Text Caption appears in Edit Mode but not in Preview Project or Web Browser

[srigel1]

I'm using Cp4 and have downloaded Adobe Flash 10 Active X, it's ver 10.1.82.76.  I've added a simple text caption with these options:

Timing Display:  Rest of slide

Appear after:  2.0 seconds

Transition effect:  Fade in only

In: .5 seconds

And Visible is checked

I also have a simple line that I drew with the draw line tool and included an arrow on the end of it.

Everything on the screen works including the click box, the animated text and the failure caption.  For some reason the text caption and the arrow are not appearing except in Edit Mode.  In Preview Project, they disapper but the click box, failure caption and animated text work fine.

I've rebooted, copied this screen into a new instance of Cp4, re-created these objects on a freshly recorded screen, chosen Order: Bring to Front, created a brand new screen completely from scratch and downloaded the Flash 10 Active X version mentioned above.

They funny thing is, is that the text caption and arrow works fine on other screens in the project.  I have 76 screens total.

I'm running Windows XP.

Any suggestions?

[Captiv8r · Accepted solution]

Hi there

Can you post a screen capture of what your Timeline looks like?

Odds are your Click Box is pausing in a weird place.

Cheers... Rick

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[srigel1]

Thx for the quick response. My Print Screen button doesn't work on my

laptop so I don't know how to give you a screen shot. Anyhow, I did look at

my click boxes and they were pausing w/in the first couple seconds of the

screen. I changed them to rest of slide and it fixed the problem.

Ps...I had this happening on 4 different screens in my Cp.

Thanks again. I appreciate your help.

[Richards_Daddy]

I am having the same problem, but there are no click boxes in this slide. I tried all the things @srigel1 tried, and I'm running the exact same system and software he is. The Visible check box in the Properties | Options tab is enabled. @Captiv8r, do you have any ideas? I cannot post any screenshots, unfortunately, as all material in this project is sensitive.

[Captiv8r]

Hi there

Can you post a screen capture of the Timeline? Surely no state secrets would be involved in seeing the Timeline.

Cheers... Rick

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[Richards_Daddy]

I actually figured it out on my own; thanks, Rick. I'm not sure if these caption boxes being transparent had anything to do with it, but there was a button in the Properties | Text Caption tab that was not pressed. It's not labeled, but when hovering over it, an alt-tag-ish message reads, "Caption 1 (Ctrl + 1)". It's right below the Caption type drop-down menu. I figured, "What the heck. I'll click it." Now I can see the captions in preview and when published. I'm not sure what this button does; just happy things are working now.