"Back" functionality in playback control

[DGR2]

Hi,

I've published my output in Captivate 3. A strange occurrence: sometimes, when I click "back" in succession in the playback control, the previous slides are displayed and sometimes the movie gets stuck on a certain slide and is unable to go backwards.

Any explanation for this?

Thanks, DGR

[Ashwin_Bharghav]

Hi there,

The "Back " functionality will not work if the slide is a question slide and you have unchecked "Allow backward" movement from Quiz preferences.

Make sure you enable them.

This is how it is done:-

1. Follow Edit > Preferences > Quiz> Settings tab. check the option "Allow backward movement" - This should now enable backward movement.

-Ashwin

[DGR2]

Hi Ashwin,

Thanks for your quick reply but my slide is not a quiz slide. It's just a "regular" one. Perhaps you have another idea?

Thanks,

DGR

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

Just thinking about this from a logical standpoint.

You have a playhead that is in motion moving from frame to frame. Along the way it may be stopped at various places awaiting some interaction or it may suddenly be moved to a different position. So repeated (and possibly fast) clicks on the back button might possibly confuse the issue. For example, if the playhead reached a point where it was suddenly supposed to skip to a different slide and you happened to click Back to move it to the skip ahead point. I could see that causing confusion.

All this is pure speculation. But I'm wondering if it's having a play in the scenario you are listing.

Cheers... Rick

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[DGR2]

Thanks, Rick, for your advice. This may well be it.

Best,

DGR