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This is strictly cosmetic, but on my instruction screen there is a little white box that appears at the bottom that says "press space to continue", how do I get rid of this? It is distracting.

Thanks 

When you say 'instructions screen' do you mean that you are using Inquisit's <page> and <htmlpage> elements - or are the instructions presented by a standard <trial> element? In any case, please post the code for these elements.
~Dave

I used the <page> element. Should I use <trial> instead? Here is the code:

<page start>

^^^ Welcome to the experiment.

^^ In each trial a letter strand will be presented.^

^ Your task is to identify if the letter strand forms a word.^

^ Using your left and right index fingers, press the "f" and "j" keys if the letter strand forms a word.^

^ Using your left and right middle fingers, press the "d" and "k" keys if the letter strand does not form a word.^

^ Press the spacebar to begin each trial.^^

</page>

 

Thanks

 

Do you mean the button stating "Press [Enter] to continue" (also see attached screenshot)? If so, then there's no way to completely get rid of when using the <page> or <htmlpage> element. However, you can change the label text using Inquisit's <instruct> element. If you want to completely get rid of any navigation buttons for your instructions, you should use <trial> elements to present them.

Hope this helps,
~Dave

P.S.: Code for the <trial> approach could look somewhat like this:

<trial start>
/ stimulusframes = [1=start]
/ validresponse = (" ")
/ recorddata = false
</trial>

<text start>
/ items = ("~r~r~rWelcome to the experiment.
~r~rIn each trial a letter strand will be presented.
~rYour task is to identify if the letter strand forms a word.
~rUsing your left and right index fingers, press the 'f' and 'j' keys if the letter strand forms a word.
~rUsing your left and right middle fingers, press the 'd' and 'k' keys if the letter strand does not form a word.
~r~rPress the spacebar to begin each trial.")
/ size = (800,600)
/ hjustify = left
/ position = (50, 50)
</text>