change..."
  • 1 day ago05/10/24 at 3:57 pm (UTC)
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"JS is notoriously finicky, so it is tough to tell without seeing the project. The tiniest thing missed in copying can throw it off. It is..."
  • 1 day ago05/10/24 at 3:41 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Paste in Place
"FYI I find that Copy-Paste occasionally introduces corruption, while Duplicate doesn’t. It happens often enough that for me, it is ..."
  • 1 day ago05/10/24 at 3:10 pm (UTC)
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"You should at least consider using layers or light boxed slides."
  • 2 days ago05/09/24 at 5:57 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Triggers & Layers
"Lisa, You might try a transition to the layer, and trigger the state change when the animation ends. Or you can place a line motion path ..."
  • 3 days ago05/08/24 at 7:06 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Triggers & Layers
"Yes, it is possible, because the slide and all its layers are considered one slide. The trickiest part is be sure you have an action that..."
  • 3 days ago05/08/24 at 5:35 pm (UTC)
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"Fortunately, you included some triggers in your screen shot, so I can help a little bit. The Continue button needs only the first trigger..."
  • 4 days ago05/08/24 at 3:15 am (UTC)
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"Information for anybody reading this thread. “If state of XYZ = Normal” will work only if all the other state options are cus..."
  • 4 days ago05/08/24 at 3:02 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Dynamic Sorting activity
"There is a sample that might get you started at this discussion https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/sorting..."
  • 4 days ago05/07/24 at 7:15 pm (UTC)
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"First step is to try the course out in SCORMcloud. If it works correctly there, only Daniwoo or a Daniwoo expert can help you."
  • 4 days ago05/07/24 at 3:00 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion How to make 2 columns in a textfield?
"Just as an FYI, newspaper readers are accustomed to reading to the bottom of a column, then starting again at the top. In the web c..."
  • 4 days ago05/07/24 at 1:51 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Linked Duplicate Slide Masters Error
"From your description, it seems like that at least one group has some corruption somewhere, and recreating it is the way to correct that...."
  • 4 days ago05/07/24 at 1:45 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Portfolio Sites
"A lot of people like Wordpress, or something similar, or prefer to fight with Google or Microsoft or Moodle. I say, publish for the web, ..."
  • 5 days ago05/07/24 at 12:05 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Please improve your recovery system
"Every hour I save and completely exit SL. I start my email program and spend 5 or at the most 10 minutes reading emails, then close email..."
  • 5 days ago05/06/24 at 11:49 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Hyperlinks and layers
"If you can identify all the conditions under which you want to return to the base with the layer open, you can do this pretty easily. &nb..."
  • 6 days ago05/06/24 at 1:25 pm (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Setting position of slider via trigger
"You're welcome. PIAWYC (Pass it along when you can). "
  • 7 days ago05/05/24 at 3:23 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Setting position of slider via trigger
"It's a question of timing, somewhat esoteric, but in essence the dropping and changing are all occurring too close to each other. When th..."
  • 8 days ago05/04/24 at 1:23 am (UTC)
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Walt Hamilton replied to the discussion Setting position of slider via trigger
"You can do it. The most significant part is that you need to keep track of where they are. Create a variable (I’ll call it MaxNumberAllow..."
  • 8 days ago05/03/24 at 6:27 pm (UTC)
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"There is a sample that does what you want at this discussion: https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/free-samp..."
  • 8 days ago05/03/24 at 2:00 pm (UTC)