For some reason, the typewriter text animation does not always work.
I have tried refreshing Preferences and deleting cache (I actually just moved it to the Desktop because I was worried it would delete files), but there has been no change. I have about 9 slides that have this effect. Every single time I test it, the animation stops in one of the slides.
These are not regular slides, but States on Captivate 9. Text animation also does not allow me to copy and paste the text - I need to retype them on every slide. That's also the weird thing - every time I publish each state works, but all together always one random text animation won't.
OK. Now I think I understand. You're creating Object States of Text Animations.
I don't actually think this is a use case that the Captivate development team foresaw. I DO NOT think this is ever going to work for you because Text Animations are actually widgets, and by creating Object States you basically have separate widgets on each state.
My gut feeling is that what you're trying to do here is not supported by Captivate and is currently fouling up the slide.
Would it be possible for you to share the sample project with that particular slide so that we can investigate on our end? You can upload it to a shared location (say Dropbox) and send the link to murugath@adobe.com
Please advise, would really like it ironed out if it's possible. I have tried everything (using slides instead of states - too slow, makes the file unnecessarily larger, using text effects - none have the same effect as a typewriter). Any help will be appreciated.
I hate to say this, but I honestly DO NOT think using states in this case is going to be successful. The text animation object is actually a widget that animates the text. By using states, you are actually duplicating that widget in each state. I don't think this was something the Captivate developers would have been expecting as a use case. I may be wrong about this, but it doesn't feel right for use with states. It would be like inserting a Learning Interaction on a slide (which is also a widget) and then adding states to that.
Sorry, was very busy last days, must have missed your question. Up till now I never used a Text animation (pretty old feature, SWF only) in a state. Since Rahinie popped in, from the staff, maybe you'll get an answer. If I find some time will explore use of Text animation in a state, didn't have positive results with using some type of Effects in states, which means Rod is probably right. But I'm waiting Rahinie's answer.
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