Is there a way to add bullet points to a scrolling text widget?
May 30, 2018
Is there a way to add bullet points to a scrolling text widget?
May 30, 2018
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Is there a way to add bullet points to a scrolling text widget?  I couldn’t figure it out so instead used an asterisk and line spacing between thoughts.  When I published and reviewed, the asterisks showed up as <br/><br/> and all of the spaces between thoughts were removed.

I appreciate any advice you may be able to offer!  I’m using Captivate 2017.

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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018

All depends on the reason to use the Scrolling Text interaction. If you want to show a long text, nicely formatted, do not use the interaction but create a pdf and link to that pdf, to be opened in a new window tab.
I am using the interaction because it has an associated variable, because you can allow the learner to type in text, which will be stored in that variable. You can check the variable (have a blog post about custom short answer question using that feature) reuse it later on to display in text containers. Values of variables never have formatting, styles. Look at the Text Entry Box, which is bit similar, but is an interactive object. The Scrolling Text interaction is not interactive. You can show text, but with limited formatting. Maybe the name ‘scrolling text’ is bit confusing?

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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018

Before I tried Lieve’s trick, I actually loaded it to our LMS. Once it was loaded everything worked as designed. In preview mode or when I published to my computer, the widgets were wonky. Thank you Lieve for your insight. Next time I make a scrolling text widget I’m going to format the text in word first. For this project, time is of the essence, so asterisks get to stay for now 🙂

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May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018

Hi Lieve, Would you able to test the Captivate File I have shared with you at your end. I would love to explore what could be causing the issue? Thanks for your help!

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