Visual indication of wait for operator action

[aplman]

My travel shows geenerally use exe files, and run smoothly without my intervantion.  At times, however, there is a slide which is set to wait for a keywtroke before going on to the next slide.  As an aging presenter, I don't always realise what is going on (or NOT going on!).

If I had foreseen the challenges of age, I might have included a visual clue in the relevant slides.  To retro-fit this idea to dozens of shows, I would be facing a mountainous task.  (Sadly, I am no longer able to climb mountains).

May I suggest two solutions?

(a) a Project Option to trigger a visual clue when waiting for a keywtroke  or

(b) an object type, available in O&A, to serve the same  purpose.

Do i have a seconder?

Ken T.

[nelson]

Perhaps this is something you can do yourself.

Place a small text text file or object on the image to fade in and then fade out that says continue or keystroke for a reminder?

I am sure there are other solutions.

Good luck,

Kieron

[nelson]

You will still have to retrofit all your shows no matter what the solution.

Kieron

[rosy]

Do your old shows run with the latest version of PTE? Have you got the latest version installed? 

Rosy.

[aplman]

11 hours ago, rosy said:

Do your old shows run with the latest version of PTE? Have you got the latest version installed? 

Rosy.

Interesting question Rosy!, and not easy to answer.

I need to submit a problem report about confusion betaeen 10.0 and 10.5.  Might not get around to that for a day or two.

Ken T.

[aplman]

On 4/6/2022 at 11:18 PM, nelson said:

You will still have to retrofit all your shows no matter what the solution.

Kieron

With my Project Option suggestioj, it would need only a tiny change to each PTE file, not the enormous task of finding each offending slide and addding an object.

Ken T.

[Barry Beckham]

Bigger fish to fry?