Cannot change slide duration in software simulation

[ban_sidhe_az]

I'm using Captivate 7 for the first time. I had a much older version, but seldom used it.

I have recorded a simple software simulation that should be a piece of cake to edit and produce, but have come across a problem I don't know how to solve. The simulation includes an item on screen being clicked, then dragged and dropped into a new location. I cannot edit the duration of the slide that shows the drag-and-drop motion. It has a duration of 6.5 seconds, which is painfully and unrealistically slow and there is no way I can find to shorten it.

I can't drag the end of the slide on the timeline, right-clicking hasn't produced anything promising in pop-up menus, and the Properties panel has a Time field, but when I select the 6.5 seconds and change it, it just reverts to 6.5 seconds immediately afterward.

I recall this sort of thing being very simple in previous versions of Captivate. Not anymore, I guess...

Thanks,

- Jennifer

[Varun Kalra · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

Could you check that slide, did it create a video demo for that slide, because by default Captivate 7 demo recording creates Video demo for drag and drop, and mouse wheel actions.

If it has been recorded as a video demo, it will show as a red line strike through in the timeline of that slide. The video demo duration can be increasedbut cannot be decreased.

Thanks.

[RodWard]

If it is only during PART of the slide timeline that actual movement occurs for the drag operation, then you may be able to trim off the excess where no movement occurs and thus shorten the duration.  When you select this slide, and then select a portion of the timeline, you should see options at the bottom of the Properties tab to edit the video.

[ban_sidhe_az]

Thanks, guys! Those replies led me to try something that actually worked. It did record as a video demo (the red strike-through line) as Varun Kalra suggested. I discovered that I can click the end of the timeline for that slide (where the word END displays), then use the left arrow on my keyboard to decrease the duration of the slide.

That probably wouldn't work if the entire animation was too slow, but in this case, just the very end was too slow.

Thanks much!

- Jennifer

[Varun Kalra]

You are welcome Jennifer!

If you would like to change that setting to not to record video demo for drag and drop, and mouse wheel actions, then go to edit > Preferences > Recording Settings, you can uncheck those two options for Smoothen Movements for: Drag and Drop and Mouse wheel actions.

Thanks.

[ban_sidhe_az]

Awesome! Thanks!

- Jennifer