How to Stop or pause Audio on Slide Revisit – Adobe Captivate 2019
In this blog, we will demonstrate how to avoid slide audio from replaying on subsequent visits. We will be using a variable and an advanced action to control the audio.
Step 01:
Go to the “Project” menu and select “Variables” from the dropdown.
Step 02:
For creating new variables click Add New button.
Step 03:
Give a unique name (Slide1_Audio, Slide2_Audio, etc.) and value field as (0) and click Save.
Step 04:
From the “Project” menu, go to “Advanced Actions”.
Step 05:
Define an action name (Ex: Audiostop) and then follow the variables as shown in the screen below.
Increment – Audio – 1
Step 06:
Apply the conditional action as shown in the screenshot below and choose an audio file from your local machine. Click Save As Action.
In Conditional Tab:
Variable: Audio
Select comparison operator…: less than
Literal Value: 2
Actions:
Play Audio: Select screen audio File from your local drive.
Step 07:
Click Save As Action.
Step 08:
We can save this action by selecting Save As Shared Actions….
Step 09:
Give the action a unique name and enter the parameter Descriptions, then select Save.
Step 10:
Now, go to the next slide and pick Shared Actions from the dropdown actions.
Step 10:
As shown below, choose the appropriate parameter value.
1. Slide variable (EX: Slide2_Audio, or Slide3_Audio, etc.)
2. Choose the appropriate audio for the required slide from your local drive.
3. Click Save.
