April 20, 2011

Creating a Rollover Audio Screen in Adobe Captivate 5

In the last few week’s we learned how to create a Tabbed Screen and a Click-reveal Text Screen with Adobe Captivate 5. We also learned how to embed a Captivate simulation in a PowerPoint presentation.

Now it’s time to play with some audio… So let’s see how to create a rollover audio screen.

Take a look at the screen:

 

 

Hmmm… Eager to create such a screen? Go ahead and follow these simple steps:

 

Let me know if you found this post useful or facing any difficulty in following these steps by leaving a comment on this post. I would also like to know if there’s some specific type of screen/interaction example you are looking for.

Happy Captivating! :)

Posted by poojajaisingh3:19 PM
  • http://www.ejocurimasini.net Jocuri cu masini

    Yes it is a very useful post. It helped me create the rollover audio screen. Very useful and easy to learn. Thank you very much poojajaisingh !

  • booncoon

    Wrong videos, amigos!

  • booncoon

    Sorry, that me who is wrong!

  • Sara

    Very clever! Thanks for sharing!

  • Darlene

    I tried this today and it isn’t functioning as expected. When I preview the slide, the audio starts playing even before I roll over the area. Thoughts?

    • http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/ Allen Partridge

      Darlene, make sure you have the rollover text caption selected when you add the audio. From what you describe it sounds like you’ve attached the audio to the slide itself (read had the slide selected).

      • Darlene

        Allen, I assure you that the sound is on the rollover and not on the slide. When I select the slide, the Audio property has an “Add Audio” button. I tried this a few months ago in Captivate 4 with a Rollover Slidelet when I wanted the sound to play when the user rolled over and saw the slidelet. The same thing happened…sound played as soon as the slide was displayed. I feel like it might be a timing thing but I do not know how to fix it. In my current presentation I created 5 navigation buttons and I want the button text to be read on roll over. Instead all 5 are being read at once. It is very strange.

        • http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/ Allen Partridge

          Darlene, can you send the sample to wish-captivate@macromedia.com?

          • Mel

            Allen, this issue is also happening to me. Did you happen to find out what the issue is?

    • Dan

      I have the same issue. When I add audio to rollovers, they all play as soon as the slide starts, before they are rolled over. Is there a solution? Thanks in advance!

      • poojajaisingh

        Hi Dan, can you share your Captivate project with me to check the issue… I’ll mail you the contact details.

  • http://www.epiano.com Chuck Johnson

    This is great – but I had a hard time keeping up with the pace. Can you repost with a playbar and pause?

    • poojajaisingh

      Thanks for the suggestion Chuck… I’ve added playbar to the demo.

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  • Mel

    HI there,
    I am experiencing the same difficulty as Darlene – audio is attached to a rollover (not the slide) and is playing as soon as the slide commences. Did anyone happen to find out why this was happening?

    • http://twitter.com/poojajaisingh Dr. Pooja Jaisingh

      Hi Mel,

      Please share the project with me at pjaising at adobe dot com to investigate the issue.

  • Melissx

    Pooja, thank you so much – such an easy solution – I was attaching the audio to the rollover box (over the image) rather than the rollover text box. All fixed. THANKS!!!

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  • edith

    You have just solved a problem I was having with one of my assignments! Thank you so much :-( )

  • mm_dent

    Did anyone discover why the audio plays as soon as the slide starts (see issues below)? I am having the same problem.

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