There is only so much space on a Captivate slide and eventually you’re going to encounter a passage that won’t fit on a slide. When this happens you only have a few options; use smaller text, bring the passage up over two or more slides, or use a scroll box. In Adobe Captivate, a scroll box is easy to implement and I show you how to implement them in a non-responsive project or a responsive project with breakpoints.
Thanks. I am new to Captivate and didn’t know this was even possible. Thanks so much.
I often use the Scrolling Text interaction to replace a Text Entry Box. Maybe a workflow you didn’t think about yet? That interaction is not ‘interactive’ in the sense that it has no pausing point, nor the ability to be scored. But it has a lot of advantages over the TEB. Have a look at:
http://blog.lilybiri.com/scrolling-text-interaction-to-replace-text-entry-box
Is there any option to add scroll bar for the image in fluid box?
Thanks for the input Chris and Lieve
Another way of showing more text is to use one of the learning interactions: porcess circle, timeline, accordion, tabs…
However to me long texts are better presented, well formatted in a nice pdf. I don’t think they fit well in an eLearning course.
In past projects, I have used PDFs for long passages and had them open in a separate tab. In some cases I think that’s the right choice and in other cases I find it distracting. Lately, I’ve found myself using scroll boxes in a variety of ways, it’s a few extra steps but I’ve found them to be very versatile.
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