Simple question - to understand Bookmarks

Lar_123 · **Posted:** February 4th, 2007, 3:18 am

Is it possible to set and return to a Bookmark for a page so that it takes the user to the place where he left off? By that I mean, not the beginning of the page but somewhere "midstream" where the user made choices or viewed a browser page or entered text into an input-box?

Another way to say it, if user is returned to the start of the page... is his previous work on that page is lost? If a variable were written to disk or regis, does Opus pick up at last state or do I write scripts to force that?

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demofred · **Posted:** February 4th, 2007, 3:48 pm

Go into OPUS Help and checkout "Bookmark." Here's a portion of what it says:

Quote:

Just like using bookmarks in a real book, Opus provides a Bookmark feature that allows you to mark pages in your publication that you can revisit.
This can often be useful in large or very linear publications to be able to jump quickly back to where you left off. It is also useful for training materials where you might want a user to be able to return to or start from a particular place in the training.

Single vs. Multiple Bookmarks:

When you first create an Opus publication the Bookmark feature is already available and set to Single Bookmark. This means that only one page can ever be bookmarked, which is often all that is required as you will simply want to be able to return a user to the point where they left off. However, using Multiple Bookmarks allows you to have a number of markers in your publication and to call up a dialog allowing the user to choose which of those markers to move to, which is especially useful in e-Learning or training publications.

Creating Bookmarks:

Bookmarks are created using the Bookmark actions. The actions allow you to: bookmark a page; show a list of all pages the user has bookmarked; delete bookmarks; and move between bookmarked pages. However, the first thing you must decide when developing your publication is if you want to use Single or Multiple bookmarks:

Lar_123 · **Posted:** February 7th, 2007, 12:51 am

Fred,

Thanks. I must be dense.
I had read that.
I would use Multiple Bookmarks, and it's clear Opus retains those now even when user quits session and comes back.

So they select and return... to a page. But the page at what 'state'?

What I don't understand is this:
-- "jump quickly back to where you left off" means page + prior selections? Or just page beginning?
-- "return a user to the point where they left off" ditto... page or progress?

My concern with this is I will have a user make choices and write variables to registry. When he returns via bookmark, it seems the page will be "at the start" but the recorded variables will be not the initial values and so out of synch.

MAYBE it's not a bookmark question, but a scripting/logic question (I need to think of a scenario 1st, to ask).

Thanks

Duncan Lilly · **Posted:** February 7th, 2007, 2:24 am

Bookmarks simply save the page you are on. If you want to save that state of variables etc then that is something you will have to do with scripting or storage actions.

Lar_123 · **Posted:** February 8th, 2007, 10:08 am

Thanks, Duncan.

How's the candle supply?... and coffee? Or did you just get locked in?

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